Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Living in Israel But Were Afraid to Ask
by Erica Shaps
In a few weeks, I will be coming to the end of seven months spent in Israel. When I first arrived, I thought...
A Cemetery Story
A documentary about a cemetery: It may not sound like much of a crowd-pleaser, but the German film In Heaven, Underground, directed by Britta Wauer...
Little Jewish School on the Prairie
By Scott Fox
A girls' high school catering to Orthodox Jews in the little town of Bricelyn, Minnesota, population 340. Sounds crazy, no? On the surface,...
Judaism without Belief in God? Moment Readers Say Yes
Moment Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Elephant in the Room essay contest. This year’s question, "What does it mean to...
Okay, Annie Hall Is Pretty Jewish
So, listen, we get it: The whole greatest-Jewish-movies thing is overdone. We know that Fiddler on the Roof is Jewish. Yentl? Yep, lots of tzitzit...
"I'm an Israeli Spy": Best Pickup Line Ever? Best Pickup Line Ever.
Guys, a tip: If you're married but, you know, flexible, and you embark on an affair with a younger co-worker who then decides that your...
“I’m an Israeli Spy”: Best Pickup Line Ever? Best Pickup Line Ever.
Guys, a tip: If you're married but, you know, flexible, and you embark on an affair with a younger co-worker who then decides that your...
What We’re Reading
This profile of Gene Weingarten, the scatalogically inclined humorist and brilliant Washington Post journalist. Weingarten is the only person to win two Pulitzers for feature...
Other Religions: The Jewish Final Frontier?
by Matt Ponak
I started the first year of my Master’s degree in August of 2010 at Naropa University. A private school in Boulder, Colorado, Naropa...
The Iranian Question: Nuclear Power or Nuclear Warheads?
By Leigh Nusbaum
Watching what’s happening from the Middle East to the Midwest over the past few weeks, it seems that everyone has an opinion about...
The Case for Alan Gross
by Maddie Ulanow
Alan Gross is a 60-year-old resident of Potomac, Maryland, a quiet Washington suburb with a thriving Jewish community. A father of two and...
What We’re Reading
A sad, riveting look at the murder of 8-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky and the troubled Jewish man accused of the crime.
Jack Abramoff: "How do...