Losing (and Finding) My Religion
by Maddie Ulanow
It’s always interesting when, on a particular Friday night, we get a new high turnout of students for the weekly Shabbat services -...
Israel’s Women Are Forced to the Back of the Bus
Back in 2003 I took a bus from downtown Jerusalem to my home in the northern suburb of Ramot, a mixed secular and modern Orthodox...
Summer Music Interview | Dave Brubeck’s Jewish Music
Dave Brubeck talks about spirituality, jazz and why he writes Jewish music.
Helen Schulman on This Beautiful Life
by Beth Kissileff
Helen Schulman is the author of novel This Beautiful Life, her fifth novel, which takes on the contemporary issue of privacy and the...
The Man on J Street: The Story of Jeremy Ben-Ami
The new “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby has created a storm in the Jewish world: Some credit it with opening a much-needed debate on American Middle East policy, and others accuse it of playing into the hands of Israel’s enemies. Moment tells the story of the group’s rise and of its founder, Jeremy Ben-Ami, son of an Irgun member.
Marshall Breger: Gay Activists vs. the First Amendment
Whatever the ultimate success of the movement for same sex marriage, one would hope that its adherents would be sensitive to the political and religious...
Opinion—Eric Alterman
Has J Street Been Defamed?
Sarah Palin says that Israel’s West Bank settlements “should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is...