Eytan Sosnovich | Tikvah Society

Dear Friends,

It is my pleasure to share with you, hot off the press, Tikvah’s 2025 Strategic OverviewClick here to read and download a digital copy.

In its pages, you’ll see the reach and depth of Tikvah’s work: our countless programs for thousands of middle school, high school, and university students; our partnerships with key Jewish schools and institutions; our online courses, podcasts, and publications that enlarge the Jewish mind and nurture the Jewish soul; and our community-building efforts to inform and organize Jewish parents and educators.

Everything we do is animated by the belief that we can strengthen the Jewish and Zionist future by building a new generation of leaders who will proudly defend our shared values today, and for years to come.

As we approach the end of the year, we hope you will support our crucial efforts with a generous tax-deductible contribution before December 31.

Gifts of $2,000 or more will secure your membership in the Tikvah Society—our growing philanthropic community dedicated to Jewish, Zionist, and American ideals. The Tikvah Society is your gateway to Jewish ideas, including Mosaic magazine, special briefings with Eric Cohen and Jonathan Silver, podcasts and video courses with thinkers like Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Ruth Wisse, and year-round events with some of the most thoughtful public intellectuals of our time.

Your Tikvah Society Membership—and any level of support you are able to offer—directly funds Tikvah’s educational programs that form and inspire young people with moral confidence and pride in their identities as Jews, Zionists, and American citizens.

Thank you for your consideration and for your partnership.

With gratitude,

Eytan Sosnovich
Senior Director of the Development

The Crown Heights riot: what happened, why it happened, and what it means for American Jews today

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Dear friends,

Anti-Semitism has been on the rise all around the world this past year. In the United States, American Jews have endured extreme anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric; heinous anti-Semitic protests on college campuses; organized harassment campaigns against Jewish public figures; and violent attacks against everyday Jews on city streets.

As bad as things have gotten, the Crown Heights riot of 1991 offers a picture of how much worse things can get. Jewish homes, businesses, and places of worship were attacked for nearly three days, all while law enforcement stood down.

This evening, Monday, December 23, at 7 pm ET, the Mosaic subscriber community is coming together to take a closer look at the Crown Heights riot. We’re going to explore what happened, why it happened, and what lessons it has for American Jews today.

The evening will include an exclusive screening of a new short documentary on the riot, „Get the Jew”: The Crown Heights Riot Revisited, as well as an introduction from the film’s producer and director, Michael Pack, and a conversation afterward between Elliot Kaufman—the Wall Street Journal letters editor who appears in the film—and Mosaic‘s editor Jonathan Silver.

The event is available to all Mosaic subscribers. You can join right now for just $40 $30 and secure your spot. Your subscription will give you an entire year of access to Mosaic, which includes original essays on Jewish issues, our critical daily newsletter, and other events like this one.

Sign up here, and we hope to see you this evening.

All the best,

John Minster

Director of Digital Marketing, Mosaic