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Book Review | Jerusalem: The Unholy Story

03:16 05 March by Arieh O Sullivan

By Arieh O’Sullivan Jerusalem is in an awful location. There’s no water. It’s far from any main trade route, surrounded by mountains, and sitting on an earthquake fault. It shouldn’t even exist. Writer Herman Melville described it during his 1856 visit as a “half-ruinous pile

Moment-Karma Foundation Fiction: Infections

02:33 05 March by Dalia Rosenfeld

By Dalia Rosenfeld The onion Lotzi was eating could be smelled five floors below him in the entrance to Migdal Zahav, the Golden Tower of Jerusalem, where he lived. Lotzi always waited for me to arrive before retrieving his knife from the cupboard, a gesture

What Does the Concept of the Messiah Mean Today?

02:25 05 March by Moment

Amos Oz I’m a secular Jew. I am in dire need of sober political leadership, not of a messiah. But let me tell you this. In Judaism, the messianic idea is only reliant in the future tense. Any Jewish messiah in Israel being transformed into

Women Get the Front Seat

19:30 05 December by Naomi Ragen

Israel’s High Court agreed that gender separation on Israeli public buses violated the principles of equality, individual rights and freedom of religion. In 2004, I embarked on what I thought was going to be a simple 30-minute bus ride from the center of Jerusalem

Walking Over to the Other Side of the Pro-Peace Debate

15:26 22 November by Moment

By Scott Fox Soon after I sat down at my table at a fundraiser sponsored by the local Justice in Palestine chapter, the elderly woman sitting next to me said, “I see you crossed over to the other side.” What she meant was that I

Live from New York, It’s Anthony Weiner

18:35 15 November by Daphna Berman

The quick-witted Democratic congressman has rocketed to fame by taking on Republicans with gusto. But when it comes to Israel, this hardcore liberal—who is married to a Muslim-American—is a hawk.

Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (aka Jon Stewart)

17:31 09 November by Jeremy Gillick

Even with an anglicized name, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show is quintessentially Jewish. At the forefront of modern political satire, the comedian just may be "the most trusted man in America."

Return to Centro Histórico

14:27 03 November by Ilan Stavans

A child of Mexico City’s cloistered Jewish community discovers Mexico’s long Jewish history—and his own.

Separate But Not Equal

16:05 27 October by Dina Kraft

In the second of Moment’s series on Arab citizens of Israel, we explore the country’s low-performing segregated Arab schools. After decades of neglect, the Israeli government is taking steps to address inequities. But who should control the schools and write their curricula? The outcome could have a major impact on Israel’s future.

Opinion: Is Tenure Bad for the Jews?

16:54 11 October by Naomi Schaefer Riley

If you ask professors why they need tenure, the first words out of their mouths will undoubtedly be some variation of this phrase: “To guarantee academic freedom.” I’ve asked this question dozens, if not hundreds, of times. I have asked professors at both ends of

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