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Podcast: Hillel Neuer on How the Human-Rights Industry Became Obsessed with Israel

Podcast: Hillel Neuer on How the Human-Rights Industry Became Obsessed with Israel

The director of UN Watch explains the human-rights movement’s divorce from Israel.

Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic and Hillel Neuer
Jan. 19 2024 12:01AM
The Irony of "Genocide"

The Irony of "Genocide"

A Jewish lawyer coined the term because there was no word that described the murder of a whole people. But the definition he favored is so loose it can apply to almost any conflict.

Jan. 18 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Yehuda Halper on Where to Begin With Maimonides

Podcast: Yehuda Halper on Where to Begin With Maimonides

An expert introduces the life and mind of the rabbi and great Jewish philosopher.

Jan. 12 2024 12:01AM
A Special Dictionary for Israel

A Special Dictionary for Israel

When it comes to describing Israel’s actions in war and peace, the world invests established terms with new meaning, and simply invents others.

Jan. 10 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Our Favorite Conversations of 2023

Podcast: Our Favorite Conversations of 2023

Excerpts from some favorite conversations last year, with subjects including the art of Hebrew calligraphy, the Palestinian predicament, the conversion of the Jews, and more.

Jan. 5 2024 12:01AM
Israel and the CNN Effect

Israel and the CNN Effect

Images of bloodshed in Gaza should upset anyone with a healthy moral sense. But they don’t help determine whether the actions that brought these scenes about were ethical.

Jan. 4 2024 12:01AM
The Secrets of the Jewish Leap Year

The Secrets of the Jewish Leap Year

Some years in the Jewish calendar, like the current one, have an extra month. How’d that come about and why?

Jan. 2 2024 12:24AM
Podcast: Matti Friedman on Whether Israel Is Too Dependent on Technology

Podcast: Matti Friedman on Whether Israel Is Too Dependent on Technology

The writer joins Mosaic’s editor Jonathan Silver to talk about the tradeoffs that Israel’s advanced defense technology brings.

Dec. 29 2023 12:01AM
Podcast: Ghaith al-Omari on What Palestinians Really Think about Hamas, Israel, War, and Peace

Podcast: Ghaith al-Omari on What Palestinians Really Think about Hamas, Israel, War, and Peace

A Middle East expert and former Palestinian negotiator breaks down recent polling on Palestinian public opinion.

Dec. 22 2023 12:01AM
The Best Books of 2023, Part II

The Best Books of 2023, Part II

Featuring fears, fates, burdens of power, memory wars, Sabbath days, Russian writers and timeless questions, years of upheaval, Japanese Jews, and more.

Dec. 21 2023 12:01AM
The Best Books of 2023, Part I

The Best Books of 2023, Part I

Featuring prime ministers, kidnappings, popes, silences, exiled shadows, portraits, intellectual origins, the best minds, and more.

Dec. 20 2023 12:01AM
Podcast: Alexandra Orbuch, Gabriel Diamond, and Zach Kessel on the Situation for Jews on American Campuses

Podcast: Alexandra Orbuch, Gabriel Diamond, and Zach Kessel on the Situation for Jews on American Campuses

Two current students and one recent graduate analyze what’s really happening in the universities and how Jewish students are reacting.

Dec. 15 2023 12:01AM
Does the Slang Word "Shamus" Come from the Yiddish "Shammash" or the Irish "Seamus"?

Does the Slang Word "Shamus" Come from the Yiddish "Shammash" or the Irish "Seamus"?

The long-running case of the word for private detective can finally be considered closed.

Dec. 12 2023 12:01AM
Podcast: Roya Hakakian on Her Letter to an Anti-Zionist Idealist

Podcast: Roya Hakakian on Her Letter to an Anti-Zionist Idealist

The writer, an Iranian Jewish refugee to America, joins the podcast to discuss a confrontation in writing.

Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic and Roya Hakakian
Dec. 8 2023 12:01AM