A B’racha for Barack? The Obama Kiddush
By Mandy Katz
Raise a glass tonight and every night through January 20. You don't have to know Hebrew to intone this one (though it helps...
Is Rahm Emanuel the Jewish LBJ?
Who is Rahm Emanuel (Barack Obama’s new Chief of Staff)?
For starters, he’s Jewish. He, his wife Amy, and their three children attend the Anshei Sholom...
Palestinians Inaugurate National Soccer Stadium
Don't you just love it when a sporting event is used to boil down the immense complexities of geopolitical circumstance to a few simplistic characteristics?...
Get Wigged Out Like Palin
A mere day after John McCain named his vice-presidential choice, I hatched a clever plan to dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Soon after, though,...
New Voices goes Inside Chabad
Chabad, the ubiquitous Jewish movement best known among American Jews for its outreach on college campuses, is in many ways a mystery. Why, unlike most...
Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep
Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its...
Reform Judaism Promoting Politics?
By Inthemoment contributor Larry Kessner
A few years ago, not long after my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, I was talking to a good friend who had attended...
NOT A POLITICS POST! NOT A POLITICS POST!
Even though there is plenty of politics to cover today, we thought it would be nice to give you all something a little lighter to...
As Chinese Come to Israel, Recalling One Israeli in China
We've come a long way since 1985, when Israeli travelers I met in China had to hide their "real" passports from local authorities and most...
Seder Recipes From the Google Seder
Google Seder Recipes
Boiled Kosher Brisket with Horseradish Salsa Verde
4 pounds boneless beef brisket
3 medium onions, quartered
6 qt Beef Broth (or chicken)
6 qts water
2 bay leaves
1...
The Google Seder
The e-mail invitation came at the last minute. Not that Google didn’t know Passover was on its way, but apparently it would have been un-Google-like...