Moment Magazine

From podcasts and memes to sidewalk chatter: are we in a golden age of lashon hara? And does the Jewish community have an obligation to stand against a growing gossip culture? We asked the rabbis!

Ask the Rabbis | Are We Living in a Golden Age of ‘Lashon Hara’? These days, our ears are plugged with wires hooked into the mesmerizing voices of fallen angels spewing forth their seductive venom through imagery, lyrics and propagandized pomposity.

“We need not live in fear of monsters any longer,” Zohran Mamdani recently said of AIPAC. Even for critics of Israel this language is nearing the point of becoming counterproductive argues Nathan Guttman.

Has AIPAC-Bashing Reached its Peak? AIPAC’s political funding activity is fully in line with U.S. campaign financing laws, as flawed as these laws may be, and that such funding is common practice among many large interest groups.

In the post-October 7, post-Mamdani Democratic party, it has seemed that progressive, DSA-backed candidates and pro-Israel Jewish institutions are on a collision course. Could DC and its mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George offer a middle path?

Has AIPAC-Bashing Reached its Peak? AIPAC’s political funding activity is fully in line with U.S. campaign financing laws, as flawed as these laws may be, and that such funding is common practice among many large interest groups.