Entries are coming in for the Elephant in the Room essay contest (https://www.momentmag.com/elephant.html), in which we are asking for answers to the question "What does it mean to be Jewish without belief in God?" We have not picked a winner yet – you have until...
By Michelle Albert The Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have threatened Sacha Baron Cohen's life because of their inclusion in his latest film farce, Bruno. Fashionistas of the world, unite: Save Sacha! [Jewlicious] Persian Jews live the high life in Los Angeles. [W] According to cartoonist Rich Tenorio, the...
By Michelle Albert Woody Allen speaks to NPR about his newest movie, the difference between life and fiction, and what he's like off camera. [NPR] While religious hatred dominates the headlines, a rabbi reminds us that peaceful interfaith exchanges are, in reality, more widespread. [StarTrib] Moment columnist Gershom...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_2222" align="aligncenter" width="233" caption="May/June 2009 Issue"][/caption] The May/June issue of Moment is out! Some highlights: Publish-a-kid contest winners New column by Eric Alterman A new shot at reforming Israel's electoral system And more! ...
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") Party, Avigdor Lieberman, for Moment. Having served as Transportation Minister under Ariel Sharon, and having subsequently been fired in 2004 for...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler First of all, hello! We at Moment and ITM hope you had a lovely holiday season. Here's to a beautiful 2009! (Or at least one without World War 3 and total economic meltdown.) In case you haven't seen it, our January/February issue is out,...
The Jewish Journal reported earlier this week that Iraq's first lady, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of President Jalal Talabani, paid a visit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The First Lady reminisced about her relationships with Jews of her Kurdish hometown, and, according to the Journal, toured...
Our September/October issue is now available online. In it you'll find: In Religion & the Supreme Court we offer up a comprehensive assessment of whether and how a justice's faith affects his or her legal decisions. Some of the nation's most prominent legal thinkers, Jeffrey Toobin,...
[caption id="attachment_781" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Rabbi Moshe Feinstein"][/caption] In our current issue, we printed a letter from a reader who was curious about Rabbi Gershon Winkler's response to our Ask the Rabbis question ("Who Cares What Women Wear [Or Don't Wear]?") in the July/August issue. Here...
When we discovered that David Duke, the Holocaust denier, former KKK grand wizard, and anti-Semite extraordinaire, and the White Nationalist online community Stormfront picked up on an article in the current issue of Moment Magazine entitled "When Money Grows On Jewish Trees," our...
