Fabulous, Feel-good, and Fatwa-Free
By Symi Rom-Rymer
When a Muslim and a Jew walk into a bar, it’s a joke. When a Muslim discovers he was born Jewish, it’s a...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Four car bombs exploded in front of Shiite mosques in Baghdad this morning, killing 39 people and wounding 54.
The Rabbinical Council of America...
Facebook Fan Giveaway!
Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in /home/momentma/public_html/momentmag.com/wp-includes/class-wp-mysql.php on line 32
Facebook...
An Anne Frank for the 21st Century
By Symi Rom-Rymer
For Yom Hashoah this year, PBS devoted a week to films with Jewish themes. Among its many offerings was a revised and “most...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Now that Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's only Protestant member, has resigned, who will take his place on the bench? The...
Shtetl Life Reexamined
By Symi Rom-Rymer
A picture is worth a thousand words, so goes the old cliché. But as Alana Newhouse’s recently published New York Times article on...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
President Obama has decided to remove the terms "islamic extremism" and "jihad" from the document detailing the country's national security policy in order...
Gay Memorial… Just for the Guys?
By Talia Ran
When taught about the Holocaust, we are asked to never forget those who lost their lives during such a tragic time. However, for...
Seders, and the Last Supper, and Jesus! Oh, My!
By Michelle Albert
A recent article on Slate raises the question of a possible connection between the Last Supper and Passover, dredging up a long-standing source...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
President Obama walked out of a dinner at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Petulance and politics probably aren't a...
Haikus: The New Political Medium
By Michelle Albert
Political haikus
Skewer talking heads to roast
Pass barbecue sauce
If you need an outlet for politically-based anger, want to flex your poetic muscles or just...
The Seder: Not Just for Jews Anymore
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Did you know that the three pieces of matzo used during Seder represent the holy trinity? Or that a leg of lamb on...