The Genial, Jewish Joseph Lieberman
A practicing Orthodox Jew, the late senator lived his faith; no political triumph ever seemed to dent his graciousness.
The Best Books of 2023, Part I
Featuring prime ministers, kidnappings, popes, silences, exiled shadows, portraits, intellectual origins, the best minds, and more.
What Kissinger Really Thought
Interviews 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.
Podcast: Elliott Abrams on American Jews and the New Israeli Government
The veteran Israel observer and foreign-policy expert joins the podcast to talk about why many American Jews are speaking so apocalyptically about Israel’s new governing coalition.
The Best Books of 2022, Chosen by Mosaic Authors
Featuring wars, peacemakers, two cultures, pogroms, plays, four ages, wild problems, caves, magic, letters, American conservatives, liberal parents, radical children, and more.
Watch the Recording of Our Event on Israel’s Place Between the U.S. and China
A China expert, a veteran American diplomat, and a retired Israeli general walk into a Zoom to talk about Israel and where it fits into a new cold war.
The Best Books of 2021, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part I)
Five of our writers pick several favorites each, featuring a duke’s children, Jewish treasures, zealots and emancipators, revolts, dual allegiances, spies, and more.
What Can Be Done Politically to Weaken Hamas
Palestinians deserve a chance to elect a decent government without corruption or terror. Political reform can make Gaza better, and Israel more secure. Here’s how it could happen.
The Best Books of 2019, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part I)
Seven of our regular writers pick several favorites each, featuring sieges, spies, cultural revolutions, family papers, useful enemies, new fields of inquiry, and more.
Middle East Strategy? What Middle East Strategy?
To Michael Doran, the administration’s many statements and actions concerning the Middle East reflect a “coherent vision.” If true—which is doubtful—it’s the wrong vision.
The Best Books of 2018, Chosen by Mosaic Authors
Letters, antidotes, eternal lives, outcasts, secret worlds, pogroms, and more.
Israel Mustn't Let Its Economic Relationship with China Threaten Its Political Relationship with America
Doing so would be profoundly dangerous.
Who Speaks for American Jews Now?
Major Jewish organizations often represent no one but their own major donors. But would elected representatives offer an improvement?
Some Key Founders of the International Human Rights Movement Were Also Zionists
Like Zionism, the global human rights movement was the product of Jews motivated by the need to find a refuge for their beleaguered people.
How to Ensure the Future of the U.S.–Israel Relationship
Is a defense treaty a good idea, and would it increase or decrease popular American support for the Jewish state?
Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors
Spy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.
Between American Jews and Israel: Are Pressure Tactics Fair Game? An Exchange
Daniel Gordis and Elliott Abrams debate the proper response to the Israeli government’s recent decisions on prayer at the Western Wall and conversion to Judaism.
Thinking about Suspending Support for Israel Over the Western Wall and Conversion Disputes? Think Again.
Furious and extreme proposals in response to two Israeli government decisions are ill-reasoned and immature.
The Need to Change Palestinian Political Culture
Absent a change in Palestinian attitudes, a deal creating a Palestinian state will lead only to revanchism and more violence.
American Jewry Will No Longer Be the Center of the Jewish World
In the 20th century the American Jewish community was the world’s largest and strongest, and helped establish and protect the Jewish state. The 21st century will be different.
If American Jews and Israel Are Drifting Apart, What's the Reason?
The conventional wisdom says the problem is Israel. It’s wrong.
The Peace Process Is Defunct—but Israel Mustn't Appear to Be Giving Up on It
Israel’s allies won’t support an out-and-out renunciation of the two-state solution.
What the President Thinks He's Doing
The ideological roots of his disastrous Iran strategy.
Keeping the Status Quo, and Improving It
Trapped between certain chaos in the West Bank if it withdraws and loss of international legitimacy if it doesn’t, can Israel still act affirmatively? Can we?
What Now for Israel?
Common enemies and shared interests have aligned the Saudis, the Egyptians, and other Arabs with the Jewish state. That’s the good news.
Two Words
It's time for American Jews to say thank-you to evangelicals—and to act accordingly.