This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
The Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have threatened Sacha Baron Cohen's life because of their inclusion in his latest film farce, Bruno. Fashionistas of...
Buy for Israel
By Michelle Albert
A message currently circulating the Web urges Jews to buy Trader Joe's products in response to the call by Boycott Divestment Campaign, an...
A Real Girl
By Michelle Albert
Besides being unique in that she's Jewish, the newest American Girl Doll shares a name with a criminal wanted by the FBI.
Rebecca...
Menachem Z. Rosensaft: "MSNBC's deafening silence on Buchanan's Holocaust denial forum"
In an op-ed for the Jerusalem Post, Menachem Z. Rosensaft writes about how he discovered a Holocaust denial forum hosted on Pat Buchanan's website and...
A Wreck-tastic Passover Shout-out
By Maxine Springer
I was delighted to discover that one of my favorite blogs, CakeWrecks, had a special post dedicated to Passover. (If you're not familiar...
Make Your Own Matzoh
By Nonna Gorilovskaya
My friend and cooking goddess Jenna Huntsberger never tasted matzoh before she decided to bake her own. (Note to self: I am...
Heeb Magazine Must Be Hilarious—Fake Holocaust Memoir Writing Contest
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
In their most recent gimmick, Heeb has outdone even their own high standard of Jewish tomfoolery. Really outdone it. The idiosyncratic Jewish quarterly...
Have you checked out Moment's March/April issue?
It's on newsstands now!
Check out our cover story on Bernie Madoff, the man who ran what was perhaps one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes, remains...
Laughter Through Tears
By Jeremy Gillick
Sholom Aleichem, the revered 19th century writer whose earnest, incredulous and good-natured humor came to define a century of Jewish jokes, is back....
Birthright and Bibi
By Jeremy Gillick
While the economic crisis may spell Birthright's demise, New Voices editor Josh Nathan-Kazis argues that the famously free trip to Israel has already...
An Interview with Peter Manseau, Author of Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
By Jeremy Gillick
“Rise and go to the town of the killings,” Bialik wrote of Kishinev, the Moldovan city, formerly Russian, where a 1903 Easter Sunday...
The Forward 50: 2008 Jews of the Year
By Jeremy Gillick
The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50.
Winners include Rahm Emanuel, Obama's newly appointed Chief...