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Eli Spitzer


Eli Spitzer is a Mosaic columnist and the headmaster of a hasidic boys' school in London. He blogs and hosts a podcast at elispitzer.com.

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  1. Response ·

    In Defense of the Isolationist Jew

    By Eli Spitzer

    Eric Cohen and Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin have presented a compelling vision for revamping Jewish day-school education in order to produce cultured and sophisticated “Menorah Jews,” able to synthesize f...

    In Defense of the Isolationist Jew
  2. Observation ·

    The Baffling Appeal of “Jews Don’t Count”

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Baffling Appeal of “Jews Don’t Count”
  3. Observation ·

    In Israel and America, Haredi Jews Are Starting To Vote Like Everyone Else

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    In Israel and America, Haredi Jews Are Starting To Vote Like Everyone Else
  4. Observation ·

    How to Solve the Haredi Education Controversy

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    How to Solve the Haredi Education Controversy
  5. Observation ·

    Watch, Read, or Listen to Eli Spitzer on the New York Times’s Controversial Yeshiva Report

    By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Watch, Read, or Listen to Eli Spitzer on the New York Times’s Controversial Yeshiva Report
  6. Observation ·

    The Not-So-Mysterious Logic of the Shiddukh System

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Not-So-Mysterious Logic of the Shiddukh System
  7. Observation ·

    The End of the New Jew and the Rebirth of the Old

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The End of the New Jew and the Rebirth of the Old
  8. Observation ·

    The Specter of Satmar

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Specter of Satmar
  9. Editor's Pick ·

    In a Changing World, Orthodoxy Needs a New Breed of Spokesmen

    The decline of multiculturalism bodes ill for religious minorities.

  10. Response ·

    Watch Our Conversation on the Rising Power of Haredi Judaism

    By Eli Spitzer, Yehoshua Pfeffer

    This month we published an essay by our columnist Eli Spitzer about the rising influence of ḥaredi Judaism and what it means for the balance of power in the Jewish world at large. Eli’s essay has at...

    Watch Our Conversation on the Rising Power of Haredi Judaism
  11. Monthly Essay ·

    The Haredi Moment Has Arrived

    By Eli Spitzer

    The balance of power in the Jewish world is shifting to the ultra-Orthodox. Can conflict with the current establishment be avoided?

    The Haredi Moment Has Arrived
  12. Observation ·

    Stranger and Neighbor at the Schvitz in London

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Stranger and Neighbor at the Schvitz in London
  13. Observation ·

    The Best Books of 2021, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part II)

    By Tamara Berens, Andrew Koss, Moshe Koppel, Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Best Books of 2021, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part II)
  14. Observation ·

    New York State vs. the Yeshivas

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    New York State vs. the Yeshivas
  15. Editor's Pick ·

    Israel’s Ambassador to Britain Talks about Judaism, Israeli Society, and Diplomacy

    Sometimes politics do end at the water’s edge.

  16. Observation ·

    What the Future Holds for Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Conversation

    By Sarah Rindner, Jonathan Silver, Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    What the Future Holds for Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Conversation
  17. Observation ·

    How Modern Orthodoxy Can Chart Its Course Without Jonathan Sacks

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    How Modern Orthodoxy Can Chart Its Course Without Jonathan Sacks
  18. Editor's Pick ·

    Public Safety Is a Boring Job, but the Meron Tragedy Proves That It Is a Necessary One

    Ḥaredim need more party-poopers.

  19. Observation ·

    How Yiddish Survived

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    How Yiddish Survived
  20. Observation ·

    To Free Your Children from the Tyranny of Social Media, Look to the Haredim

    By Eli Spitzer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    To Free Your Children from the Tyranny of Social Media, Look to the Haredim
  21. Editor's Pick ·

    The Ultra-Orthodox, the Pandemic, and the Gap between Israel and the Diaspora

    A debate.

  22. Response ·

    What Drove Chaim Grade Away from Religion

    By Eli Spitzer

    Ever since Chaim Grade’s short story “ Mayn krig mit Hersh Rasseyner ” was first translated into English in 1953, it has been widely viewed as a microcosm of the battle for the modern Jewish soul, rev...

    What Drove Chaim Grade Away from Religion
  23. Editor's Pick ·

    An Ultra-Orthodox Perspective on the UK’s Anti-Semitism Crisis

    For those steeped in the tradition, hatred of Jews is simply a fact of exile.

  24. Editor's Pick ·

    The British Government Has Stopped Persecuting Jewish Religious Schools. Now Those Schools Should Take Stock of Their Own Shortcomings

    The specter of a secularist campaign to sexualize children isn’t an excuse for failure.