Podcast: Peter Berkowitz and Gadi Taub on the Deeper Causes of Israel's Internal Conflict
An American political scientist and an Israeli media personality talk about the cleavages in Israeli society that have made the present debate over judicial reform so intense.
The Clash Within Liberal Democracy: Israel, the United States, and the West
To ease social animosities and heal political wounds, leaders and citizens in America and Israel must rededicate themselves to the principles of liberal democracy.
Podcast: Peter Berkowitz on Connecting Unalienable Rights to Foreign Policy
There probably aren’t many interviews out there with State Department officials in which the topics of discussion include Genesis, Plato’s Republic, and the philosophy of John Locke.
Podcast: Peter Berkowitz on Connecting Unalienable Rights to Foreign Policy
There probably aren’t many interviews out there with State Department officials in which the topics of discussion include Genesis, Plato’s Republic, and the philosophy of John Locke.
How to Confront a Crisis of Cultural Confidence
In his new book, Leon Kass shows Americans how to honor the benefits of liberal democracy, including individual freedom and human equality, while recognizing their high costs.
How to Confront a Crisis of Cultural Confidence
In his new book, Leon Kass shows Americans how to honor the benefits of liberal democracy, including individual freedom and human equality, while recognizing their high costs.
Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors
Spy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.
Best Books of the Year, as Selected by Mosaic Authors
Spy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.
A Balm for the Pathologies of Postmodernism
Out of the pages of history, the distinguished scholar and essayist Gertrude Himmelfarb offers intellectual, moral, and political aid for our time.
A Balm for the Pathologies of Postmodernism
Out of the pages of history, the distinguished scholar and essayist Gertrude Himmelfarb offers intellectual, moral, and political aid for our time.
The Illusory Quest for a Vital American Center
What a new history of American civil religion gets wrong.
The Illusory Quest for a Vital American Center
What a new history of American civil religion gets wrong.
A Salutary Thesis Overestimates the Bible, and Underestimates Modern Thought
The Ten Commandments tell us nothing directly, and little indirectly, about the proper limits of government power. For that we must turn to John Locke.
The Battle for Religious Liberty Will Be Won on the Field of Education
A striking correlation exists between the decay of liberal education and the belief that government should push American citizens toward progressivism.
What Was Wrong with the Old Zionism?
A new theory of Jewish nationalism promises to be more liberal than the old one. But it profoundly misunderstands Zionism—and liberalism.
What Was Wrong with the Old Zionism?
A new theory of Jewish nationalism promises to be more liberal than the old one. But it profoundly misunderstands Zionism—and liberalism.
The Nation-State Is Needed Now More Than Ever
Postmodern Europeans may not like to hear it, but nation-states are still essential to preserving the continent’s culture and safety.
The Long Rise of the Secular Faith
The threat to religious liberty has its roots in a progressivist faith that has been steadily gaining momentum in America for at least a century and a half.
How Not to Help the Ultra-Orthodox
Liberal democracies like Israel need and depend on pious people. But they don’t need to— and shouldn’t—subsidize grown men for not working.
The Decalogue and Liberal Democracy
Rare is the scholar of politics or of law these days who would think to turn to the Ten Commandments to understand better the hard questions to which liberal democracy gives rise. But Leon Kass’s remarkable exploration of the Decalogue shows that these scholars have neglected a vital resource.