Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors
Spy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.
A Romanian Jew's Private Judgment of a World Bent on Condemning Him
In brilliantly charting the psychological effects of anti-Semitism on both its perpetrators and its victims, a newly translated 1934 novel outdoes even such master analysts as Freud and Proust.
My Life with Leonard Cohen
Friends, but never close, our paths intersected and then diverged, until this past September, when I connected with Leonard for the last time.
Jews and Other Poles
Poland offered Jews some of the best conditions they ever experienced in exile—until it didn’t. How are Poles dealing with that history today?
The Society That Abandons Its Jews Abandons Itself
American readers might consider the flight of French Jewry to be as foreign as foie gras. But there are warnings to be heeded even by them.
Oslo on My Mind
Memories of the day, twenty-two years ago, when the Oslo Accords were signed—and of the price Israel paid for that “terrible mistake.”
The Problem Starts at the Top
Responsibility for American universities’ failure to confront anti-Semitism rests with administrators and faculty.
Anti-Semitism Goes to School
Anti-Semitism on American college campuses is rising—and worsening. Where does it come from, and can it be stopped?
Of Dogs and Jews (and Lena Dunham Too)
A stale New Yorker quiz prompts stale accusations of anti-Semitism. More interesting is the trope of the canine Jew.
Isaac Bashevis Singer and His Women
What drove the great writer to employ a “harem” of translators? A new film tells much, but not all.
The Herd of Independent Minds
What does it mean to be “pro-Israel” on campus today? A new novel tells the tale.
Their Tragic Land
By Our Efforts Combined
Dear Hillel: Don't you think that Israel needs American Jews to help it withstand the campaigns of hate it faces?