09 May

2013 May-June, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Jewish World

Jewish Routes | Washington, DC

• August 23, 2017
• By Moment
• 1 comment

In Celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month Jews have had a major presence in Washington, DC, ever since young land speculator Isaac Polock arrived in 1795...

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08 May

Culture, Food, Latest, Religion

Shavuot Blintzes: Take Your Lactaid, Folks

• May 13, 2025
• By Lori Riegel
• 1 comment

Shavuot, the holiday that marks the receiving of the Torah and the annual cheesecake overload, begins on the evening of Tuesday, May 14. The holiday...

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06 May

2013 May-June, Israel, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Jewish World

Book Review / Menachem Begin: A Life

• May 31, 2017
• By Martin Indyk
• 0 comments

Martin Indyk reviews “Menachem Begin: A Life,” by Avi Shilon

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06 May

2013 May-June, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Talk of the Table

Vegan Cooking: Deliciously Metaphysical

• July 25, 2019
• By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
• 3 comments

Vegan food: A metaphysical delight!

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06 May

2007 February-March, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine

The Story of Sergey Brin

• October 10, 2021
• By Mark Malseed
• 25 comments

It takes a bit of searching to find Sergey Brin’s office at the Googleplex. Tucked away in a corner of Building #43 on this sprawling...

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03 May

Culture, Latest, Moment Magazine

The Best Entries from the 2013 Jewish Pets Contest

• November 26, 2019
• By Moment
• 1 comment

Check out the finalists—from Nacho’s bark mitzvah to Reuven’s meow mitzvah.

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03 May

Book Review, History, Interview, Latest

Glenn Frankel on “The Searchers”

• June 4, 2013
• By Deborah Kalb
• 0 comments

Glenn Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent many years as a Washington Post reporter and editor, now serves as director of the School of...

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02 May

Latest

Books about Jews in Washington, DC

• May 3, 2013
• By Moment
• 0 comments

A supplement to our special Washington, DC Jewish American Heritage Guide: The Jews of Washington, D.C. : A Communal History Anthology  edited by David Altshuler, 1985,...

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02 May

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On Kaddish

• May 6, 2013
• By Adam Reinherz
• 2 comments

Six hundred and thirty one kaddishes ago my dad passed away. Each day, since we buried him, I wake when it’s dark, retire when it’s dark,...

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01 May

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The (Not-So) Jewish Tao of Howard Wolowitz

• May 1, 2013
• By Dan Clanton
• 3 comments

The Big Bang Theory, the perennially popular CBS sitcom centered around the social and romantic woes of three exceedingly intelligent physicists and one engineer, is...

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01 May

2013 May-June, Israel

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: The Knesset’s “Year of the Woman”

• May 31, 2017
• By Letty Cottin Pogrebin
• 0 comments

The Knesset’s “Year of the Woman” – A record number of female MKs includes new faces, seasoned activists and rising stars.

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01 May

2013 May-June, Ask the Rabbis

Ask the Rabbis | What Are Our Obligations as Jews Toward the animals We Use, Live With or Eat? 

• August 1, 2019
• By Amy E. Schwartz
• 7 comments

What are our obligations as Jews toward the animals we use, live with or eat?

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