Book Review | When The Gods Belonged To Everyone
When bishops and rabbis excoriated necromancers it was more a question of keeping that magical talent in clerical hands than one of efficacy.
Opinion | The God I Believe in Now
Why are so many of us skittish about confiding our religious beliefs or lack thereof?
From the Archives | Don’t Dismiss the Religious Right
The Jewish community must extend to the Religious Right the same tolerance that Jews themselves expect and enjoy in American society. Only when Jews treat the Religious Right with respect can we demand pluralism and tolerance in return.
Ask the Rabbis | How Do We Balance Civility With Disapproval For Others’ Politics?
We should learn from our sages.
Opinion | A ‘Mixed’ Marriage, a Lifelong Journey
Bert and I met on June 9, 1963, fell madly in love, talked incessantly, got engaged in October and married two months later, astonished by our commonalities and delighted by our differences.
Israel’s Internal War
Hundreds killed, kidnapped, tortured and mutilated. Thousands displaced. An entire country at war, almost every family with someone at the front. And yet, it would...
Opinion | Religious Absolutism: Isaac and Ishmael
Devout militants have gained power among both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims, making the conflict even more intractable.
Fiction // Berkeh’s Story
This story is the first place winner of the 2000 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize...
Roundtable | Robots Get Religion
In real life, artificial intelligence may be making great strides, but it’s nothing—at least, as yet—compared to the visions of artificial yet intelligent creatures that live in our literary imagination.
Wisdom Project | Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow, 89
"It took me a long time, but I learned how to love people," says Rabbi Arthur Waskow. "I realized I had been not-soft, not-loving. I'd been sharp and smart, maybe even partly wise, but not loving."
Rabbis in States with Abortion Restrictions Find Hope in Interfaith Work
Jewish leaders in states with trigger bans hope interfaith activism may help them advocate for reproductive health.
Opinion Interview | Who Gets a Religious Exemption?
The landscape of church-state issues is increasingly fluid, but even so, few people probably expected Yeshiva University (YU), a Modern Orthodox Jewish institution in New York, to ask the Supreme Court to permit it to block recognition of gay student groups on campus.