On the Road with Benjamin of Tudela
Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela roamed widely across the medieval world, from Narbonne to Cairo, meeting Rabbanites and Karaites along the way.
The Term Sephardic Jew
By Sarina Roffé
People often ask me to define the term “Sephardic Jew.” The answer is complicated. No, it does not mean “from Spain,” although that...
The Holocaust Through the Eyes of Women
For the first four decades after the Holocaust, most memoirs and historical studies viewed life in the camps through male eyes. But since the early...
Book Review // Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising
By Konstanty Gebert. Over the past few years, a series of books has brought to the attention of English-speaking readers the morally challenging, historically important and often overlooked or forgotten story of the Polish contribution to the Allied war effort in World War II, and of the terrible fate of the Poles under German rule.
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Week in Review: Drake’s Bar Mitzvah, Japanese Anne Frank, Roe v. Wade Turns 41 and more!
Israeli security forces said yesterday that it had thwarted a series of al-Qaeda plots to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and other targets, in what experts...
Moment Live // The Heart of Writing
Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Alan Cheuse
On November 14, Moment fiction editor Alan Cheuse spoke with fellow writer Joyce Carol Oates at the Moment...
A Life in Pictures : Bob Mankoff
The Dotted Path to Cartoon Heaven
Bukharian Cuisine: A Taste of the Silk Road
By Josh Tapper
A Bukharian Friday night dinner is an elaborate affair: Plates of carp doused with garlic sauce and cilantro, garlicky fried fish and mushroom salad...
Recipe: Bakhsh
Green Pilaf in a Bag.
Adopted from Ammun Kimyagarov's Classic Central Asian (Bukharian) Jewish Cuisine and Customs
Ingredients
2/3 lb. / 300g meat (beef or lamb are typical)
1...
8 Myths About Israel’s African Migrants
The African migrant issue in Israel is one of those stories where the solution is relatively simple but the politics, fueled by misinformation, are devilishly...
Week in Review: Kerry’s “Messianic Fervor,” Sharon Eulogized, and much more!
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon expressed skepticism over U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to revitalize peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying...