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.
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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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Agam Berger, the Hostage Who Kept the Sabbath
She has profound parallels in the ancient history of the Jewish people.

Unimaginable
Playing the Beatles' song "Imagine" at President Carter's funeral is a reminder of the tragedy…

Why Israel Can Count on Us
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Israel Alone contains much truth, but its title is fundamentally false.

American Jews and the Conservative Conscience
How the dean of American conservatism purged anti-Semites from his movement, and what his legacy…