Observation ·
Where Did Shylock Get His Name?
By PhilologosThe unusual appellation testifies to the individuality of the character who bears it.
Anti-Semitism
Latest Mosaic Content for Anti-Semitism
Observation ·
The Blood Libel Is Very Old, but the Term Is Surprisingly New
By PhilologosThere’s no more point in arguing with the UN about Israel than there is in arguing about whether Jews really kill Christians for their blood.
Response ·
Israeli Territorial Concessions Worsen Anti-Semitism in the West
By Evelyn GordonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Why the Accusation of Settler Colonialism Is So Hollow
By PhilologosThe question is not whether Zionism was settler colonialism; it’s what sort of settler colonialism it was.
Observation ·
“Get the Jew”: The Crown Heights Riot Revisited
By Michael Pack, Elliot Kaufman, Jonathan SilverWatch or read our discussion with Elliot Kafuman and Michael Pack about the new documentrary on the 1991 pogrom in Brooklyn, and what it means for American Jewry today.
Response ·
How the Next President Can Help Restore Jewish Civil Rights on Campus
By The EditorsCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Is Baruch Spinoza the Founder of Modern Anti-Semitism?
By Henry MechoulanBlinded by hatred, the Dutch philosopher dressed ancient prejudices in the garb of reason.
Monthly Essay ·
How the Incoming Administration Can Restore Jewish Civil Rights
By Tal FortgangThe government can break the wave of anti-Semitism subsuming American college campuses. But it will take political will.
Observation ·
Marilynne Robinson Promises Her Reading of Genesis Is Faithful to the Text. Is It?
By Jon D. LevensonOr does the highly lauded American author's new book revive some old prejudices?
Response ·
Watch Andrew Koss and David N. Myers Discuss Whether Jewish Studies Has Turned against the Jews
By Andrew Koss, Jonathan SilverCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Watch Gary Saul Morson and Jacob Howland Discuss the Dostoevsky Problem
By Gary Saul Morson, Jacob Howland, Jonathan SilverCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The Jews Who Guard Dostoevsky
By Gary Saul MorsonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The Special Sway Dostoevsky Held over Soviet Jewish Minds
By Marat GrinbergCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Anti-Semitism Appeals to Intellectuals Because It Feels Like an Idea
By Adam KirschCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
Why Dostoevsky Loved Humanity and Hated the Jews
By Gary Saul MorsonThe case of the literary master helps explain why people who devote themselves to compassion for all so often make an exception for Jews.
Response ·
“Today the Jews. Tomorrow You.”
By Andrew DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
The Biden Administration’s Anti-Semitism Blindspot
By Dr. Ruth WisseWill the administration’s new strategy to counter anti-Semitism camouflage its own inaction?
Response ·
What American Conservatives Can Do about Right-Wing Anti-Semitism
By Tamara BerensCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Unchurched Christians and Anti-Semitic Ones
By Timothy P. CarneyCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Anti-Modern Anti-Semitism
By Tara Isabella BurtonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
From Coy to Goy
By Tamara BerensHow America’s far right found its anti-Semitic voice and figured out its true identity.
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 ·
Canaries in the Coal Mine: Dara Horn and Bari Weiss
By Dr. Ruth WisseJews can do their fellow citizens a favor by identifying the sources of cultural poison before the toxicity turns fatal. Hardly anybody is doing it better than these two.
Observation ·
“All the World Wants the Jews Dead: An Overwrought View from the Peak at the Bottom”
By Dr. Ruth WisseBefore Dara Horn's People Love Dead Jews, and before Bari Weiss's "Everybody Hates the Jews," there was Cynthia Ozick's still powerful and urgent essay in Esquire .
Observation ·
A Threat Assessment for American Jewry, Part Two
By Dr. Ruth WisseParts of the Jewish people stand up to the barrage of anti-Semitism, but others do not. Those others are part of the threat.
Response ·
Anti-Semitic Acts Don’t Have to Involve Hatred of Jews
By Joshua MuravchikCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Podcast: Kenneth Marcus on How the IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism Helps the Government Protect Civil Rights
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism Needs Updating, Not Replacing
By Ben CohenCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
I’d Rather Ask “How Do We Win the Struggle against Anti-Zionism?” Than “Is This Anti-Semitic?”
By Michael WalzerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Emerging War over Anti-Semitism
By Joshua MuravchikTo understand the significance of a new definition of anti-Semitism speciously promising clarity and fairness, we need to see whose interests it serves, not what its supporters believe.
