On Hating the Jews
June 22, 2016 | By: Natan Sharansky
Despite liberalization and modernization around the world, anti-Semitism endures and, in some places, seems to be getting more toxic. Herzl’s solution to the problem of anti-Semitism, Zionism, has not been a salve either; now some argue that Israel is the cause of rather than the solution to today’s anti-Semitism. But the truth is that anti-Semitism’s permanence is […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael Doran on Western Elites and the Middle East
June 14, 2016 | By: Michael Doran
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In this podcast, Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and prominent scholar and commentator on Middle Eastern affairs and world politics, talks with Tikvah’s Eric Cohen about a classic essay excoriating Western elites for misunderstanding the […]
Read MorePodcast: Ruth Wisse on Campus Anti-Semitism
June 8, 2016 | By: Ruth Wisse
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In this podcast, the Tikvah Fund’s Distinguished Senior Fellow, Ruth Wisse, joins Eric Cohen to discuss her 2015 Mosaic essay, “Anti-Semitism Goes to School.” Drawing on her experiences at Harvard University and elsewhere, Wisse argues that there has been […]
Read MoreForgetting Zion
June 3, 2016 | By: Ruth Wisse
Zionism was once a source of honor for American Jews. In 2008’s “Forgetting Zion,” Ruth Wisse tells the story of how that sense of triumph has unraveled, and how it has been replaced by susceptibility to shame in Jewish nationalism. With first-hand observations of the campuses and the institutions of American Judaism, Wisse recounts the change in popular […]
Read MorePodcast: Elliott Abrams on Israel and American Jews
May 17, 2016 | By: Elliott Abrams
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In this podcast, Tikvah’s executive director, Eric Cohen, is joined by Elliott Abrams for a discussion of Abrams’s important new essay “If American Jews and Israel Are Drifting Apart, What’s the Reason?” Published in the April 2016 issue of Mosaic, […]
Read MoreTranscript: "Charles Krauthammer - At Last, Zion"
April 6, 2016 | By: Charles Krauthammer
As part of the Tikvah Fund and Hertog Foundation’s Advanced Institute, “Is Israel Alone?,” Roger Hertog sat down with syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer to revisit Dr. Krauthammer’s legendary article for the fiftieth anniversary of Israeli independence. Published in The Weekly Standard, “At Last, Zion,” described the achievement of Israel’s founders within the full scope of Jewish history, […]
Read MoreCharles Krauthammer - At Last, Zion
March 23, 2016 | By: Charles Krauthammer
As part of the Tikvah Fund and Hertog Foundation’s Advanced Institute, “Is Israel Alone?,” Roger Hertog sat down with syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer to revisit Dr. Krauthammer’s legendary article for the fiftieth anniversary of Israeli independence. Published in The Weekly Standard, “At Last, Zion,” described the achievement of Israel’s founders within the full scope of Jewish history, […]
Read MoreModernity, Religion and Morality: A Conversation with George Weigel and Yoram Hazony
December 8, 2015 | By: George Weigel and Yoram Hazony
During last month’s Advanced Institute in Jerusalem, “God, Politics, and the Future of Europe,” Tikvah hosted a conversation on “Modernity, Religion and Morality” to discuss the decline of Western Civilization and to probe some of the reasons behind it. What happens when faith in the God of the Bible deteriorates?
Read MoreOn French Jewry and the Future of France
November 19, 2015
In the last few months, both Jewish Review of Books and Mosaic featured discussions on French Jewry and the future of France. In light of last Friday’s tragic terrorist attacks in Paris, we have gathered the articles here.
Read MoreElliott Abrams - A Life in the Arena
February 3, 2015 | By: Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams has served two presidents, working on issues in Latin America, the Middle East, and human rights. In the service of his country, he has always been unabashedly Jewish. Was there ever a tension? How did his Jewish upbringing and Jewish pride shape him for a life in American politics and diplomacy? Abrams talks […]
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