''Mosaic'' is an online magazine of Jewish ideas, religion, politics, and culture which was established in June 2013. An online subscription magazine, it offers full-length monthly essays "on an issue or theme of pressing significance for

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, or

the Jewish state ( German, , commonly rendered as ''The Jewish State'') is a pamphlet written by Theodor Herzl and published in February 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. It is subtitled with ''"Versuch einer modernen Lösu ...

". Topics range from cultural or religious questions to social and philosophical issues, with in-depth responses to each essay appended throughout the month. In addition, Mosaic publishes a variety of briefer pieces offering comments on the news of the day, historical reflections, and more. Finally, a permanent fixture of Mosaic is its editors’ picks: a daily selection of the most urgent items, gathered from far-flung places around the web, and introduced in short summaries detailing their particular substance and import. Authors who have published in Mosaic include:

Leon Kass Leon Richard Kass (born February 12, 1939) is an American physician, biochemist, educator, and public intellectual. Kass is best known as a proponent of liberal arts education via the "Great Books," as a critic of human cloning, life extension, ...

Natan Sharansky Natan Sharansky (; born 20 January 1948) is an Israeli politician, human rights activist, and author. He served as Chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018, and currently serves as ...

, Meir Soloveichik, Ruth Wisse,

Martin Kramer Martin Seth Kramer (; born September 9, 1954, Washington, D.C.) is an American-Israeli academic with a focus on the Middle East at Tel Aviv University and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His focus is on the history and politics ...

, Michael Doran, David Wolpe,

Hillel Halkin Hillel Halkin (; born 1939) is an American-born Israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, and novelist who has lived in Israel since 1970. Biography Hillel Halkin was born in New York City two months before the outbreak of World War II. ...

, Matti Friedman,

Elliott Abrams Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer, who has served in foreign policy positions for President of the United States, presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Abrams is considered to be a ...

, Einat Wilf,

John Bolton John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican Party (United States), Republican consultant, and political commentator. He served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to ...

, Douglas Feith, Dore Gold,

Daniel Gordis Daniel Gordis (; born 1959) is an American-born Israeli author. He is Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem, where he previously was Senior Vice President and Chair of the Core Curriculum. Gordis is the author of a dozen books ...

, and many more. In addition, ''Mosaic'' carries the popular etymology column

Philologos Philologos is an etymology column about Yiddish, Hebrew and Jewish words and phrases. , it has run for about 34 years. Its anonymous author is known to be translator Hillel Halkin. Publishing history The column ran weekly for over 24 years in ...

. Mosaic has also published articles by convicted Israeli spy Lawrence Franklin. The editor is Jonathan Silver. Mosaic's founding editor, and now editor-at-large, is Neal Kozodoy.

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