A Few of Our Favorite Things
The end of the year brings Hanukkah, Christmas, the stress of finding the perfect New Year's Eve plans and a barrage of best-of lists. Christmas...
The Dybbuk of Christmas Past
By Matthew Kassel
Christmas doesn’t mean much to me anymore, though for the first ten years of my life, it was my favorite holiday. Pretty standard,...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Living in Israel But Were Afraid to Ask
by Erica Shaps
In a few weeks, I will be coming to the end of seven months spent in Israel. When I first arrived, I thought...
A Cemetery Story
A documentary about a cemetery: It may not sound like much of a crowd-pleaser, but the German film In Heaven, Underground, directed by Britta Wauer...
Little Jewish School on the Prairie
By Scott Fox
A girls' high school catering to Orthodox Jews in the little town of Bricelyn, Minnesota, population 340. Sounds crazy, no? On the surface,...
Judaism without Belief in God? Moment Readers Say Yes
Moment Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Elephant in the Room essay contest. This year’s question, "What does it mean to...
Okay, Annie Hall Is Pretty Jewish
So, listen, we get it: The whole greatest-Jewish-movies thing is overdone. We know that Fiddler on the Roof is Jewish. Yentl? Yep, lots of tzitzit...
Why the Israeli Ad Campaign Matters
by Erica Shaps
Last week, the Israeli Ministry of Immigration Absorption’s now-cancelled ad campaign directed at bring Israeli expatriates in American back home took the American...
“I’m an Israeli Spy”: Best Pickup Line Ever? Best Pickup Line Ever.
Guys, a tip: If you're married but, you know, flexible, and you embark on an affair with a younger co-worker who then decides that your...
"I'm an Israeli Spy": Best Pickup Line Ever? Best Pickup Line Ever.
Guys, a tip: If you're married but, you know, flexible, and you embark on an affair with a younger co-worker who then decides that your...
What We’re Reading
This profile of Gene Weingarten, the scatalogically inclined humorist and brilliant Washington Post journalist. Weingarten is the only person to win two Pulitzers for feature...