June: The Gaza Impasse
Symposium
The Status Quo in Gaza Is the Least-Bad Option
There are plenty of nice plans for Gaza, but none that will change the core truth: Hamas will continue to seek Israel’s destruction, and Israel will continue to defend itself.
Two Favorite Poems, and How they Define Israel and America
“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus and “The Silver Platter” by Natan Alterman distill, reinforce, and hallow what makes each nation distinctive.
Why Israel Is Called Israel and Not Judea
The name Israel came by a process of elimination, because there wasn’t time to come up with anything better.
What the Current Situation Requires
We’re living in a period of disintegration in which the cultural and political bedrock is shifting beneath us. How should a magazine like Mosaic meet this moment?
