By Leigh Nusbaum This is not a salvo—this is a challenge. This past year, both Jewish and secular, has been an incredible conundrum for Jews in Israel and the Diaspora. From the Arab Spring, to the breakdown of relations with Turkey, to the global recession, to the...
Back in 2003 I took a bus from downtown Jerusalem to my home in the northern suburb of Ramot, a mixed secular and modern Orthodox neighborhood. One stop into the ride, a large, sweating haredi man hung over me threateningly, demanding that I move to...
The new “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby has created a storm in the Jewish world: Some credit it with opening a much-needed debate on American Middle East policy, and others accuse it of playing into the hands of Israel’s enemies. Moment tells the story of the group’s...
Whatever the ultimate success of the movement for same sex marriage, one would hope that its adherents would be sensitive to the political and religious rights of their opponents. This does not seem to be the case. Proposition 8, a successful voter-initiated California constitutional amendment that...
Has J Street Been Defamed? Sarah Palin says that Israel’s West Bank settlements “should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months...
There's still time to get your essay in for the Elephant in the Room contest; the deadline's October 7th, so be sure to send in your essay. To inspire you, here are a few more of our favorite passages: “Now, in my humble opinion, a belief in...
Gennady Mesh, editor of the web magazine “Russian Globe" reviews new works by Yury Kanzburg. “All of man's toil is for the sake of his mouth, yet his soul is never satisfied” – says Ecclesiastes. – “All is vanity” and only the spiritual way...
As part of the Elephant in the Room, we asked Dr. Christopher Brittain how the discussion on secularism has changed over the past ten years: I would not say it has progressed very well in America. Many who subscribe to the notion of secularism assume that...
By Steven Philp To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in tow. Even the fact that their marriage is a product of convenience rather than love is not unusual, yet the...
By Steven Philp To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in tow. Even the fact that their marriage is a product of convenience rather than love is not unusual, yet the...
