Talk of the Table | A Savory Georgian Feast
Nestled between the shores of the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, the country of Georgia is a land where different cultures...
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Ask the Rabbis | Is Silence Consent?
On the one hand, we have the Talmudic legal adage: “Silence is like a confession”...
Visual Moment | Grand Dame of American Art
In many ways, Edith Halpert embodied the spirit of American pragmatism, which is how she explained herself: “I either had to stagnate, which was a thing I dreaded, or go ahead, and the only way to go ahead was to do something beyond what I...
Talk of the Table | Jews and ’Shrooms
When a student of the famous Talmudic sage Rabbi Gamliel doubted the majesty of the World-to-Come...
Ask the Rabbis | Should Dirty Money Be Returned?
The ethics of using “dirty money” has been a topic of conversation in Jewish circles for millennia. ...
My People in Cartoons
A combination of misanthropy and compassion for your fellow humans, and at least some ability to draw and write—this is what makes a cartoonist....
Ask the Rabbis | Are There Things That Can’t Be Forgiven?
"Few people have never been mistreated or hurt others. Jewish tradition makes demands of both parties."...
Talk of the Table | The Crock-Pot & the Sabbath Stew
Slow cookers are back. Not the clunky ones your mother used to have, but shiny, multifunction contraptions that are now a must-have in every kitchen....
Visual Moment | When the Wild Things Sang
Going back to his early line drawings, you can see that Sendak liked to populate the world with Sendaks....
Fiction | Goldfader In Full
Jed Phillip Cohen's fiction short story is the winner of 2018 Moment Magazine Karma Foundation short fiction competition....