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Menachem Z. Rosensaft: "MSNBC's deafening silence on Buchanan's Holocaust denial forum"

May 8, 2012
By Maxine Springer
4 comments

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...

Latest, Moment Magazine, Religion

Statement By Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters

May 8, 2012
By Maxine Springer
4 comments

The following is a statement from the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters regarding the recent comments in Moment Magazine by Rabbi Manis Friedman. Regarding recent comments made by...

Latest, Moment Magazine, Religion

A Statement from Rabbi Friedman

May 8, 2012
By Maxine Springer
83 comments

**The following is an updated statement as of June 5. I would like to clarify the answer published in my name in last month's issue of...

Culture, Latest

A Wreck-tastic Passover Shout-out

May 8, 2012
By Maxine Springer
1 comment

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...

Culture, Latest

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...

Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest

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...

Culture, Latest, Moment Magazine

Have you checked out Moment's March/April issue?

May 8, 2012
By Maxine Springer
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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...

Latest, Religion

Should Israel Recognize Kosovo's Independence?

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
28 comments

By Jeremy Gillick In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom...

Archives from the past..., History, Latest, topics

Avigdor Lieberman: Israel's Le Pen

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
2 comments

By Jeremy Gillick Two years ago, Ha'aretz correspondent Lily Galili profiled the right wing Israeli politician and founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel is our Home")...

Arts & Culture, History, Latest

Kiev Celebrates Sholom Aleichem, then Destroys his House

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
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By Jeremy Gillick Following celebrations in Kiev in honor of the 150th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's birth, developers destroyed his house. The great Yiddish writer would...

History, Latest

George Mitchell: Good for the Jews?

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
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By Jeremy Gillick Yes, it's true. Barack Obama has ordered Guantanamo closed. That's big news, at least symbolically. But the bigger news, the decision that could...

History, Latest

Celebrating Martin Luther King Day

May 8, 2012
By Maxine Springer
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To read more about the alliance between Jews and Blacks, check out our January/February cover story. Photo courtesy of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism....

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