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01 Aug

2,711 Days of Talmud

October 11, 2012
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by Rebecca Borison This evening, Jews around the world will gather to celebrate finishing all of the tractates of the Talmud. Over seven years, participants have...

31 Jul

2012 July-August, Israel

Natan Sharansky: Act III, Scene I

June 1, 2017
By Daphna Berman
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Soviet Jewry’s leading man has had a career of many acts: dissident, politician and now, head of Israel’s Jewish Agency. Through them all, he has...

31 Jul

Culture, Latest

Israel’s Highless Marijuana

October 11, 2012
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by Daniela Enriquez A new oxymoron is born. After non-alcoholic beer and decaf coffee, the world is finally ready to welcome “highless” marijuana. Israeli scientists working...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues

The Secret Life of Jewish Genes

June 1, 2017
By Nicholas Wade
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The question of who is a Jew has become a knot of complexities. I once heard Benjamin Netanyahu say in jest at a lunch at The...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Talk of the Table

The New Gene Cuisine

In Genesis, Jacob asks his father-in-law, Laban, to compensate him for 14 years of unpaid labor. His request is strange: all the speckled and spotted...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish World

Genia Brin’s Double Parkinson’s Mutation

June 1, 2017
By Nadine Epstein
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Eugenia Brin was 48 when she first noticed that her left leg was dragging. It took two years for doctors finally to diagnose her with...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish Word

Jewish Word | The God Gene

Finding Faith in DNA Why do some people believe in God, while others don’t? Is it a person’s choice, the result of upbringing or simply divine...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues

Bella Abzug: The Woman Congress Could Not Intimidate

March 7, 2024
By Irin Carmon
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“Find out if your girlfriend is a feminist before you get too far into it,” Phyllis Schlafly told assembled students at The Citadel military academy...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Israel, Issues

Eetta Prince-Gibson: Israel’s No-Win African Refugee Situation

In late May, protestors rioted against the tens of thousands of African migrant workers and asylum seekers living in south Tel Aviv. They attacked passersby,...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Israel, Issues

Clifford D. May: Khamenei’s Sacred Word: Destroy Israel

June 1, 2017
By Clifford D. May
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There’s nothing wrong with negotiating with your enemies. There is something wrong if you don’t know that those sitting across the table from you are...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Israel, Issues