Mosaic

The Golden Age of American Jewry Hasn’t Ended. It May Have Just Begun
What Winston Churchill and Jerry Seinfeld can teach us about the challenges we face.
Featured Essays

Don Pacifico Trump
A great Victorian-era statesman, defending the rights of a Jewish subject of Britain, can teach us much about what a country owes its citizens.

The Unexpected Psalm of Thanksgiving
After a modern missile attack, Israelis turned to ancient wisdom in the Book of Psalms.

The Miracle of the Light
Winston Churchill wasn’t Jewish. But he understood, from the burning bush to the Maccabees to the modern state of Israel, the meaning of the flame.

Fear and Joy in Sepharad and Ashkenaz
What happens when an Ashkenazi rabbi leads a Sephardi synagogue during the Days of Awe? A profound encounter with new moods in Jewish life.
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Finding Solace and Strength in Israel
Rabbi Soloveichik reviews the journalist Douglas Murray's new book, "On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel…

Larry Summers’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date
Is anti-Semitism a human evil, or just a temporary and unfortunate illness?…

Jewish Identity vs. Identity Politics
How can we be supportive of one and not the other?…

Why Jews Don’t Eat Pork (Though Some Do)
A new book explains how pork became the forbidden food par excellence.