The Forward 50: 2008 Jews of the Year
By Jeremy Gillick
The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50.
Winners include Rahm Emanuel, Obama's newly appointed Chief...
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...
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...
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...
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...