Identity Archives

01 Jan

2015 January-February, Big Questions

Do the Religious Beliefs of Supreme Court Justices Influence Their Decisions?

July 25, 2019
By Rachel Gross
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A Moment Symposium with Robert Barnes / Lyle Denniston / Tony Mauro / Sarah Posner / Leslie C. Griffin / Stephen Wermiel / Marshall Breger / Emily Bazelon / Dahlia Lithwick

19 Nov

2014 January-February, Ask the Rabbis

Ask the Rabbis // Happiness

April 26, 2022
By Amy E. Schwartz
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Should Jews strive to be happy? INDEPENDENT No. Jews should never strive to be happy. Happiness should not be something to strive for. It should be solidly entrenched...

08 Oct

2014 September/October, Big Questions, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

What Makes Us Happy? A Symposium

July 25, 2019
By Moment
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The search for happiness is as old as humanity itself. In Jewish culture, the subject of happiness surfaces in biblical psalms, rabbinic commentary, Talmudic pilpul...

01 Nov

Uncategorized

Opinion: The American Jewish Thought Police on Patrol

June 1, 2017
By Marshall Breger
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A political “big tent” would be better for Washington, DC’s Theater J and everyone else. // By Marshall Breger

02 Jul

2013 July-August, Big Questions, Talk of the Table

Is There a Secret Ingredient in the Jewish Relationship with Food?

June 21, 2024
By Moment
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A wide-ranging discussion that includes food makers and thinkers Jami Attenberg, Sue Fishkoff, Ari Hart, Gil Marks, Allan Nadler, Joan Nathan, Yotam Ottolenghi, Mimi Sheraton, Michael Stern, Ruth Reichl, Claudia Roden, Shalva Weil and others.

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26 Feb

2013 March-April, From the Editor, Israel

From the Editor

May 31, 2017
By navid
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One could argue that Israel is the country where non-Orthodox Jews have the least religious freedom: They can’t marry, divorce or convert according to their...

31 Dec

2013 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

Elephant in the Room | How Has Anxiety Affected You, Your Family or the Jewish People?

May 30, 2017
By Moment
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Our second annual Elephant in the Room Essay Contest—in partnership with the Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety—seeks to lessen the stigma surrounding anxiety by...

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28 Dec

2013 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish World

Book Review | Black Jews in Africa and the Americas

May 30, 2017
By Gloria Levitas
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How to Be Black and Jewish Tudor Parfitt Harvard University Press 2013, $29.95, pp. 232 Tudor Parfitt’s last book, Search for the Lost Ark, was a...

21 Nov

2006 July-August, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

A Jewish Life

Talking Jewish With Deborah Tannen It was Thanksgiving 1978 in Berkeley. Some guests brought cranberry sauce, some brought sweet potato pie; Deborah Tannen—who was analyzing conversations...

28 Jul

2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish World

From the Managing Editor

July 4, 2023
By Sarah Breger
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I was nervous when I answered the phone call from Bennett Greenspan, president and CEO of the genetic testing company Family Tree DNA. As part...

05 Jan

2012 January-February, Issues, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Two Bat Mitzvahs, 60 Years Apart

Not long ago, my eldest granddaughter celebrated her bat mitzvah—two months shy of 60 years after I celebrated mine. I was one of the first...

27 Jun

Culture

The Jewish National Pastime

June 27, 2011
By elisniv
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By Aarian Marshall Some people collect stamps, others baseball cards—Neil Keller collects famous Jews. He speaks quickly, with a slight lisp, and with his red polo...