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Rick Richman


Rick Richman is the author of Racing Against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler and And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Stories of the Modern State of Israel, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Biography.  

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  1. Response ·

    The Man Who Inspired American Jews to Embrace Zionism and Americans to Fight Hitler

    By Rick Richman

    In her elegant essay on Abraham Cahan, Ruth R. Wisse writes that “[a]s editor of the world’s largest-circulation Jewish newspaper, his was almost certainly the most influential Jewish voice in Ameri...

    The Man Who Inspired American Jews to Embrace Zionism and Americans to Fight Hitler
  2. Observation ·

    Podcast: Rick Richman on History and Devotion

    By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Jonathan Silver, Rick Richman

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

    Podcast: Rick Richman on History and Devotion
  3. Editor's Pick ·

    When Hollywood Went to Israel—and When Israel Came to Hollywood

    From Exodus to Top Gun: Maverick.

  4. Editor's Pick ·

    When Benjamin Netanyahu Spoke to Congress

    Events have supported his warnings.

  5. Response ·

    The Whys and Wherefores of Hollywood’s Israel Distortions

    By Rick Richman

    Edward Rothstein’s reply is a seminal essay on the “defensive retreat” into a “utopian dream of transnational universalism,” in the false hope of avoiding anti-Americanism, anti-Zionism, and anti-Se...

    The Whys and Wherefores of Hollywood’s Israel Distortions
  6. Monthly Essay ·

    Israel Through Hollywood’s Lens

    By Rick Richman

    Hollywood is full of Jews. So why is it so insistent on universalizing the story of the Jewish state?

    Israel Through Hollywood’s Lens
  7. Response ·

    Jabotinsky’s Novels, and How They Relate to His Politics

    By Rick Richman

    In “ The Jabotinsky Paradox ,” Avi Shilon writes that Jabotinsky had “one of the subtlest and most insightful minds in the history of Zionism.” He was “highly sophisticated” in his political thinking,...

    Jabotinsky’s Novels, and How They Relate to His Politics
  8. Observation ·

    The Triumph and Tragedy of Abba Eban

    By Rick Richman

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

    The Triumph and Tragedy of Abba Eban
  9. Response ·

    The Mystery of the So-Called “New Moses” Endures

    By Rick Richman

    I am grateful to Mosaic for providing this forum on the seminal figure of modern Jewish history, on the 125th anniversary of the publication of The Jewish State . I appreciate as well the three res...

    The Mystery of the So-Called “New Moses” Endures
  10. Monthly Essay ·

    The Mystery of Theodor Herzl

    By Rick Richman

    A young secular Viennese writer had an experience 125 years ago that would lead him to change Jewish history forever. He could never explain it. Can anyone else?

    The Mystery of Theodor Herzl
  11. Observation ·

    What the First Senate Hearing for a Supreme Court Nominee Shows about Today’s Confirmation Process

    By Rick Richman

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

    What the First Senate Hearing for a Supreme Court Nominee Shows about Today’s Confirmation Process
  12. Editor's Pick ·

    Norman Podhoretz and the American Jewish Cause

    A lesson from Jeremiah.

  13. Observation ·

    The Hollywood Legend Who Mobilized the English Language on Behalf of the Jews of Europe and Israel

    By Rick Richman

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

    The Hollywood Legend Who Mobilized the English Language on Behalf of the Jews of Europe and Israel
  14. Observation ·

    One Who Fought Back: Herschel Grynszpan and the Holocaust

    By Rick Richman

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

    One Who Fought Back: Herschel Grynszpan and the Holocaust
  15. Observation ·

    Could Jewish and Zionist Leaders Have Done More to Rescue the Jews of Poland?

    By Rick Richman

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

    Could Jewish and Zionist Leaders Have Done More to Rescue the Jews of Poland?
  16. Editor's Pick ·

    How Chaim Weizmann Crafted the First Arab-Zionist Alliance

    With the aid of T.E. Lawrence.

  17. Observation ·

    When American Jews Fought over the Balfour Declaration

    By Rick Richman

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

    When American Jews Fought over the Balfour Declaration
  18. Editor's Pick ·

    The Two Other Miracles of Israel

    Out of one, many.

  19. Observation ·

    David Ben-Gurion’s 1940 Mission to Rouse the Fighting Spirit of American Jews

    By Rick Richman

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

    David Ben-Gurion’s 1940 Mission to Rouse the Fighting Spirit of American Jews
  20. Editor's Pick ·

    Palestinian Complaints about the Balfour Declaration Reveal the Crux of the War on Israel

    Palestinians are still fighting the recognition of any Jewish sovereignty.

  21. Observation ·

    The 80th Anniversary of the Two-State Solution

    By Rick Richman

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

    The 80th Anniversary of the Two-State Solution
  22. Observation ·

    The Story of Obama’s Ransom Payment to Iran Gets Worse

    By Rick Richman

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

    The Story of Obama’s Ransom Payment to Iran Gets Worse
  23. Editor's Pick ·

    The U.S. Didn’t Owe Iran $1.7 Billion

    But the White House refuses to disclose its calculations.

  24. Editor's Pick ·

    How President Obama Ignored the Law and Misled the American People about Payments to Iran

    About that $400-million ransom.

  25. Observation ·

    What Would Brandeis Do?

    By Rick Richman

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

    What Would Brandeis Do?
  26. Editor's Pick ·

    John Kerry’s Passion for Appeasement

    "Chamberlain’s claims were actually more modest than Kerry’s."

  27. Editor's Pick ·

    How a Supreme Court Ruling in the Jerusalem Passport Case Could Backfire

    A silver lining for Israel.

  28. Editor's Pick ·

    Agitprop Oscar

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

  29. Editor's Pick ·

    Memo from Ramallah

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

  30. Editor's Pick ·

    Jabotinsky’s Last Battle

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