Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky was a political prisoner in the Soviet Union and a minister in four Israeli governments. He is the author of Fear No Evil, The Case for Democracy, and Defending Identity.

Watch Mosaic's Dramatic Reading of Isaac Babel’s “Red Cavalry”

Watch our recording of the classic Russian Jewish stories. Then stick around for the discussion with Natan Sharansky, Ruth Wisse, and Gary Saul Morson.

Dec. 27 2021 12:02AM

The End of the New Jew

Unlike earlier waves of immigrants, the million East Europeans who made their way to the Jewish state in the 1990s managed to escape the cultural strip-mining that awaited them.

Nov. 9 2020 12:01AM

The Weakest Link

How to repair the connection between the liberal majority of American Jews and the center-right majority of Israeli Jews.

July 30 2018 12:01AM

Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People?

Long-festering strains between the world’s two largest communities jeopardize the prospects of a shared Jewish future. Here’s a way forward.

July 9 2018 12:01AM

Post-Liberal Europe and its Jewish Problem

Strong ideological currents are turning Europe into a difficult place for Jewish survival.

Sept. 28 2014 11:14PM