Michael Doran on the “Bad Deal” with Iran
By Lucille Marshall
America’s recent agreement with Iran is a “bad deal,” former Bush National Security Council official Michael Doran told students and community members at...
Week in Review: Israel’s Bedouin Resettlement Plan, “Homeland”‘s Diplomatic Impact and more!
Last week the Israeli government announced it was suspending the controversial Bedouin resettlement bill, a five-year economic development initiative that would have legalized and provided...
Q&A: Sochi 2014, Russia’s Gays and the Jewish Response
Yelena Goltsman, of RUSA LGBT, a support group for Russian-speaking gay people in the United States, on Russia's anti-gay policies and the Sochi Olympics.
Q&A: Quebec Charter of Values Controversy
In the Canadian province of Quebec, religious groups have been up in arms over the past several months regarding a controversial piece of secularism legislation...
Week in Review: Is the Two-State Solution Dead? Nelson Mandela, Jews and Marijuana and more!
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East this week, in hopes of renewing the stalled peace talks between Israel...
Steven Pinker, Leon Fleisher & Other Creatives Weigh In On Creativity & The Brain
What's the connection between neuroscience and creativity? It was the question on everyone's mind the evening of Sunday, November 24th at Moment Magazine's 2013 symposium dinner,...
Moment Magazine 2013 Guide to France
Narbonne: A Lost Medieval Jewish Kingdom
by Nadine Epstein
Jewish kings reigned from the 8th to 14th century in southern France.
People are surprised when I mention that Narbonne,...
Recipe: Jennifer Abadi’s Syrian Meatballs with Sour Cherries
In the first edition of our new Friday recipe feature, cookbook author Jennifer Abadi brings us kibbeh m'Gerraz, or Syrian meatballs with sour cherries, a...
Book Review | Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem
Before I began reading Dissident Gardens, Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, I was advised to obtain a copy of Vivian Gornick’s Romance of American Communism for a little crash course on its context.
This Week in Jewish Politics, Culture and Religion: Netanyahu and Pope Francis, Plus Google’s Pursuit of Immortality
Benjamin Netanyahu met with Pope Francis at the Vatican this week, presenting the pontiff with a Spanish translation of The Origins of the Inquisition, a...
Q&A: Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Friend of Pope Francis
The Argentinian rabbi talks about Jewish-Catholic relations and his longtime friendship with the current pope.
By Josh Tapper
For many years, Abraham Skorka, an Argentine rabbi, carried...
Born to Be Red
Dissident Gardens
Jonathan Lethem
Doubleday
2013, pp. 384, $27.95
Review by Lydia Kiesling
Born to Be Red
Before I began reading Dissident Gardens, Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, I was advised to obtain...