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Week in Review: Israel Strikes Natural Gas Deal with Palestinians, the Roots of Jewish Surnames, Harry Styles’s Jewish Kick, and more

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jtapper

January 15, 2014

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In a rare example of Israeli and Palestinian partnership, investors behind Israel's largest natural gas reserve, Leviathan, have struck a $1.2 billion export deal with...

08 Jan

Visual Moment // Medieval Cairo

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Diane M. Bolz

July 25, 2019

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By Diane M. Bolz // Today, fewer than 50 Jews remain in Egypt, but for thousands of years the country was home to a series of important Jewish communities.

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Can You Beat Peter Sagal? Take Our Quiz Now!

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Sarah Breger

January 8, 2014

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Try your hand at our quiz “So you claim to be Jewish?” modeled on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me’s lightning fill in the blank segment....

07 Jan

2014 January-February, Jewish World

Opinion // Jews Aren’t the Only Ones Marrying Out

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Mark Oppenheimer

May 30, 2017

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By Mark Oppenheimer // Fewer and fewer American religious groups practice endogamy today.

07 Jan

2014 January-February, Jewish World

Opinion // Rip-Off Rabbis and Sacred Scammers

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Naomi Ragen

May 30, 2017

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By Naomi Ragen // Several high-profile Israeli rabbis have come under fire for less-than-holy schemes.

02 Jan

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Week in Review: Ariel Sharon, Israel’s Prisoner Release, New Year’s Predictions and much more!

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Moment

January 2, 2014

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Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday—the third group set free since peace negotiations with the Palestinians started last July—while at the same time unveiling...

31 Dec

2014 January-February, World

Opinion // Will Israel and the U.S. Break Up over Iran?

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Robert Satloff

May 30, 2017

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By Robert Satloff Differing approaches to Iran's nuclear program do not bode well for Israel in 2014. Israel begins 2014 facing a truly Dickensian moment—enjoying the best...

31 Dec

2014 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish World

Opinion // The Politics and Ethics of Street Tzedakah

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin

May 30, 2017

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By Letty Cottin Pogrebin There are many reasons not to give to the homeless, but we should do it anyway. When I was young, it was axiomatic...

31 Dec

2014 January-February, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

Ask the Rabbis // Religion & Science

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Amy E. Schwartz

July 25, 2019

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In what ways, if any, do science and Judaism conflict?

31 Dec

2014 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Music, Jewish World

Moment in Music // Michael Bloomfield

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Josh Tapper

May 28, 2025

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By Josh Tapper On February 15, 1981, Michael Bloomfield’s body was discovered in a parked car on a San Francisco side street. The 37-year-old Jewish blues guitar...

31 Dec

2014 January-February, Israel, World

Natural Gas: Israel’s Game Changer

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Martin Fletcher

May 30, 2017

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Recent discoveries of large natural gas reserves off Israel’s coast will soon transform the country into an energy exporter, and bring in billions of dollars in new revenue. But the new finds also open up a Pandora’s Box of environmental, financial, social, security and foreign policy concerns.

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Moment’s Best of 2013

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Moment

December 24, 2013

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In case you missed them, take a look back at some of Moment’s best—and most provocative—stories from the past year. A House Divided At apartheid’s end,...