11
May
Roxana Saberi Released
By Jeremy Gillick
The New York Times is reporting that Roxana Saberi, the American journalist imprisoned in Iran since January on charges of spying, has been...
07
May
Pigs in Prison
By Jeremy Gillick
Just one week after Egypt began slaughtering its 300,000-strong pig population, Reuters reported that Afghanistan has imprisoned its only known pig.
Afghanistan's only known...
20
Apr
UN Racism Conference Starts Today–Ahmadinejad Accuses Israel of Genocide
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Well, it's not as if the United Nations Durban II conference against racism was ever going to avoid controversy. The primary storyline going into...
15
Apr
A Wreck-tastic Passover Shout-out
By Maxine Springer
I was delighted to discover that one of my favorite blogs, CakeWrecks, had a special post dedicated to Passover. (If you're not familiar...
07
Apr
Make Your Own Matzoh
By Nonna Gorilovskaya
My friend and cooking goddess Jenna Huntsberger never tasted matzoh before she decided to bake her own. (Note to self: I am...
31
Mar
Heeb Magazine Must Be Hilarious—Fake Holocaust Memoir Writing Contest
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
In their most recent gimmick, Heeb has outdone even their own high standard of Jewish tomfoolery. Really outdone it. The idiosyncratic Jewish quarterly...
24
Mar
Have you checked out Moment's March/April issue?
It's on newsstands now!
Check out our cover story on Bernie Madoff, the man who ran what was perhaps one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes, remains...
16
Mar
Laish by Aharon Appelfeld
By Jeremy Gillick
The release last week of Laish, Aharon Appelfeld's latest book to be translated into English, provided an excellent excuse to celebrate the Israeli...
12
Mar
Rosen's Revenge
By Jeremy Gillick
In August of 2005 the United States made an unlikely indictment: following an FBI raid on AIPAC's offices, it accused Steve Rosen, one...
06
Mar
Moment Columnists Frum and Gorenberg Duke it Out
Gershom Gorenberg and David Frum recently spoke on bloggingheads about Israel's future and the importance, or lack thereof, of its settlements in the West Bank.
18
Feb
Should Israel Recognize Kosovo's Independence?
By Jeremy Gillick
In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom...
16
Feb
Bizarre Tales from the Holy Land
By Jeremy Gillick
Evidence of the approaching end-times, a society gone-psycho, or just more proof that humans are weird?
In the first tale, Haaretz reports that a...