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06 Jan

Ask the Rabbis, Winter Issue 2020

Ask the Rabbis | Is Silence Consent?

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Moment

December 22, 2021

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On the one hand, we have the Talmudic legal adage: “Silence is like a confession”

30 Dec

Winter Issue 2020, World

Opinion | When Political Enemies Become Satan

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Konstanty Gebert

October 8, 2020

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Countries with proportional election systems usually resist political paralysis. When multiple parties can form coalitions, the theory goes, polarization won’t happen as readily.

06 Nov

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

In ‘Soon By You,’ Leah Gottfried Tells Stories About Modern Orthodox Dating

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Simi Horwitz

January 19, 2022

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When Soon By You, a comic web series, started its life as a 15-minute film in 2016, the prospect of a series seemed unattainable—though “it was certainly a dream.”

16 Sep

2019 September/October, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World

Ask the Rabbis | Are There Things That Can’t Be Forgiven?

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Moment

December 22, 2021

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"Few people have never been mistreated or hurt others. Jewish tradition makes demands of both parties."

14 Aug

Jewish World, Latest

Jewish Astrology, Then and Now

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Dana Gerber

August 22, 2019

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Astrology has a rich cultural history in Judaism.

23 May

Israel, Jewish World, Opinion, Summer 2019 Double Issue

Opinion | Who Is a Reform Jew?

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Shmuel Rosner

December 23, 2021

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How many Reform Jews live in Israel? The proper answer to this question ought to be: Who cares? And yet some people do care, me...

Moment’s best Passover stories—from the history of charoset to the best Passover movies. Download Moment's Free Haggadah seder supplement.

15 Apr

Jewish World, Latest

Moment’s 2019 Seder Supplement

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Moment

May 30, 2024

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In our 2019 seder supplement, we've collected some of Moment’s best Passover stories—from the history of charoset to the best Passover movies.

04 Apr

Jewish World, Latest

Yechiel Eckstein: A Lonely Man Building a Bridge Between Two Faiths

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Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

April 4, 2019

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The son of a leading Canadian Orthodox Rabbi and a scion of a family embedded in the Hasidic community, Yechiel Eckstein, unsurprisingly, was a devout, deeply traditional Jew.

20 Mar

2019 March-April, Big Questions, Jewish World

How Is Your Judaism Different From Your Parents’?

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Moment

April 18, 2022

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Moment asked millennial Jews, "How is your Judaism different from your parents'?" The young generation of the Jewish community looks diverse—and proud to be Jewish.

24 Jan

Jewish World, Latest

A Guide to Sand Synagogues

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Julie Bielenberg

January 25, 2024

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Today, there are only five sand synagogues remaining in the world, three of them in the Caribbean.

24 Jan

Jewish World, Winter Issue 2019

A Gold Rush Synagogue Hangs On Down Under

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Mark I. Pinsky

December 23, 2021

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More than a century and a half has passed since the gold rush created the booming Australian city of Ballarat, 70 miles inland from Melbourne. The gold is long gone, but the worshippers who sit shoulder to shoulder in the pews of Shearith Yisroel seem determined to live up to their synagogue’s name: “Remnant of Israel.”

18 Jan

Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World, Winter Issue 2019

Ask The Rabbis | How Has Pittsburgh Changed Jewish Life for Your Community?

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Moment

December 23, 2021

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Our reaction to the events in Pittsburgh began with mourning for the victims. From mourning we moved to the legitimate fear that comes from living in a nation where easily procured weapons of mass death terrorize people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people and—as always—Jews.