The Haggadah: A Book of Beloved Imperfections
The Passover Haggadah could hardly be more different from the Torah. A Torah scroll is housed in a synagogue.
17
Mar
17
Mar
Talk of the Table | Rice and Beans for Passover?
Conservative rabbi Amy Levin always makes lentil soup on Passover—but never in her grandmother’s pots.
17
Mar
Poem | Afikomen
I’ve written the soup, the parting of the sea, the savage plagues and the candles
09
Mar
The Yazidis: A Faith Without A Future?
In 2014, ISIS forced them from their homes in Iraq. Many fled the country. The rest remain displaced, afraid to return home.
09
Mar
Jewish Political Voices Project: The New Politics of Anti-Semitism
When we ask voters who or what is to blame for anti-Semitism and how it should be addressed, opinions diverge in surprising ways—and not always along party lines.
09
Mar
Jewish Word | Challah
The word “challah” made its first appearance more than 2,500 years ago.
09
Mar
Spice Box: Good Luck With That
Send your unmarked original newspaper clippings, curiosities and photographs to editor@momentmag.com.
03
Mar
Ask the Rabbis | What Is Anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is a culture of commonly held malicious assumptions and attitudes toward Jews and Judaism.
03
Mar
Book Review | When the Ivory Tower Closed Its Gates
Imagine a U.S. law that kept thousands of European Jews and others from obtaining visas to the United States in the 1930s, leaving many of them to deportation and death.
03
Mar
From the Editor | Know Thine Enemies
Last month, more than 100 members of a white nationalist hate group, Patriot Front, marched on the National Mall here in Washington, DC.