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23 Jul

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A Queer Gentile in the Beit Midrash

August 1, 2013
By Jon Catlin
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As I was shown into the interfaith spiritual center of the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel to my first Beit Midrash (house of learning), I...

22 Jul

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My Wife, the Suicide Bomber

July 22, 2013
By Ariella Israel
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Arab-Israeli conflict. Three words that are charged with so much emotion and meaning. Everyone has an opinion (a staunch one at that), everyone has taken...

22 Jul

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Book Review | Country of Ash

June 1, 2017
By Vivian Gornick
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Vivian Gornick reviews “Country of Ash: A Jewish Doctor in Poland, 1939-1945,” by Edward Reicher

22 Jul

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Notes on Akbar Ahmed’s The Thistle and the Drone

July 22, 2013
By Thomas Timberg
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1. Akbar Ahmed's The Thistle and the Drone is his reading of the American War against Terrorism and its ambiguities. He is a former Pakistani...

19 Jul

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The Week’s Reading List

July 22, 2013
By Thomas Timberg
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In Queen Esther's Garden: An Anthology of Judeo-Persian Literature A lot of reading this week. First, a book on Judaeo-Persian literature. There turns out to be...

17 Jul

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A Jewish Woman’s Visceral Reaction to Buzzfeed’s 51 Hottest Jewish Men

July 17, 2013
By Samantha Landwehr
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There are so many questions about this Buzzfeed list. Why so many? Why 51 instead of 50? Does anyone think Jeff Goldblum is hot? And...

16 Jul

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2013 Guide to Jewish Genetic Diseases

July 24, 2023
By Moment
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Moment examines the genetic mutations that increase the risk of certain cancers in women and men of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, plus an interview with BRCA gene pioneer Mary-Claire King.

16 Jul

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Singer-songwriter LIsa Loeb, whose hit song “Stay” became a cultural touchstone for 90’s nostalgia, talks to Moment about how religion impacts her music, her Camp Lisa foundation and her 100 pairs of eyeglasses.

12 Jul

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The (Soul) Doctor is In

July 4, 2023
By Jason Edelman
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The rabbi is dancing and singing, his congregation swooning, his synagogue…absent. We are watching an actor only pretend to be a rabbi and are sitting...

11 Jul

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Indie Picks: Politics and Prose

June 1, 2017
By Sala Levin
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In this first installment of “Indie Picks,” Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, owners of Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, recommend a few of their favorite books to Moment readers.

11 Jul

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The Ninth of Av in the Shadow of the Shoah

April 24, 2014
By Eli Kavon
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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...

11 Jul

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The English Girl: A Kidnapping That’s Part Mirth, Part Mayhem

July 10, 2013
By Jason Edelman
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The English Girl, Daniel Silva’s most recent novel featuring Israeli super-spy (think James Bond meets Jack Bauer) Gabriel Allon, tries to break out of the...