Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Author at Moment Magazine

30 Apr

Susannah Heschel on the Legacy of Her Father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Civil Rights Movement

By Nadine Epstein Moment: Tell me about this photo. It’s so famous, and we see it all the time—but what’s really happening there...

06 Feb

2014 January-February, Jewish Word, Jewish World

Jewish Word // Philistine

How Philistine Became a Dirty Word by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil It’s a story nearly everyone knows: The young shepherd boy uses noth...

06 Feb

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Week in Review: High-Tech Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel Boycott Bill Axed and much more!

February 6, 2014
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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The New York State Assembly has withdrawn a bill that would cut off funding to colleges and universities that initiate boycotts of Isra...

15 Jan

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Test Your Knowledge of Jewish Olympians!

January 16, 2014
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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The Sochi Olympics are just weeks away. Get ready with our quiz on the Olympics’ rich Jewish past.

15 Jan

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Answers to Jewish Olympians Quiz

January 15, 2014
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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1. Sarah Hughes 2. Aly Raisman 3. Yael Arad, for judo 4. Dara Torres 5. Oksana Baiul 6. Kerri Strug 7. Gal Fridman, f...

10 Jan

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Q&A: Historian Melissa R. Klapper on American Jewish Women’s Activism

January 10, 2014
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil While the names Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem have become synonymous with second-wave feminism, the rol...

05 Dec

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This Week in Jewish Politics, Culture and Religion: Netanyahu and Pope Francis, Plus Google’s Pursuit of Immortality

December 5, 2013
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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Benjamin Netanyahu met with Pope Francis at the Vatican this week, presenting the pontiff with a Spanish translation of The Origins of ...

01 Nov

2013 November-December

The Life and times of a Jewish New Testament Scholar // Rewind to the summer of 1963: Future New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine was watching the broadcast of Pope John XXIII’s funeral on her parents’ TV set.

30 Aug

2013 September-October, Politics

Interview | Eric Garcetti

Los Angeles’s new mayor has modeled his life on Jewish principles and values.

13 Aug

Book Review, Culture, In the News, Latest, Religion

Reza Aslan’s Jesus

September 19, 2013
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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Reza Aslan is an Iranian American scholar of religions, whose internationally acclaimed books include No god But God and Beyond Fundame...

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