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Roya Hakakian, an Iranian Jewish refugee to America, published an essay titled "Letter to an Anti-Zionist Idealist" in the summer 2023 issue of Sapir. The es...

In an essay titled "Letter to an Anti-Zionist Idealist," Roya Hakakian, an Iranian Jewish refugee, addresses the misgivings and criticisms held by an anti-Zi...

In this article, Edward Luttwak discusses how Israel, despite being a relatively weak and embattled country, has become a leader in developing advanced milit...

In this discussion, Edward Luttwak, a military strategist and historian, explores how Israel has managed to develop advanced military technology despite its ...

In a recent episode of the Tikvah Podcast, Shany Mor discusses the transformation of Palestinians from perpetrators of violence to passive victims of Israeli...

In this episode of the Tikvah Podcast, the focus is on the transformation of the narrative around the Palestinian predicament. The podcast references the rec...

In this discussion, Assaf Orion, a retired IDF brigadier general, explains the Israeli military's strategy during the initial air campaign in Gaza following ...

In this podcast episode, Assaf Orion, a retired IDF brigadier general and defense strategist, discusses Israel's initial air campaign in Gaza after the Hamas...

Israeli officials and IDF inspectors have discovered that the shells and munitions fired into Israel by Hamas were not made in Gaza and that some rocket laun...

Israeli officials have discovered that the shells and munitions fired into Israel by Hamas in recent times do not appear to be made in Gaza. Further inspecti...

The recent meetings between Israeli and Turkish leaders hinted at a potential improvement in their relations, which could have led to a stronger alliance to ...

The recent meetings between Israeli and Turkish leaders had suggested a possible improvement in their strained relations, potentially leading to a stronger a...

In this conversation between Michael Doran and Jonathan Silver, they discuss the similarities between the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and the recent Hamas attack ...

In this interview, Michael Doran discusses the similarities between the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and the recent Hamas attack on Israel in 2023. Doran argues th...

In a podcast discussion with Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver, Rabbi Ethan Tucker explores the Jewish obligation of pidyon shvuyim, or redeeming captives. This ...

In this podcast episode, Rabbi Ethan Tucker discusses the Jewish duty to redeem and release captives, known as pidyon shvuyim. He explains that this obligati...

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik discusses the Jewish beliefs and customs surrounding martyrdom and honoring the dead. While Jews usually say "zikhrono livrakha" (may ...

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik discusses the Jewish perspective on martyrdom in a conversation with Jonathan Silver in a podcast. Soloveichik explains that while Jew...

In his book, "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time," Yascha Mounk explores the intellectual history behind the rise of identity politics...

In his book "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time," Yascha Mounk explores the intellectual history behind the rise of identity politics ...

Alon Arvatz, CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity start-up PointFive, discusses Israel's emergence as a global hub for cyber-security. He highlights the count...

In this podcast interview, Alon Arvatz, the CEO of PointFive, a cybersecurity start-up in Tel Aviv, discusses Israel's success in military cyber operations a...

In this podcast, Daniel Rynhold, dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, discusses the concept of repentance and its importance in Jewis...

Daniel Rynhold, dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, explores the concept of repentance in Jewish thought and its contrasts between m...

In this discussion, Jon Levenson explores the meaning of the binding of Isaac, a story found in chapter 22 of Genesis. Levenson argues that it is important t...

In this discussion, Jonathan Silver speaks with Jon Levenson, a professor of Jewish studies, about the story of the Binding of Isaac from Genesis 22. They ex...

The article discusses the debate surrounding the presence of African immigrants in Israel, particularly in Tel Aviv. The influx of east African migrants to I...

The text discusses the situation of African immigrants in Israel, particularly those from Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan. The number of new African migrants ha...

In a podcast, Mordechai Kedar discusses the recent increase in terrorism in the West Bank. He notes that since the end of the second intifada, the Gaza Strip...

In this podcast, Mordechai Kedar discusses the recent increase in terrorism from the West Bank. He explains that since the end of the second intifada, the ma...

In this podcast interview, Ran Baratz, editor of Israeli magazine Mida and contributor to the conservative newspaper Makor Rishon, discusses the ongoing prot...

In January of this year, protests began in Israel, with thousands of people taking to the streets every Saturday night to voice their discontent with the gov...

Dovid Margolin, senior editor at Chabad.org, discusses the Jewish defiance of Soviet history in his essay for Commentary magazine. He delves into the Great T...

Dovid Margolin, a senior editor at Chabad.org and author, discusses his recent visit to Kommunarka, a mass gravesite where victims of Stalin's Great Terror w...

In this discussion, Rabbi Shlomo Brody addresses the topic of capital punishment in Judaism, particularly in relation to the case of the Pittsburgh synagogue...

Rabbi Shlomo Brody, director of an organization focused on aging, end-of-life care, and organ donation, discusses the topic of capital punishment within the ...

In this podcast conversation with Jonathan Silver, novelist Dara Horn explores the idea of why people are drawn to the Jewish experience, specifically when i...

In her book "People Love Dead Jews," novelist Dara Horn explores the complex role of Jews in the Western conscience. In a podcast conversation with Mosaic ed...

In this discussion, Izzy Pludwinski, a sofer, explores the significance of Hebrew calligraphy in Jewish tradition. Judaism places great importance on words, ...

In this podcast episode, the host explores the significance of Hebrew calligraphy in Jewish tradition. Judaism places great importance on words and their pow...

In the book of Lamentations, written after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in the 6th century BCE, there are descriptions of the horrific suf...

The book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible recounts the traumatic events of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in the 6th century BCE. It describes the dest...

In his book "Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship," Rabbi Meir Soloveichik draws inspiration from the ancient Greek and Roman traditio...

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik has published a new book, "Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship," which aims to do for the Jews what Plutarch d...

The Biden administration recently released the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism, which aims to address the threat of anti-Semitism ...

The Biden administration has released the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism, which aims to address the threat of anti-Semitism in Am...

In this podcast, Avital Levi, a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University, explores the subject of loyalty as a human sentiment and moral virtue. She examin...

Avital Levi, a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University, explores the concept of loyalty in this podcast. She questions what keeps divided nations from des...

In his essay "Biden's Ties That Bind," Michael Doran argues that President Biden's Middle East strategy aligns with the Obama administration's strategy of em...

In an essay titled "Biden's Ties That Bind," Michael Doran argues that President Biden's Middle East strategy is consistent with that of the Obama administra...