Believe In God? There’s (Maybe) A Gene For That.
Is there a God gene? The idea--that a person's capacity for belief in God, or lack thereof, is imprinted on her genetic code--is the basis...
It’s Complicated with Judaism
by Kara A. Kaufman
A rabbi once told me that Judaism is not a religion.
I was confused.
Ethnicity? Nope. Culture? Wrong again. After pausing just long enough,...
A Green Light on Kosher Slaughtering in the Land of the Red Light District
by Rebecca Borison
Who doesn’t love a kosher deli? Well, apparently not the Dutch Animal Rights Party. Last December, the Dutch party, “whose highest priority is...
Is Mormonism the New Evangelicalism?
by Rebecca Borison
With Mitt Romney's status as Republican presidential candidate now official, Americans have begun in earnest to analyze his characteristics and qualifications. The first...
A Proper Israeli Sendoff
by Rebecca Borison
The Israeli Embassy was full of blue and white balloons, and a falafel bar was stationed at the back of the room. What...
Come And Knock On Our Door, Ira Glass
We thought we couldn't love Ira Glass anymore. The hipster glasses. The public-radio sensitivity. The Baltimore roots. But then he recorded the title story of...
The Wandering Jews
by Kelley Kidd
I spent Passover this year in Washington, DC. It was a far cry from the fall, when I celebrated the High Holy Days...
Beating the Passover Doldrums
by Kelley Kidd
It is around this time during Passover, as the seder leftovers begin to dwindle, that I begin to rapidly lose interest in the...
Double Exposure
By Yoav Stern
A Moment Magazine Special Series Israel's Arab Citizens
Israel’s Arab citizens consume both Arabic and Hebrew newspapers, radio and television. But when it comes...
An Iranian-Israeli Love-In?
by Kelley Kidd
Recently, Facebook has been bombarding me. Not with its usual memes and Spotify updates, but with a slew of politically oriented statuses and...
The AIPAC/J Street Color War
by Charles Kopel
A new spring ritual has taken form for American Jews concerned with Israel activism. The AIPAC Policy Conference, a mainstay in the American...
Election 2012: The Jewish Vote
By Monika Wysocki
For the past two decades, Jews have been a strong Democratic constituency; the party has consistently been able to rely on at least...