A Wreck-tastic Passover Shout-out
By Maxine Springer
I was delighted to discover that one of my favorite blogs, CakeWrecks, had a special post dedicated to Passover. (If you're not familiar...
Make Your Own Matzoh
By Nonna Gorilovskaya
My friend and cooking goddess Jenna Huntsberger never tasted matzoh before she decided to bake her own. (Note to self: I am...
Heeb Magazine Must Be Hilarious—Fake Holocaust Memoir Writing Contest
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
In their most recent gimmick, Heeb has outdone even their own high standard of Jewish tomfoolery. Really outdone it. The idiosyncratic Jewish quarterly...
Have you checked out Moment's March/April issue?
It's on newsstands now!
Check out our cover story on Bernie Madoff, the man who ran what was perhaps one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes, remains...
Laish by Aharon Appelfeld
By Jeremy Gillick
The release last week of Laish, Aharon Appelfeld's latest book to be translated into English, provided an excellent excuse to celebrate the Israeli...
Rosen's Revenge
By Jeremy Gillick
In August of 2005 the United States made an unlikely indictment: following an FBI raid on AIPAC's offices, it accused Steve Rosen, one...
Moment Columnists Frum and Gorenberg Duke it Out
Gershom Gorenberg and David Frum recently spoke on bloggingheads about Israel's future and the importance, or lack thereof, of its settlements in the West Bank.
Should Israel Recognize Kosovo's Independence?
By Jeremy Gillick
In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom...
Bizarre Tales from the Holy Land
By Jeremy Gillick
Evidence of the approaching end-times, a society gone-psycho, or just more proof that humans are weird?
In the first tale, Haaretz reports that a...
Hamas on Offensive in Gaza
By Jeremy Gillick
As the Israeli election enters its final stretch (polls close at 10 P.M. Israel time), with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni surprisingly ahead in...
Avigdor Lieberman: Israel's Le Pen
By Jeremy Gillick
Two years ago, Ha'aretz correspondent Lily Galili profiled the right wing Israeli politician and founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel is our Home")...
Kiev Celebrates Sholom Aleichem, then Destroys his House
By Jeremy Gillick
Following celebrations in Kiev in honor of the 150th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's birth, developers destroyed his house.
The great Yiddish writer would...