Recent Attacks on Orthodox Jews Have Many Antecedents
From malicious press coverage to statements by Mayor Bloomberg to low-grade violence.
January 2, 2020
Gertrude Himmelfarb’s Unparalleled Contribution to the Study of the Past and Our Understanding of the Present
The historian as moralist.
Gertrude Himmelfarb, the eminent historian of Victorian England and the European Enlightenment, died Monday night at the age of ninety-seven. The author of a prodigious number of books and essays on a wide variety of topics, Himmelfarb was among the great minds of post-World War II America. Her contributions to Mosaic can be read here; the Israeli historian Asael Abelman’s essay on her work here; and a review of her final book here.
January 2, 2020
Iranian Escalation in Iraq Calls for a Firm Response
The consequences of inaction.
Gertrude Himmelfarb’s Unparalleled Contribution to the Study of the Past and Our Understanding of the Present
The historian as moralist.
Jewish Political Thought Can’t Be Separated from the Messiness of Jewish Political History
A seamless new scripture on Jewish politics?
The American Jewish Romance with Buddhism
From Barry Goldwater’s second cousin to the Park Slope Jewish center.