Allison Hoffman
Allison Hoffman is a senior writer for Tablet Magazine.
At AIPAC Summit, Obama Stays His Course
Reiterates stance on 1967 borders with swaps; is cheered for remarks on Hamas, Shalit
Jew for Sarah
Buddy Korn, the founder of the group Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin, is an ex-Maoist rabbi’s son looking to mobilize disenchanted coreligionists with Tea Party rhetoric
Supply and Demands
The major movements of American Judaism require congregations to follow their rules when hiring clergy. A Duke law professor, a leader at his synagogue, says the restrictions create an illegal monopoly.
Who’s Behind a New Kotel Chabad Center?
Guma Aguiar, the possibly unstable Israeli sports tycoon!
To the Last Detail
More than 50 million copies of the Maxwell House Haggadah have been distributed since 1932, but a different, lower-profile version of the Passover prayerbook is the quintessential Jewish-American text
Draft of History
Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem” is known as a New Yorker article, but the book version, still in print, didn’t include William Shawn’s edits. A look at the edited typescript reveals his meticulous work.
Persian Gulf
Thirty years after the Islamic Revolution made them exiles, the Persian Jews of Los Angeles are split in new ways by an old question: how much to hold on to religious and cultural traditions forged in a country that now hates them
Semi-Homemade, Totally Jewish
Turns out Sandra Lee converted a decade ago
Syrian Jewish Leader Pleads Guilty
Rabbi Kassin cops to money-laundering charge from N.J. sting
Oscar Night!
We did slightly better than a coin flip
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
The Dispossessed
Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
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Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
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Heroine Stupor
Wanted Women, a new joint biography of two Muslim women, refuses to distinguish between an al-Qaida terrorist and a feminist intellectualby Andrew RobertsSt. Leonard’s Passion
Leonard Cohen releases his 12th album, Old Ideas. The troubadour and poet hasn’t always been popular, but he is always profound.by Liel LeibovitzSentimental Journey
In the new collected stories of Nathan Englander, and in his revised Haggadah, Jews cling tenuously to the easily broken chains of traditionby Adam KirschPregnant Pause
Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish lawby Allison HoffmanHostage Crisis
The Egyptian government is preparing a show trial for 19 American pro-democracy organizers. Is this what life after Hosni Mubarak looks like?by Lee Smith




