Israel & Zionism

The author of “Israel in Space” joins a Mosaic editor to talk about what small countries can do in space.

July 8 2024 12:01AM

Since its birth, the Jewish state has convened unusually powerful commissions to investigate its own mistakes. Will the same happen now, and if not, why?

July 1 2024 2:01AM

The plummeting cost of sending things to space will enable a small state like Israel to play on a very big field.

June 26 2024 2:28AM

The rabbi and scholar of just-war theory looks at the ethical parameters for nations thinking about going to war.

June 21 2024 12:01AM

The longtime observer of American Jews looks at the Jews who see Israel as a moral encumbrance, and what they imagine would happen without it.

June 7 2024 12:01AM

In the shadow of October 7, the story of Israel’s rapidly growing space industry is easily overlooked. But it holds many of the keys for the nation’s future survival.

June 3 2024 12:01AM

The foreign-policy expert explains how Egypt assesses its own interests, what its goals are in Gaza, and the future of its peace treaty with Israel.

May 24 2024 12:01AM

Is the surprisingly furious debate over how religious Jews should celebrate Israeli Independence Day nearing an end?

May 22 2024 12:01AM

To mark the 76th anniversary of Israel’s founding, the historian looks at the national anthem’s story, mysteries, and paradoxes.

May 17 2024 12:01AM

In trying to take references to October 7 out of the Israeli singer’s now-famous song “Hurricane,” the competition both accidentally improved it and made her a cause célèbre.

May 16 2024 12:01AM

American Jews feel betrayed by the very institutions they helped build. It’s time for young Jews to go to colleges and universities that welcome and embrace them.

May 13 2024 12:01AM

As a possible Rafah incursion awaits the IDF, the author of a new volume on Jewish just-war theory explains the moral issues at stake.

May 10 2024 12:01AM

Compared to the wit of the anti-Vietnam slogans of the late 60s, the anti-Israel chants of today are aggressively tedious. What does that say about the chanters?

May 2 2024 12:01AM

The distinguished Israeli public servant lost a son in combat with Hamas in November. What have the months since brought?

April 12 2024 12:01AM