When the ancient rabbis had a question about the Torah—an important detail that seemed to be missing, an inconsistency between two passages, even a redundant word or verse—they would often solve the problem by writing a midrash, or story, filling in the missing piece or reconciling the seeming contradiction.
Vered Guttman highlights the preparations that take place for the Yom Kippur pre-fast meal, and gives a recipe for Moroccan Sfenj Doughnuts.
The Republican Party has a Christian supremacy problem—which is also an antisemitism problem.
Recently, my three-year-old began starting every sentence with the qualifier “I feel like”: “I feel like I had a good day at school,” “I feel like we should go to the park now,” “I feel like I want to color.”
The prospect of Israel’s fifth election in less than four years does not seem promising.
Will the involvement of Israel-related PACs end up magnifying small policy differences on Israel? Andy Levin and Josh Block weigh in.
Vladimir Putin has earned his reputation as a dictator, but he has often behaved warmly toward Jews.
Anyone who spent much time in Israel before the last few years has probably heard this trope from multiple Israelis: “Everything here is crazy! Why can’t we live in a normal country?”
Women still do not have equal rights to men in the United States, leaving them vulnerable to changing political winds. What needs to be done to finally achieve this critical goal? Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein is hosting a series of informal “dinner party” conversations, exploring long-term strategies that could lead to true gender equity. The focus is not on politics but on big picture legal, organizational and cultural change. In this inaugural conversation, Epstein talks with civil rights attorney Ting Ting Cheng, Director of the Equal Rights Amendment Project at Columbia Law School.
“The Road to Gender Equity” series is in memory of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose legal strategies, based on the 14th Amendment, helped strengthen the rights of American women.
Selihot, the pre-High Holidays service often held at midnight, has fallen on hard times recently. This new prayerbook aims to change that.
“They Planted the Seeds” exhibition tells the story of the first Jews who came to Martha’s Vineyard, 120 years ago.
Helena’s synagogue was sold to the state in 1935, but now Temple Emanu-El is back in Jewish hands.
