31
Oct
Moment’s Halloween Edition!
A Halloween Sneak Peek
For Halloween, get a special preview of Moment’s November/December issue and read about dybbuks, spirits of the dead that haunt the living....
31
Oct
Jewish Word // Dybbuk
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Sala Levin
A Ghost from Our Past
by Sala Levin
Fans of the film-making, Minnesota-bred brothers Joel and Ethan Coen were transported back to the old country in the...
31
Oct
Romney and Iran: The Ties That Bind
The National Jewish Democratic Council is going on the offensive in the final days before the election with the launch of a site that documents...
30
Oct
From the Editor
Is satire educational or does it lead to a shallow understanding of current affairs? Does it weaken the power of news or replace it?
Has the state of American politics become so dire that we can only laugh (despairingly) about it?
24
Oct
Do you speak Jewish?
A new online Jewish English dictionary has been launched in an attempt to aggregate the distinctive words used by English-speaking Jews. The site, Jewish English...
22
Oct
Does the Jewish Vote Matter?
President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney square off tonight for their third and final debate in the heavily Jewish city of Boca Raton,...
19
Oct
Can Christmas Be Kosher?
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Sala Levin
by Daniela Enriquez
Every year, Jews face the “December dilemma”—what to do on Christmas? Or, is it okay to do something? In his book A Kosher Christmas,...
18
Oct
K-Pop makes aliyah
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K-Pop has made aliyah.
Gangnam Style, the musical hit from Korean rapper Psy, has come to Israel with a Jerusalem version.
The Israeli version of the...
18
Oct
Arrests at the Western Wall
Anat Hoffman, leader of Women of the Wall, was arrested last night while praying and singing the Shema with a Hadassah group at the Western...
16
Oct
Is Rap Jewish?
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There's an interesting conversation happening over on one of my favorite websites, the inimitable RapGenius. (Haven't heard of it? Don't worry, the New York Times...
16
Oct
Moment’s Exclusive Interview with Ed Koch
Moment editor Nadine Epstein sat down with Ed Koch at his office, just after the mayor arrived from his morning workout at the gym. Here...
16
Oct
Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Does Birth Control Trump Israel?
Republicans have made Israel their wedge issue. Democrats should make women’s rights theirs.