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A New Generation of Jewish Parents Discuss Ruth Wisse’s “Despair Not!”
By Sarah Baird, Elisheva Marcus, David Schwartz, Jonathan SilverRaising Jewish children in a changed America.
American Jewry
Latest Mosaic Content for American Jewry
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Jews Shouldn’t Give Up on Universities, and Neither Should America
By Eitan WebbWhat Chabad knows about Jews on campus.
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The Golden Age of American Jewry Hasn’t Ended. It May Have Just Begun
By Rabbi Meir SoloveichikWhat Winston Churchill and Jerry Seinfeld can teach us about the challenges we face.
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How the Jews Remain an Eternal People
By Dr. Ruth WisseWe Jews are the blue and white in the red, white, and blue.
Monthly Essay ·
What American Jews Gave After October 7: An Accounting
By Jack WertheimerIn response to crises in Israel and at home, American Jews mobilized to raise vast sums. But why was the community so unprepared? And did it rise to the occasion?
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The Man Who Inspired American Jews to Embrace Zionism and Americans to Fight Hitler
By Rick RichmanAbraham Cahan's still-relevant vision of America's place in the world, and the Jews' place in America.
Monthly Essay ·
The Haredi Moment Has Arrived
By Eli SpitzerThe balance of power in the Jewish world is shifting to the ultra-Orthodox. Can conflict with the current establishment be avoided?
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A Threat Assessment for American Jewry, Part One
By Dr. Ruth WisseWhich of the recent samples of anti-Semitism—on the street, on campus, in Congress, or in the clergy—is the greatest threat to America and the Jews?
Observation ·
The State Capitol Plan
By Elizabeth KratzMaury Litwack’s campaign to rescue America’s non-public schools and solve the Jewish community's tuition crisis.
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Idol Worship Isn’t a Relic of the Past
By Menachem WeckerAnd future generations might shake their heads in disbelief at our own flagrant and heedless indulgence in real, literal idol worship.
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Who Speaks for American Jews Now?
By Elliott AbramsMajor Jewish organizations often represent no one but their own major donors. But would elected representatives offer an improvement?
Observation ·
Between American Jews and Israel: Are Pressure Tactics Fair Game? An Exchange
By Dr. Daniel Gordis, Elliott AbramsDaniel Gordis and Elliott Abrams debate the proper response to the Israeli government's recent decisions on prayer at the Western Wall and conversion to Judaism.
Observation ·
Thinking about Suspending Support for Israel Over the Western Wall and Conversion Disputes? Think Again.
By Elliott AbramsFurious and extreme proposals in response to two Israeli government decisions are ill-reasoned and immature.
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The Vanishing of the Jewish Collective
By Hillel HalkinGrowing numbers of American Jews care about Israel only to the extent that Israel validates their own self-image. Israelis feel much the same way about them.
Monthly Essay ·
Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel
By Dr. Daniel GordisIt's not about what Israel does. It's about what, to their minds, Israel is.
Observation ·
What Would Brandeis Do?
By Rick RichmanConsidering the achievement of the American Jewish legal giant, a new biography also asks what he would make of Citizens United and other contemporary issues.
Observation ·
“We Have Not Yet Appointed a Hebrew”
By Jonathan Sarna, Rabbi Meir SoloveichikA leading historian of American Judaism discusses Abraham Lincoln’s fascination with the Jews—and Jews’ fascination with Lincoln.
Observation ·
The Evolution of a Maverick Reform Rabbi
By Martin KrosselJohn Moscowitz started out as a New Left activist, then turned to Judaism, then broke with the orthodoxies of his own liberal movement. In a new book, he takes stock.
Monthly Essay ·
If American Jews and Israel Are Drifting Apart, What’s the Reason?
By Elliott AbramsThe conventional wisdom says the problem is Israel. It’s wrong.
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How Jewish Museums Reflect the Condition of Mainstream Jews
By Edward RothsteinThey are still invoking dated forms of self-abnegation, or engaging in more or less ignorant forms of advocacy, or yearning for a vague universalism.
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How Jews Can Help Christians Learn to Succeed as a Minority
By Bruce AbramsonAs Christians in America lose their majority status, they can gain from the experience of a religious minority that's been here from the start.
Observation ·
The Unusual Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln and the Jews
By Edward RothsteinAs a powerful new exhibit shows, the 16th president felt a close connection to the Jewish people. Why?
Observation ·
An Israeli Writer’s Great American Novel
By Michael WeingradIn his prize-winning new novel, Reuven Namdar asks whether American Jewry is a house on fire. His answer is. . . .
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No Apology for Alarm
By Jack Wertheimer, Steven M. CohenAre there any data capable of persuading our critics that something is seriously amiss with American Jewry?
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The Ever-Renewing People
By Chip Edelsberg, Jason EdelsteinJewish life in America is actually flourishing, thanks in part to the energy of children of intermarriage.
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The (Un)Importance of Jewish Difference
By Riv-Ellen PrellYounger Jews have rejected the idea of ethnic solidarity, thus ensuring that the American Jewish future will look radically different from what has come before.
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America’s Religious Recession
By Jonathan D. SarnaIt's not just Jews—nearly all American faiths are in decline. Could this mean a boom is right around the corner?
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Why Hillel Matters More Than Ever
By Daniel Smokler85% of young American Jews attend college. They need tending.
Monthly Essay ·
The Pew Survey Reanalyzed: More Bad News, but a Glimmer of Hope
By Jack Wertheimer, Steven M. CohenLast year’s survey of American Jews brought dire news—rising intermarriage, falling birthrates, dwindling congregations. Our reanalysis confirms the message, and complicates it.
Observation ·
Irving Kristol, Born Jewish
By Gertrude HimmelfarbMy late husband's political views are well-known. His Jewish ones, less so. But they are at the root of everything.
