Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Fiction // July was Reva’s month to fall apart. She slept through the alarm and ignored her husband’s attempts to rouse her. She showered sporadically. She added bourbon to her morning coffee. She stopped answering email, her cell phone, the door. She arrived late to the summer ...
By Josh Tapper Bukharian Friday night dinner is an elaborate affair: Plates of carp doused with garlic sauce and cilantro,
...Green Pilaf in a Bag. Adopted from Ammun Kimyagarov’s Classic Central Asian (Bukharian) Jewish Cuisine and Customs Ingredients 2/3 lb.
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By Diane M. Bolz // Today, fewer than 50 Jews remain in Egypt, but for thousands of years the country was home to a series of important Jewish communities. ...
In what ways, if any, do science and Judaism conflict? ...
Avi knew his sister would take the news badly. Seven years his junior, Avi’s sister was given to fits of feeling, storms of wild emotion. This evening, as Avi awaited his sister in his home, he adjusted the plates at the dining room table, wiped the insides of wine glasses ...
Foie gras—the controversial and expensive delicacy described by the renowned food encyclopedia Larousse Gastronomique as “one of the jewels in the crown of French gastronomy”—is made from the liver of a specially fattened duck or goose ...
By Diane M. Bolz Maimonides Illuminated One of the finest and most elaborate illuminated Hebrew manuscripts in existence is now
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Are there times when a rabbi must express his or her political opinion from the pulpit, even if it is likely to spark controversy? ...
The first step is to admit to ourselves that we did something wrong. ...
Jews and coffee share an invigorating history. ...
A new IMAX® film captures a rare bird’s-eye view of the holy city ...