Response ·
An Israeli Senate Would Defend the Establishment from the People
By Gadi Taub, Avi BareliHow a proposed constitutional reform would institutionalize Israel’s democratic deficit.
Politics & Current Affairs
Latest Mosaic Content for Politics & Current Affairs
Observation ·
Podcast: Gary Saul Morson on Alexander Solzhenitsyn and His Warning to America
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicThe scholar of Russian literature harkens back to a famous warning to Americans about deep-seated tendencies that could lead their nation into societal sickness.
Monthly Essay ·
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 ·
Jewish Studies against the Jews
By Andrew KossAs America's universities catch fire and its Jewish students grow more fearful, the field most likely to have something to say has remained silent—or worse. How did it go wrong?
Observation ·
Why Are the Anti-Israel Chants So Dull?
By PhilologosCompared to the wit of the anti-Vietnam slogans of the late 60s, the anti-Israel chants of today are aggressively tedious. What does that say about the chanters?
Response ·
Will Jewish Tradition Adapt to AI?
By Moshe KoppelJudaism has the resources to confront artificial intelligence, if Jews are prudent about how to use them.
Monthly Essay ·
Is War With Lebanon Imminent?
By Raphael BenLeviAs both sides escalate by the day and as the fighting in Gaza simmers down, many Israelis are growing convinced that full-scale war with Hizballah is unavoidable. Are they right?
Observation ·
The Genial, Jewish Joseph Lieberman
By Elliott AbramsA practicing Orthodox Jew, the late senator lived his faith; no political triumph ever seemed to dent his graciousness.
Response ·
Jews Aren’t Loud Enough about AI
By David Zvi KalmanJews can help the wider world fight the excesses of artificial intelligence, but in order to do so they need to learn how to speak about such matters in a language non-Jews understand.
Monthly Essay ·
What Artificial Intelligence Has In Store for Judaism
By Moshe KoppelAI has the potential to change the way Jews study Torah, observe Jewish law, work with rabbis, and teach their children. Will Jews resist those changes or welcome them?
Observation ·
The World Is Not Taking the Houthis Seriously Enough
By Ari Heistein, Jason M. BrodskyOf all the actors that have taken the world stage since October 7, the Houthis are surely the most surprising. Where did they come from and what do they want?
Observation ·
Tit for Tat Is a Bad Way of Arguing about Gaza
By PhilologosTwo or three thoughts on the “dehumanizing” discourse.
Observation ·
Israel and the CNN Effect
By Shlomo BrodyImages of bloodshed in Gaza should upset anyone with a healthy moral sense. But they don't help determine whether the actions that brought these scenes about were ethical.
Observation ·
What Kissinger Really Thought
By Elliott Abrams, Norman Podhoretz, Jonathan SilverInterviews with Norman Podhoretz and Elliott Abrams recreate the foreign-policy debates of the cold war, and illuminate Kissinger's attitudes toward Israel and the Jewish people.
Response ·
The Extremist’s Gambit Helps Explain Why Hamas Attacked Now
By Tanner GreerHeinous violence meant to force everyone to choose sides has long been the recourse of a radical minority that fears time is not on its side.
Monthly Essay ·
The Perennial Power of the Nakba
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourHow generations of Arab thinkers and leaders tried to turn the humiliation of their losses to Israel into a springboard to launch their nations into an enchanted new age.
Observation ·
The Biden Administration’s Anti-Semitism Blindspot
By Ruth R. 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 BerensWhat else but turn to the past in search of some historical precedents for the current situation, and of what was done successfully then.
Response ·
Unchurched Christians and Anti-Semitic Ones
By Timothy P. CarneyThe best bet to fight far-right anti-Semitism is to hope that America's lapsed Christians return to the pews.
Response ·
Anti-Modern Anti-Semitism
By Tara Isabella BurtonThe cultural chaos of the current era seems to map perfectly onto the anxieties of the 19th century. The same goes for today's flavor of anti-Semitism.
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 Road to Israel-Saudi Normalization Runs Through Washington
By Richard GoldbergOpen ties between the two nations are in everyone's interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?
Response ·
Who’s Afraid of Ritual Slaughter?
By Eric MechoulanInsects may be welcome on European plates, but not kosher meat.
Response ·
Are Europe’s Restrictions on Jewish and Muslim Ritual Due to Christianity’s Influence or Absence?
By Matthew SchmitzAs Christianity has receded in Europe, a movement has grown to invest culinary life with a moral meaning that runs counter to biblical faith.
Response ·
Why Europeans Find Blaming the Jews Easier than Giving Up Meat
By Anael MaletEuropeans discomfited with the idea of animal cruelty could abstain from meat. But accusing halal and kosher butchers instead absolves the conscience and keeps the foie gras flowing.
Monthly Essay ·
Israel’s Judicial Reckoning
By Evelyn GordonIsrael's court is abnormally powerful and has caused half the nation to lose faith in its government. Reform will help, as long as it doesn't cause the other half to do the same.
Response ·
In Defense of the Isolationist Jew
By Eli SpitzerInstead of placing ourselves as the main characters in another mighty civilization’s story, our task remains to plough our own furrow, and reap our own harvest.
Observation ·
The Life and Times of the Faith-Based Initiative
By Tevi TroyReligious organizations need a voice inside the federal government. Is the twenty-year-old office still up to the task?
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?
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?
