Mosaic Magazine

Richard Kreitner writes about the the career and death of Jacob Joseph, NYC's first, and last, chief rabbi whose funeral sparked a violent anti-Semitic riot. The Jewish community's assertive response is a lesson we could use, today.

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2025/07/the-career-and-death-of-new-yorks-first-and-last-chief-rabbi/

A pro-Israel American Jew, Jonathan Torop, looks across 40 years of shifting narratives, from Said to Arafat to today, centered on the day he found himself standing next to Yasser Arafat, architect of endless troubles.

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2025/07/truth-narratives-and-the-middle-east/

As we approach the Ninth of Av, or Tisha b'Av, the Jewish people mourn together.
But how can a person remember an event that he or she never experienced?
This week we share the first episode of R. J.J. Schacter's course on the Jewish Meaning of Memory.

J.J. Schacter on the Jewish Meaning of Memory What does it mean to remember the destruction of the Temples?

What is going on in Syria? Amit Segal argues the geopolitical import of the Druze as a buffer for Israel and Syria, and Seth Mandel argues the morality of Israeli action to prevent the slaughter of one more Middle Eastern minority.

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2025/07/israel-rescues-syrias-druze/