Religion
Moment’s religion section highlights Jewish traditions, rituals, rabbinical thoughts and philosophies and so much more. This section includes our popular “Ask the Rabbis” series, where we gather answers from rabbis from different branches of Judaism about the most pressing questions, religious or otherwise.
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For the past six weeks, members of Beth Sholom Congregation & Talmud Torah in Potomac, Maryland, have attended services in the parking lot. ...
Through plagues, pandemics and wars, Jewish communities have found ways to adapt their traditional practices to the events of the time. Today, with the spread of COVID-19, many Jewish traditions have had to change. ...
Estee Rieder-Indursky is fighting for women’s rights in Haredi community. ...
Less than half of Americans can answer basic questions about the Holocaust, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
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Rabbi Menachem Bombach is the founder and head of the “Netzach” Haredi educational network, which combines religious and secular studies and aims to educate students to become observant Haredim who are also prepared for practical living. ...
The first time I came face-to-face with Jewish magic was when I moved to Israel in my early 20s. It
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Forty-six years after the first American woman rabbi was ordained, Judaism is transformed. ...
“Do we gossip? Do we repost stories about friends, family or colleagues that ought not be repeated? Do we believe everything we read?” ...
Where you stand on most issues depends on where you sit. It’s a truism that dates back far before our polarized age. Women’s issues tend to pose this problem with particular clarity; you might say that it’s not so much where you sit as what set of organs you sit ...
In practice it requires women to maintain the peace by bending to the will of the males around them. Although my mother was a feminist for her time, she still subconsciously bought into the notion that shalom bayit was the duty of women and girls. ...
Accused of blasphemy for practicing—or even affirming—their faith, Ahmadis still cling to the country they helped establish. ...
Moment asks a diverse group of philosophers, scientists, writers, artists & clergy the age-old question that never gets old. ...