05
Mar
The Agenda Behind Israel Apartheid Week? Guest Blogger Weighs In
By Patrick Mascoe
It’s that time of year again (March 4th – 8th), when our institutions of higher learning take a week out of their busy...
05
Mar
Debate of the Moment: Holocaust Insurance Claims
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Moment
Stuart Eizenstat and Samuel Dubbin have very different points of view about how to handle Holocaust insurance claims.
Travel in Jewish circles these days and you...
05
Mar
Opinion | Messiahs at the Movies
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Sala Levin
By Sala Levin
Moment Presents Ten Messianic Flicks
Superman (1978)
In Richard Donner’s adaptation of the comic-book classic, Jor-El (Marlon Brando) launches his son Kal-El (Hebrew for “voice...
01
Mar
Support for Iran Down Among Muslims and Arabs
Support for Iran has declined among Arabs and Muslims, a new poll of 20 countries in North Africa and the Middle East has found.
Iran's favorability...
01
Mar
Guest Blogger from Turkey on What Divides Muslims, Christians and Jews
Taqiyya: A Concept Used to Divide Muslims, Christians and Jews
By Aylin Kocaman
I was talking to the head of a Christian group a few years ago...
28
Feb
Anat Hoffman Dares to Take On Israel’s Orthodox Establishment. Can She Win?
A visionary to some, a troublemaker to others, Anat Hoffman is leading the charge for women to be allowed to read the Torah at the Western Wall. The executive director of the Israel Reform Action Committee and spokesperson for Women of the Wall has become the face of the fight for religious freedom in Israel.
28
Feb
Solar Eclipsed?
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Sarah Breger
Thanks to Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, the Jewish state was a pioneer in solar power. Now some of the country’s brightest solar innovators say they are being held back by red tape and a lack of government support.
28
Feb
Sarah Posner: Why Abortion Is a Religious Freedom Issue
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Sarah Posner
The beliefs of “Judeo-Christian” pro-lifers–aka the American Christian right–do not represent the Jewish theological position.
27
Feb
Gershom Gorenberg: President Obama, Don’t Miss Your Chance!
Israel’s unexpected political turn means the U.S. should push issues of peace, Palestinians and territory harder than ever.
27
Feb
Naomi Ragen: Israel’s Kaleidoscope of Expectations
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Naomi Ragen
With the new government in place, Israelis are beginning to address the complicated question of what they want their country to look like.
27
Feb
Marshall Breger: Palestinian vs. Israeli Textbooks
Some people can’t handle the findings of a study that dares to compare Palestinian and Israeli textbooks.
26
Feb
Jewish Ethics: Hillel and Shammai Weigh in on Gun Rights
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Ronald Pies
“A Jew dare not live with absolute certainty, not only because certainty is the hallmark of the fanatic...but also because doubt is good for the...