New Mexico:
Relax, Refresh, Explore Jewish Santa Fe
Judaism and the Southwest have been a shidduch since before painter Georgia O’Keeffe married Jewish photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Come...
Moment’s Fabulous Trip to Paris
Paris, City of Light:
Judaism Illuminated
Called “the world’s most romantic city,” Paris holds a special appeal for Jewish hearts. Come embrace Jewish history and culture, enjoy...
Moment’s Fabulous Trip to Berlin
Reclaiming Berlin:
A Jewish Journey Home
Once home to Germany’s largest Jewish community, comprising one-third of all German Jews in the 1920s, Berlin today again embraces its...
Opinion: Fundamentalism: The Tea Party’s True Faith
And why we haven’t heard the last of Ted Cruz and other anti-government conservatives. // By Sarah Posner
Opinion: The American Jewish Thought Police on Patrol
A political “big tent” would be better for Washington, DC’s Theater J and everyone else. // By Marshall Breger
Opinion: Gilad Shalit’s Negotiator, Gershon Baskin
On October 18 we mark two years from the remarkable day when the world waited with great anticipation to see Gilad Shalit stride from captivity...
Jews and Latinos: Finding Common Ground
Last week, the Jewish social justice group Bend the Arc joined a clamorous immigration reform rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC. And back...
Rapper’s Delight: A Jewish Lawyer
A friend recently sent me a YouTube video entitled “Rappers Love Jewish Lawyers.” The mash-up consisted of more 25 rap songs that referred to Jewish...
The Desalination Solution
Increased use of desalinated water by Israel and its neighbors will eventually translate into less water diverted from the Dead Sea. Desalination has been a...
Interview | Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles’s new mayor has modeled his life on Jewish principles and values.
The Ninth of Av in the Shadow of the Shoah
by Eli Kavon
The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av--which begins this year on the evening of July 15--is an annual day of mourning...
Letter from Cambodia
Nearly four decades after the Khmer Rouge massacre of close to two million Cambodians, a war crimes tribunal tries to convict the regime’s surviving leaders. But poverty, corruption, government resistance and Buddhist precepts that discourage examination of the past impede justice.