Observation ·
Despite Fresh Evidence, Ethel Rosenberg Is Still Guilty
By Harvey Klehr, Mark KramerA newly declassified document is being touted as proof of her innocence. But it only confirms her involvement in a Soviet spy ring.
Communism
Latest Mosaic Content for Communism
Observation ·
What the Children of American Jewish Communists Needed, and What They Owe
By Dr. Ruth WisseThe children of Jewish Communists needed a therapeutic process to work through the effects of growing up in a political cult. They didn't get it.
Response ·
Isaac Babel’s “Red Cavalry”: A Dramatic Reading
By Jonathan Silver, Gary Saul Morson, Natan SharanskyWatch our recording of the classic Russian Jewish stories. Then stick around for the discussion with Natan Sharansky, Ruth Wisse, and Gary Saul Morson.
Monthly Essay ·
Isaac Babel’s Guide to Life and Death
By Gary Saul MorsonThe great Russian Jewish writer was caught between revolution and daily life, Bolsheviks and Jews, a desire to kill and an inability to pull the trigger. Did he ever choose?
Response ·
Ethel Rosenberg’s Mythic Innocence
By Harvey Klehr, Jonathan Brent, Jonathan SilverThe author of "The Eternal Return of Ethel Rosenberg" joins us for a discussion about his subject's unending—and false—air of innocence.
Monthly Essay ·
The Present, Past, and Pre-History of Conversion
By Nathan ShieldsLonging to leave liberalism behind, everyone from Catholics to Communists is experimenting with self-transformation. What's fueling that desire, and is it strong enough to make the break?
Observation ·
Hunger Dreams in the USSR
By Gary Saul MorsonA newly translated memoir of the gulag should (but probably won't) remind those who still flirt with Communism what exactly they're endorsing.
Observation ·
Yuri Slezkine’s Undiscriminating Eye
By Andrew KossHow a much-lauded historian with a genius for identifying similarities—but no eye for differences—misreads Jewish history.
Observation ·
How the Left Turned Against Israel
By Joshua MuravchikIn 1948, the nascent state enjoyed political support from almost the entire global left. A new book by a member of today's left takes a close look at how and why that changed.
Response ·
How I Escaped the Crackpot Allure of the American Communist Movement
By David EvanierI am fortunate to have witnessed, and been offered, not only real madness but also real, and not delusional, goodness.
Response ·
Why It’s Necessary to Bring Jewish Communism into Full View
Airing the complicity of some American Jews with Soviet criminality is essential to the honor and the reputation of the Jewish people.
Response ·
Few American Jews Were Communists, and Many Fewer Were Spies
By Harvey KlehrBut notoriously some, like Morton Sobell, were both. For the Jewish community, their highly visible profile was a constant source of tension and embarrassment.
Monthly Essay ·
The Death of Morton Sobell and the End of the Rosenberg Affair
By David EvanierWith the recent death of the unrepentant spy, his story, along with that of other American Jews steeped in Communism, can finally be told.
