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Eytan Sosnovich | Tikvah Society

Dear Friends,

It is my pleasure to share with you, hot off the press, Tikvah’s 2025 Strategic Overview. Click here to read and download a digital copy.
Support Tikvah’s End-of-Year Campaign Today

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.
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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

Delve into the Drama of Medieval Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
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Creativity and Confrontation:
The History of Medieval Jewry

Join the distinguished historian Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter for a fascinating journey through the events, debates, and formative figures of medieval Jewish history.
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Friends,

We are pleased to announce that episode 1 of Tikvah’s newest online course—Creativity and Confrontation: The History of Medieval Jewry taught by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter—is now available!

The Middle Ages are a period of Jewish history often overlooked today. When we reflect on Jewish history, many of us think of the trials of David, the debates of the rabbis, the disaster of the Holocaust, and the triumph of Zionism. But what about everything in between ancient and modern times? We typically remember that Jews were persecuted, and little else.

Persecuted they were, but the medieval period contained so much more. And that is what Rabbi Schacter shows in this new online course.

It was in medieval times that Jewish faith confronted Aristotelian reason. It was in medieval times that the figures who dominate Jewish commentary and philosophy—Maimonides, Rashi, Nahmanides, Yehuda Halevi—lived. It was in medieval times that Jewish communal institutions first came into being.

Medieval Jewish history is fascinating and vast. And in this course, you have the chance to learn about it with one of the master Jewish historians of our age.
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When you enroll, you’ll receive episode 1 in your inbox in a matter of minutes, and we’ll send a brand new lecture to you every week for 10 weeks. All episodes are pre-recorded, and you can watch them on your own schedule.

In Rabbi Schacter’s view, medieval Jewish history is perhaps the most important period for us to understand if we want to appreciate the life of the Jewish people today. Find out why by enrolling in this new course now.

All the best,

Avi Snyder
Senior Director, Tikvah Ideas
Study Medieval Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
 
This series is generously supported by Gary and Lee Rosenthal.
Please note: If you have enrolled in an online course with Tikvah in the past, you may need to log in to your account with your email address and previous password before enrolling in this new course. If you have any trouble, please write to us at info@tikvahfund.org.

Thank you for coming to last night’s Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner!

We sincerely thank everyone who attended last night’s amazing event with Ambassador and Mrs. Michael Herzog, Chairwoman and UN Designate-Ambassador Elise Stefanik, Representative Jared Moskowitz, Mosab Hassan Yousef, and Shabbos Kestenbaum.

 

We greatly value your opinions, our supporters, and would love to hear any feedback and suggestions you may have. If you attended our event, please leave us feedback in the survey below for improvement on such matters as the speeches, the quality of food, and ease of registration. (We understand there might have been some kinks there—and deeply apologize.) Although we are now 20 years old, there is always room for growth!

 But before anything, we humbly ask that you PLEASE call your senator’s office immediately and tell them to vote against Senator Bernie Sanders’s three resolutions seeking to block vital military support for Israel while it is under existential threat. Senator Chris van Hollen (D-MD) is in support of these resolutions.

 

You can reach your Senators’ offices by dialing (202) 224-3121.

 

With profound and immense gratitude,

 

Sarah, and the entire EMET Team