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Apr 30, 2024, 6:51 PM

When it comes to Jews, the Far Left joins the Far Right

In all the fervor in the United States over recent campus unrest, has anyone noticed that the pro-Palestinian movement and those who gather under the MAGA banner are mirror images of one another? I would argue that the two movements...

Apr 20, 2024, 1:00 AM

A few new plagues for Passover, circa 5784

Some kosher for Pesach products should be purchased exactly zero times a year (and can a cat really eat a whole goat?)

Feb 22, 2024, 11:26 PM

Endless childhood

(courtesy)

My 94-year-old father's verve allows me the semi-fantasy that I have decades of vigor and dreams still to go (semi-fantasy because... I know I've aged)

Jan 15, 2024, 2:00 AM

Stop

I know, I know. I am an American Jew who lives in America, so I don’t get a say. Nothing is stopping me from making Aliyah and putting my money where my mouth is. No one asked for my...

Dec 8, 2023, 8:53 PM

The New-Fangled Face of Old-Fashioned Antisemitism

It is no secret that since Israel declared war on Hamas, young progressives, particularly on college campuses, have gone in big for such rhetoric as “From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free,” “Stop Israel’s War Crimes...

Nov 28, 2023, 12:49 AM

Partying for Humanity

The full inclusion of Jews as equals among equals in American society did not go entirely smoothly, to say the least. But by the time I came along, late in the Eisenhower years, you could both be a Jew...

Nov 6, 2023, 4:49 AM

Cognitive Dissonance in Northern New Jersey

On Sunday, the town where I live hosted a Bring Them Home Now vigil, complete with speakers, prayer, Israeli-flag-draped participants, and a table stacked with black, white and red Bring Them Home Now T-shirts for sale. The centerpiece of...

Oct 27, 2023, 8:39 PM

Why I’m Cancelling Halloween

According to halacha, Jews don’t participate in Halloween. This is because the holiday---originally All Hallow’s Eve—started as a Celtic rite until the Catholic Church incorporated it into the Christian calendar, and Torah prohibits Jews from partaking in “gentile customs.”...

Oct 16, 2023, 12:57 AM

A pox on Jewish antisemites

This is my confession. In the wake of last week’s brutal pogrom, I find myself hating leftie, pro-Palestinian Jews more than I hate Hamas. Correction: not more. But with the kind of visceral rage you reserve for members of...

Sep 19, 2023, 6:10 PM

The Mother-of-the-Bride Dress

Nu? I was going to write about the nurses, nursing assistants, and health aids who took care of me with infinite gentleness in the wake of my left hip replacement last week. I was going to call the piece...

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About Me

Jennifer Anne Moses is the author of seven books of fiction and non fiction, including The Man Who Loved His Wife, short stories in the Yiddish tradition. Her journalistic and opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Newark Star Ledger, USA Today, Salon, The Jerusalem Report, Commentary, Moment, and many other publications. She is also a painter.