Hamas Flags Must Not Fly over al-Aqsa
Denying terrorists symbolic victory—the only kind that really matters.
January 20, 2026
The Forgotten Corner of Eastern Europe That Became a Short-Lived Jewish Paradise
The tragedy of Bukovina.
In 2018, Mosaic published, serially, the memoirs of Ruth R. Wisse, which tell a story that begins in the Romanian city of Czernowitz, the place of her birth. Now Chernivtsi in western Ukraine, this city was once capital of a since-forgotten region called Bukovina—the land of the beech trees—the southern part of which still lies in Romania. Benjamin Balint reviews two recent books about this region and its Jews:
January 20, 2026
Is Now the Right Time for the U.S. to Strike Iran?
Pros and cons.
What the Saudi-Emirati Fight over Yemen Means for Israel
Will the Houthis emerge stronger, or more threatened?
The Forgotten Corner of Eastern Europe That Became a Short-Lived Jewish Paradise
The tragedy of Bukovina.
A Jewish Tour of the Hebrew Bible—for Catholics
No sola scriptura for Jews.