Ask The Rabbis | Can a Robot Be Jewish?
“Would your Jewish robot be like the Jetsons’ Rosie, who’d make perfect Shabbat challah and your aunt’s amazing latkes?”...
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Opinion | American Jews Just Don’t Get It
Reactions to the embassy move to Jerusalem show how little they understand Israelis. ...
What Do Memes Tell Us About Jewish Identity?
The plurality of Jewish meme pages reflects the plurality of perspectives on Judaism....
Discovering Science in the Zohar
Throughout The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown extols the importance of the Zohar, the classic book of Kabbalah, as an incredible source of knowledge from which modern science can draw. As one scientist explains to another in the beginning of novel, “Human beings are poised on...
Persecuted In Pakistan
Accused of blasphemy for practicing—or even affirming—their faith, Ahmadis still cling to the country they helped establish....
What is The Meaning of God Today?
Moment asks a diverse group of philosophers, scientists, writers, artists & clergy the age-old question that never gets old....
Benjamin Franklin’s Midrash
Like fanfic authors today, Franklin extended a beloved text in a direction that fulfilled his vision of it, that satisfied his questions and fired his imagination. In other words, he wrote midrash....
Why Pluralistic Judaism Matters in Israel
Ten years ago, only around 6 percent of Israeli Jews self-identified as Reform or Conservative. Today, that number has grown to 11 percent....
Strangers In Their Own Land
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in 2017 September/October, Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative, Featured
The end of the long civil war between Tamil and Buddhist forces promised peace. Instead, Buddhist nationalists found a new enemy: their Muslim neighbors....
Ask The Rabbis | What Is the Most Important High Holidays Prayer?
An especially insightful prayer is Hayom Harat Olam, said after the shofar is blown at the Rosh Hashanah Musaf (afternoon) service: “Today the world is conceived.” It’s a liturgical call to stay open to the pregnant possibilities in this world....