Tablet Magazine

16 May 2024

8 Iyar 5784

Students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and others rally at a protest encampment by the Scientists Against Genocide on MIT's Kresge Lawn in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 22, 2024

From Black Lives Matter, to climate change, to the war in Gaza, the demand to hire more identity studies faculty and consultants is a constant

byMichael Lind

The Illustrated Hostage Diary of Moran Stella Yanai

She was held captive by Hamas in Gaza for 54 days. Now released, she tells her story.

byRachel Shalev

Matthias Goerne, at right, and Evgeny Kissin performing at Carnegie Hall on April 25, 2024

Schumann’s Most Jewish Songs

A definitive performance by Matthias Goerne and Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall

byDavid P. Goldman

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Unorthodox

Eitan Bernath, Shai Held, and Rivky Itzkowitz Are Here to Eat, Pray, Love

Jewish foods in Mexico City; love at the heart of Judaism; modest clothing for all body types

May 16, 2024

Take One

Bava Metzia 78

Making the private public with Tevi Troy

May 16, 2024

TONIGHT: Man Against the Mob

8 p.m. ET on Zoom: A Tablet conversation with Jews who refuse to back down: Masha Merkulova, founder and executive director of Club Z, S.A.F.E. CUNY’s Avraham Goldstein, attorney John Kovac, Mel Waldorf, Steve Goldberg, and UNC student Daniel Stompel. Hosted by Tablet’s Kathryn Wolf, for members.

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Unorthodox

Eitan Bernath, Shai Held, and Rivky Itzkowitz Are Here to Eat, Pray, Love

Jewish foods in Mexico City; love at the heart of Judaism; modest clothing for all body types

May 16, 2024

Take One

Bava Metzia 78

Making the private public with Tevi Troy

May 16, 2024

TONIGHT: Man Against the Mob

More info and register

The Illustrated Hostage Diary of Moran Stella Yanai

She was held captive by Hamas in Gaza for 54 days. Now released, she tells her story.

byRachel Shalev

Schumann’s Most Jewish Songs

A definitive performance by Matthias Goerne and Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall

byDavid P. Goldman

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Columbia’s Jewish Commencement

In 1800, Sampson Simson delivered a history lesson in Hebrew about the deep-rootedness of New York City’s Jews to the trustees of Columbia College

byMichael Hoberman

Cousins

A big family means more of everything

byJay Neugeboren

The Legacy of the Maalot Massacre

Fifty years ago today, Palestinian terrorists attacked a school in northern Israel, taking hostages and murdering 22 students. The memories endure for those who survived, and the lessons learned in 1974 resonate anew for a country facing another hostage crisis.

byHillel Kuttler

Cousins

A big family means more of everything

byJay Neugeboren

How Hamas Saved Egypt

byJudith Miller

The Legacy of the Maalot Massacre

byHillel Kuttler

How Hamas Saved Egypt

byJudith Miller

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Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally

Emor

Life, death, and Parshat Emor

May 15, 2024

Israel Update

The New Battlefield: Star Wars vs. Mad Max

Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss Israel’s military sovereignty

May 15, 2024

What Really Matters

Did Biden Just Abandon Israel?

This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Biden’s threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel, why the president’s huge spending bills haven’t been spent yet, the faltering criminal cases against Donald Trump, the global fertility crisis, and how to get the most out of election coverage

May 10, 2024