George Johnson

How did a word that means “leaning” become the way to describe the act of becoming a rabbi?

In an exclusive interview with Israel Prize-winning journalist Nahum Barnea offers insights on how Naftali Bennett will govern.

George E. Johnson explores why Jews say “Next Year in Jerusalem” in his installment of Moment’s series Jewish Word.

A Jewish Vietnam Veteran looks back 50 years on the moral journey that changed his life. Like a distant thunderstorm,

In a world in which any Jew is a potential target of anti-Semitism, it is the most visible Jews who are most threatened. Jews with black hats, with tight curls hanging down below their ears and black coats and women wearing modest head coverings, they are the most vulnerable. Jews in synagogues. In Brooklyn, as in Jersey City and Monsey, violence against individuals in their Hasidic communities is almost an everyday event. If someone wants to do harm to a Jew, Hasidic Jews and their communities…

What will the Jewish community look like in 2050, and what trends should demographers be focusing on to find out?

Explore the history of Tu B’Shevat and learn about the T B’Shevat seder. Learn about what foods to eat, what to drink and why?

About five years ago, we decided to do a one-time, five-day barbecue pop-up kosher restaurant. We served nearly 6,000 people in four days, and I realized then and there that I was onto something.

Few Americans have heard of Besa, but Besa is the reason that during the dark days of the Nazi takeover of Albania not a single Jewish citizen of Albania, nor any other Jew seeking refuge in Albania, was turned over to the Nazis or sent to the death camps.

While still addressing the integration of Israeli-Americans into American Jewish life, this year’s conference gave center stage to the Coalition for Action’s step-by-step construction of alliances with local political and religious groups and use of social media to build support for pro-Israel actions.

When Brent Delman was growing up in Cleveland, his culturally Jewish family, like their Eastern European forebears, ate lots of soft, fresh cheese—cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese—without worrying much about whether it was kosher. After all, cheese is just curdled milk, and as long as it’s not eaten with meat, what could be treif about it?