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Peter Berkowitz

Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In 2019 and 2020, he served as Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department. His writings are posted at www.PeterBerkowitz.com.

Latest Content

  1. Observation ·

    The Clash Within Liberal Democracy: Israel, the United States, and the West

    By Peter Berkowitz

    To ease social animosities and heal political wounds, leaders and citizens in America and Israel must rededicate themselves to the principles of liberal democracy.

    The Clash Within Liberal Democracy: Israel, the United States, and the West
  2. Observation ·

    How to Confront a Crisis of Cultural Confidence

    By Peter Berkowitz

    In his new book, Leon Kass shows Americans how to honor the benefits of liberal democracy, including individual freedom and human equality, while recognizing their high costs.

    How to Confront a Crisis of Cultural Confidence
  3. Observation ·

    Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors

    By Elliott Abrams, Peter Berkowitz, Daniel Polisar, Neil Rogachevsky, Michael Weingrad, Dr. Ruth Wisse, David Wolpe

    Spy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.

    Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors
  4. Observation ·

    A Balm for the Pathologies of Postmodernism

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Out of the pages of history, the distinguished scholar and essayist Gertrude Himmelfarb offers intellectual, moral, and political aid for our time.

    A Balm for the Pathologies of Postmodernism
  5. Observation ·

    The Illusory Quest for a Vital American Center

    By Peter Berkowitz

    What a new history of American civil religion gets wrong.

    The Illusory Quest for a Vital American Center
  6. Response ·

    A Salutary Thesis Overestimates the Bible, and Underestimates Modern Thought

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    A Salutary Thesis Overestimates the Bible, and Underestimates Modern Thought
  7. Response ·

    The Battle for Religious Liberty Will Be Won on the Field of Education

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Battle for Religious Liberty Will Be Won on the Field of Education
  8. Observation ·

    What Was Wrong with the Old Zionism?

    By Peter Berkowitz

    A new theory of Jewish nationalism promises to be more liberal than the old one. But it profoundly misunderstands Zionism—and liberalism.

    What Was Wrong with the Old Zionism?
  9. Response ·

    The Nation-State Is Needed Now More Than Ever

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Nation-State Is Needed Now More Than Ever
  10. Response ·

    The Long Rise of the Secular Faith

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Long Rise of the Secular Faith
  11. Response ·

    How Not to Help the Ultra-Orthodox

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    How Not to Help the Ultra-Orthodox
  12. Response ·

    The Decalogue and Liberal Democracy

    By Peter Berkowitz

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Decalogue and Liberal Democracy