13 Jul

Culture, Latest, Religion

Shabbat’s Gray Area

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 1 comment

by Rebecca Borison Israeli President Shimon Peres recently announced that he has cancelled his trip to London for the Olympics’ opening ceremony. Why? When he discovered...

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12 Jul

Culture, Latest, topics

The Kosher Higgs Boson

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 1 comment

by Daniela Enriquez Last week, on the Fourth of July, while most Americans were celebrating their Independence Day, scientists working at CERN (the European Center for...

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11 Jul

Culture, Latest

Environmental Activism: Good For The Jews?

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 4 comments

by Kara A. Kaufman As we feel the heat this summer--the unpleasant, sweaty results of global warming-- we wondered: How are Jewish organizations working on issues...

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10 Jul

Culture, Latest

The Three-Hour Diet

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 1 comment

by Rebecca Borison Thanksgiving never really manages to excite me. Yes, it’s nice to be with family, but the whole feast aspect just isn’t that novel....

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09 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues

The Genetic Legacy of Jewish Catholics

• February 1, 2013
• By Daphna Berman
• 3 comments

When Francesc Calafell, a geneticist at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, first began swabbing cheeks as part of an effort to study the...

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09 Jul

Culture, Latest

Jews With Better Food?

• April 5, 2013
• By momentadmin
• 1 comment

by Daniela Enriquez Have you ever wondered if you have Italian Jewish roots? Or, do you think you have an Italian Jewish last name? You may...

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06 Jul

Uncategorized

Believe In God? There’s (Maybe) A Gene For That.

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 0 comments

Is there a God gene? The idea--that a person's capacity for belief in God, or lack thereof, is imprinted on her genetic code--is the basis...

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05 Jul

Culture, Latest

Moment Takes On Genes And Religion

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 0 comments

It's summer. We know what's on your mind: the connection between genes and religion. Well, you're in luck, folks! That's right, our July/August issue is out...

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29 Jun

Culture, Latest

Judaism Goes Green

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 1 comment

by Kara A. Kaufman Throughout the past several decades, organizations like the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, Teva...

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28 Jun

Culture, Latest

The Haredi PR Problem: Bad For (All) The Jews

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 0 comments

by Ezer Smith There has been some outrage recently over an Orthodox custom known as metzitzah b’peh, and justifiably so: The custom, during which the mohel...

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27 Jun

Culture, Latest

Miss Holocaust 2012?

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 3 comments

by Rebecca Borison As the number of remaining Holocaust survivors inevitably diminishes, many have attempted to record the survivors’ stories, through books, videos or other means....

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26 Jun

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It’s Complicated with Judaism

• October 11, 2012
• By momentadmin
• 0 comments

by Kara A. Kaufman A rabbi once told me that Judaism is not a religion. I was confused. Ethnicity? Nope. Culture? Wrong again. After pausing just long enough,...

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