Monthly Essay ·
A College Guide for the Perplexed
By Eric Cohen, Samuel HelyarWith anti-Semitism on the rise and the humanities in decline, how can young Jews pick the right university?
Eric Cohen
Eric Cohen has been the Executive Director of the Tikvah Fund since 2007. He was the founder and remains editor-at-large of the New Atlantis, and he serves as the publisher of Mosaic. Mr. Cohen has published in numerous academic and popular journals, magazines, and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Weekly Standard, Commentary, The New Republic, First Things, and numerous others. He is the author of In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology (2008) and co-editor of The Future is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics (2002). He was previously managing editor of the Public Interest and served as a senior consultant to the President’s Council on Bioethics. Mr. Cohen currently serves on the board of directors of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Witherspoon Institute, and National Affairs and on the Editorial Advisory Board of First Things.
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The Exodus Project: A Jewish Answer to the University Crisis
By Eric CohenAmerican Jews feel betrayed by the very institutions they helped build. It’s time for young Jews to go to colleges and universities that welcome and embrace them.
Monthly Essay ·
The Spirit of Jewish Classical Education
By Eric Cohen, Mitchell RocklinJewish teachings have shaped Western civilization from the beginning. How can Jews build schools that encourage the rising generation to take this responsibility seriously?
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Why So Many of the Greatest Leaders in Jewish History Began Life as Jewish Outsiders
By Eric CohenAn investigation, and a tribute to the 2022 Herzl Prize laureate Roger Hertog.
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What Will Come of Jewish Education When Educators Have Ceded Their Authority?
By Eric CohenCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Jewish Schools of the Future
By Eric CohenAfter the Great Disruption, a new renaissance can emerge, marrying Jewish classical education and novel technology, and confronting the cultural crisis with Jewish exceptionalism.
Observation ·
A Tribute to Mosaic’s Founding Editor
By Eric Cohen, Dr. Ruth Wisse, Martin Kramer, Hillel Halkin, Rabbi Meir SoloveichikSome of Mosaic' s regular writers reflect on Neal Kozodoy and his accomplishments.
Response ·
The Consequences of a World without Constraints
By Eric CohenCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Message from Jerusalem
By Eric CohenAmerican society faces a deep crisis of meaning to which the city, and the idea, of Jerusalem has an answer. It is needed by Jews, and as much or more by Christians.
Observation ·
The Jewish Tradition Unfolds in Fire. Here’s How, and Why
By Eric Cohen, Mitchell RocklinWhat are we to make of the fiery images, stories, and rituals that inform Jewish liturgy and Jewish self-understanding?
Response ·
The Work of a Generation
By Eric CohenCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Spirit of Jewish Conservatism
By Eric CohenBoth in America and in Israel, the liberal faith of too many Jews has imperiled the Jewish future. Needed is a serious, thoughtful, and authentically Jewish alternative.
