Fiction // A Beggar’s Place
This story is the second-place winner of the 2011 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize authors...
The Spicy Tale of India’s Jewish Cuisine
Palak paneer, chana masala and the egregiously treif-sounding butter chicken may not scream “Jewish” and were highly unlikely to grace your grandmother’s holiday table. But...
Israel’s Man of the Hour Naftali Bennett Talks to Moment: From Our Archives
Naftali Bennett, one of the fast rising stars in Israeli politics, is poised to capture between 14 and 17 seats in the coming Israeli elections,...
Ask the Rabbis // What Does Judaism Say about Immigration?
In Israel or America, in our homeland or dispersion, we are immigrants and the children of immigrants.
Jewish Mothers Everywhere Are Forwarding This To Their Daughters
The competition for best Craigslist posting to mention both Girls and the Holocaust just narrowed a lot, thanks to this, the most Jewish Craigslist posting...
Post-Racial Rabbis
One of the first things that six-year-old Alysa Stanton noticed when her family moved into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was a...
The Playwright’s Politics
by Ted Merwin & David Zax
The man behind Angels in America and Munich sets the record straight on his feelings about Israel, America and being...
Egyptian Satirist To Face Charges
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef faces criminal investigations after prosecutors in Cairo announced they were looking into allegations that the popular comedian had insulted Egyptian president...
Interview with Israeli Poet Moshe Dor and Translator Barbara Goldberg
Interview with poet Moshe and translator Barbara Goldberg, December 2012
Moshe Dor, born in Tel Aviv in 1932, is a major figure in contemporary Israeli literature. ...
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Top Muslim Brother Resigns Over Israel Remarks
A senior Egyptian official considered close to President Mohamed Morsi has resigned after publicaly saying that Israel's Egyptian Jews should return to their country of...
Ron Dermer: Next Israeli Ambassador to the US?
Ron Dermer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s senior advisor, is reportedly being considered as the next Israeli ambassador to the US.
Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon first reported...