Pig blood in the kosher cafeteria. / I scuffed it with my shoe. ...
Moment readers respond to reporting from the last print issue and content from Moment’s digital website in the conversation. ...
The question lacks nuance: No country ever turned on its Jews overnight. ...
Central to Yiddish’s complex history is regret for a future that could have been if only had there not been a Holocaust. ...
When bishops and rabbis excoriated necromancers it was more a question of keeping that magical talent in clerical hands than one of efficacy. ...
The Jews of Shanghai adjusted to rickshaws and Chinese charcoal stoves and debated the usual Talmudic rules, adjusted to local circumstances. Was a rickshaw okay to take on shabbat? ...
Values are meaningless when we treat them like commodities to be gambled with on the stock market of political correctness. ...
When a director of an Israeli spy agency retires, there is a burst of interest in what they will reveal about secret operations—and what they’ve really thought about Israeli leaders. ...
The vertical rotating rotisserie tower of meat is deliciously innovative, but it’s difficult to pin down its Middle Eastern origins. ...
It seemed like a simple task when we first started thinking about assembling a list of the most innovative Jews of the past 50 years... ...
If we ignore the efforts of people in power when they’re sincerely trying, and having some impact, then I worry that those people will just go back to saying no. ...
An askan could offer legal help or act as a medical liaison—someone well connected to the ins and outs of different hospitals, who can get you an appointment with the right specialist. ...