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In Defense of the Isolationist Jew
By Eli SpitzerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Eli Spitzer
Eli Spitzer is a Mosaic columnist and the headmaster of a hasidic boys' school in London. He blogs and hosts a podcast at elispitzer.com.
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Observation ·
The Baffling Appeal of “Jews Don’t Count”
By Eli SpitzerWhy is a silly new documentary about anti-Semitism that breathlessly reveals David Schwimmer has "never felt white, ever" getting such a rapturous response?
Observation ·
In Israel and America, Haredi Jews Are Starting To Vote Like Everyone Else
By Eli SpitzerUltra-Orthodox Jews no longer vote in blocs and are now enthusiastic participants in national ideological movements. They may rue the change.
Observation ·
How to Solve the Haredi Education Controversy
By Eli SpitzerIf outsiders listen to leaders of the community rather than reformers on the margins, they'll be more likely to come to agreement. Just look to Israel, where a new precedent was set.
Observation ·
Watch, Read, or Listen to Eli Spitzer on the New York Times’s Controversial Yeshiva Report
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Eli SpitzerWatch the recording or read the transcript of our columnist's conversation last week about the hasidic yeshiva controversy.
Observation ·
The Not-So-Mysterious Logic of the Shiddukh System
By Eli SpitzerEveryone from Netflix to the Forward is fascinated by the ḥaredi matchmaking system because it rejects liberal norms. Here's what they're missing.
Observation ·
The End of the New Jew and the Rebirth of the Old
By Eli SpitzerZionist revolutionaries dreamed that Israel would create a New Jew, purged of the exile's disfigurements. Instead, it's become a vehicle for the renewal of the old Jew, and the old Judaism.
Observation ·
The Specter of Satmar
By Eli SpitzerHow did a small Transylvanian movement become the most powerful player in worldwide ultra-Orthodoxy?
Response ·
Watch Our Conversation on the Rising Power of Haredi Judaism
By Eli Spitzer, Yehoshua PfefferCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Haredi Moment Has Arrived
By Eli SpitzerThe balance of power in the Jewish world is shifting to the ultra-Orthodox. Can conflict with the current establishment be avoided?
Observation ·
Stranger and Neighbor at the Schvitz in London
By Eli SpitzerAt a public bath in east London, three of the city's most insular groups—cockneys, Russian immigrants, and ḥasidic Jews—sweat together in peace. How?
Observation ·
The Best Books of 2021, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part II)
By Tamara Berens, Andrew Koss, Moshe Koppel, Eli SpitzerFour more of our writers pick several favorites each, featuring two Ruths, passengers, Lincoln, Verdun, chief rabbis, Jewish Montreal, sweet spots, a fortress, and more.
Observation ·
New York State vs. the Yeshivas
By Eli SpitzerThose who defend ḥasidic yeshivas against increasing state regulation have conjured up an unrecognizable fairy-tale world. But the arguments of the state's defenders are even worse.
Observation ·
What the Future Holds for Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Conversation
By Sarah Rindner, Jonathan Silver, Eli SpitzerA video of a discussion earlier this month with the Mosaic columnist Eli Spitzer and Sarah Rindner about the former's attention-grabbing argument about Modern Orthodox Judaism.
Observation ·
How Modern Orthodoxy Can Chart Its Course Without Jonathan Sacks
By Eli SpitzerMore than most, Modern Orthodoxy is a movement constantly ensnared by ideological disputes. Here’s how it can survive.
Observation ·
How Yiddish Survived
By Eli SpitzerSuddenly, Yiddish is no longer the archetype of a dying language but is transformed, growing, and built to withstand the rigors of the 21st century. What happened?
Observation ·
To Free Your Children from the Tyranny of Social Media, Look to the Haredim
By Eli SpitzerOnly by giving up some individual freedom and banding together can parents gain the power to reject the harmful influence of Silicon Valley on young minds.
Response ·
What Drove Chaim Grade Away from Religion
By Eli SpitzerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
