02
Sep
Moment Mourns The Loss of Rabbi Harold S. White
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Anna Isaacs
A note from editor and publisher Nadine Epstein.
02
Sep
Jewish Routes // San Francisco
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Moment
San Francisco, the gleaming mecca of all things tech, got its big break during another era of innovation: the Gold Rush of the mid-19th century. Before then, several hundred people lived in Yerba Buena, which became San Francisco in 1847, after the territory was seized by the United States during the 1846 Mexican-American War.
02
Sep
From the Editor // September/October 2015
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We live in disquieting times. It seems we make progress in creating a better world, and then some of what we achieve slips away. We overcome prejudice, only to find it has metastasized into new forms. That is the story of anti-Semitism today, and it is also the story of other deeply ingrained prejudices.
02
Sep
Opinion // A Turning Point for Jewish Republicans?
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It will take a lot more than the Iran deal to make American Jews switch parties.
02
Sep
Opinion // An Abuse of Sacred Trust
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What happens when rabbis prey on people’s need for holiness?
01
Sep
Book Review // On the Move
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There is a seeming transparency in the prose of On the Move, the late Oliver Sacks’s memoir about leaving home and the divergent, sometimes vagabond, life he made.
01
Sep
Q&A: David Gregory on Finding His Faith
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David Gregory talks interfaith marriage, Shabbat martinis, and what’s next.
31
Aug
Opinion // No, the Devil Isn’t in the Details
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In fact, the Iran debate isn’t about centrifuges at all.
28
Aug
Q&A: What Is Jewish Terrorism?
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Daniel Byman, director of research and a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and a professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, on the roots of Jewish terrorism and what can be done to address it.
27
Aug
Obama To Appeal Directly to American Jews on Iran Deal Friday
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President Barack Obama on Friday will keynote a live webcast hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America and the member organizations of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
21
Aug
Wooing American Jews on the Iran Deal: A Timeline
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The outreach since April has included a stream of conference calls and meetings.
16
Aug
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
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Sala Levin
Julian Bond, former chairman of the NAACP and civil rights leader, died Saturday at age 75. In May, Bond appeared at a Moment event held...