By Symi Rom-Rymer The recent ban on the construction of minarets (tall spires commonly found on Islamic mosques) in Switzerland is simply the latest move in a laundry list of actions taken by European countries to staunch the tide of growing visibility of Islam in what...
Here are a few things you may have missed while in your turkey-induced food coma. By Sarah Breger Tony Judt waxes nostalgic for the bad food of his youth, including his grandmother's Friday night dinner of potatoes, gefillte fish and compote. Warning: he shows no mercy...
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 By Sarah Breger After Sarah Palin’s provocative statement last week on Israel’s settlement expansion and her belief that “more and more Jewish...
By April N. Baskin I still remember the taste of the fresh cup of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice I bought from old Chasid pushing a tiny wooden cart on a chilly day in Tzfat last winter. I love the tangy flavor of fresh pomegranate and with...
By Sarah Breger Today’s the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. But 150 years later the relationship between science and religion remains contentious. In 2005 and 2006, Moment Magazine correspondent Jennie Rothenberg profiled and reviewed the works of Nosson...
By Sarah Breger The recent release of an expert panel's recommendation that mammography screenings be scaled back has drawn fire from women, lawmakers and health care professionals. But for Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in this case, the personal is political. Wasserman Schultz was diagnosed with breast cancer at age...
By Sarah Breger The White House is planning on cutting invitations to the annual Hanukkah party by half. Shockingly, Jews in Washington are complaining. [JPost] Moment columnist Eric Alterman declares war on The New Republic, saying the publication is bad for the Jews. [theNation] But the real question...
By Sarah Breger Costco, the retail megastore, plans to sell a special illustrated Torah, JTA reported yesterday. The Torah will appeal to Jews and Christians who don't have access to Jewish bookshops, according to the Torah's distributer Neal Warnick. "It deserves to be in Costco," ...
By Sarah Breger A new study released last week finds that outside of New York, Jews are more likely than non-Jews to have elements of a New York accent. "The Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity" reports the results of a survey of 25,179 American...
