07
Nov
Is Rahm Emanuel the Jewish LBJ?
Who is Rahm Emanuel (Barack Obama’s new Chief of Staff)?
For starters, he’s Jewish. He, his wife Amy, and their three children attend the Anshei Sholom...
05
Nov
Hail, Obama. I guess.
I have been absent from this blog for a few weeks, after a few half-hearted attempts at an entry on rumors about whether Sarah Palin...
30
Oct
McCain's Supporters In Brooklyn
A group of journalism graduate students at Columbia University put together this interesting study of how Brooklyn is politically divided ("Bleeding Red for McCain") on...
30
Oct
More from actor Kirk Douglas about being Jewish
We hope you've all seen our exclusive interview with actor Kirk Douglas in the September/October issue of Moment in which he talks with his rabbi,...
28
Oct
Palestinians Inaugurate National Soccer Stadium
Don't you just love it when a sporting event is used to boil down the immense complexities of geopolitical circumstance to a few simplistic characteristics?...
24
Oct
Finding the "Real (Jewish) Americans"
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Mandy Katz
More than 200 professors of Jewish studies have joined to form the latest Jews-for-Obama group, reports The Jewish Daily Forward. But the Republican Jewish Coalition...
21
Oct
Production Time
Hey Inthemoment readers, hope you're enjoying the blog so far. As always, feel free to contact us at Moment by emailing editor@momentmag.com or posting your...
17
Oct
13
Oct
Get Wigged Out Like Palin
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A mere day after John McCain named his vice-presidential choice, I hatched a clever plan to dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Soon after, though,...
08
Oct
Frum Jewish Mothers for Obama
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Could this mom on a playground be Sarah Silverman's angelic twin?
Take it as a counterpoint to Silverman's sassy, obnoxious and, you almost hate to admit,...
07
Oct
Jewish population's up. Quick, hit the panic button….
Ok, time to get your assimilation anxieties sorted out. The numbers of Jews and kinda-sorta Jews and non-Jews married to Jews or who are children...
07
Oct
Heavy Breathing in Ashkelon
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Not every activist in and around Israel is focused on questions of religion or military hegemony. Some are concerned with a different sort of power:...