2013 March-April, From the Editor, Israel

From the Editor

Posted by navid

May 31, 2017

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One could argue that Israel is the country where non-Orthodox Jews have the least religious freedom: They can’t marry, divorce or convert according to their...

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26 Feb

2013 March-April, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Religion

Jewish Word | Moser

Posted by Sala Levin

July 17, 2024

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The Jewish Snitch by Sala Levin Earlier this year, Nechemya Weberman, a member of the Hasidic Satmar community in New York, was sentenced to 103 years in...

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2013 March-April, Ask the Rabbis

Ask the Rabbis: In counseling end-of-life care, what Jewish principles are most valuable?

Posted by Amy E. Schwartz

July 25, 2019

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In counseling end-of-life care, what Jewish principles are most valuable?

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2013 March-April, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

Book Review | The Book of Genesis: A Biography

Posted by Jon D. Levenson

May 31, 2017

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Jon D. Levenson reviews Ronald Hendel's new book, The Book of Genesis: A Biography.

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26 Feb

2013 March-April, Book Review

Book Review | jews and words

Posted by Stefan Kanfer

May 31, 2017

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Stefan Kanfer reviews jews and words by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger.

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2006 November-December, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

The Price of Being Jewish: An Interview with Judea Pearl

Posted by Susan Fishman Orlins

June 6, 2017

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The downward slant of Judea Pearl’s eyes lends a perpetually sorrowful expression to his bearded face. Yet, he is rarely somber during our talk; in...

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02 Jan

2013 January-February, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World

Ask the Rabbis: Does Jewish anxiety have a theological basis?

Posted by Amy E. Schwartz

July 25, 2019

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INDEPENDENT Anxiety is a universal human malady that strikes when we find ourselves at the crossroads of choice-making, equipped with several hefty wagonloads of relativities and...

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2014 January-February, Jewish World

Summer Programs 2014 Guide

Posted by Moment

May 30, 2017

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Camp Airy and camp Louise Situated in the rolling hills of Western Maryland, Camp Airy for boys and Camp Louise for girls provide overnight camping for...

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2013 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

Book Review | Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Posted by Allan Nadler

May 30, 2017

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Will the Real Abraham Please Stand Up? Jon D. Levenson Princeton University Press 2012, $29.95, pp. 244 The synthetic term “Abrahamic,” habitually used to depict the...

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2013 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish World

Book Review | Black Jews in Africa and the Americas

Posted by Gloria Levitas

May 30, 2017

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How to Be Black and Jewish Tudor Parfitt Harvard University Press 2013,  $29.95, pp. 232 Tudor Parfitt’s last book, Search for the Lost Ark, was a...

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2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish Word

Jewish Word | The God Gene

Posted by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil

July 25, 2019

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Finding Faith in DNA Why do some people believe in God, while others don’t? Is it a person’s choice, the result of upbringing or simply divine...

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Culture, Latest, Religion

Shabbat’s Gray Area

Posted by momentadmin

October 11, 2012

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by Rebecca Borison Israeli President Shimon Peres recently announced that he has cancelled his trip to London for the Olympics’ opening ceremony. Why? When he discovered...

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