Allison Hoffman
Allison Hoffman is a senior writer for Tablet Magazine.
Con Game
How a New York rabbi tried to remake the rules on converting to Judaism, until a sex tape—and a family feud between his wealthy backers—brought him down
Administration Rebukes Its Anti-Semitism Envoy
Rosenthal, former J Street advisor, tell us she’s still packing for D.C.
Uproar Over Holocaust Pope’s Road to Sainthood
But at least Benedict’s been to Yad Vashem!
House Passes Symbolic Iran Sanctions Bill
Why nothing has happened and everybody has won
On the Cheap
How two middle class civil servants amassed a world class art collection
Economist Paul Samuelson Dead at 94
“Smart, Jewish Keynesian” somehow succeeded
Agudath Israel Sends the White House Hanukkah Cheer
Orthodox group’s head meets with, praises adviser Axelrod
Israeli Ambassador Scolds and Praises J Street
Chastises on Gaza, agrees on Iran
Palestinian PM: No Unilateral Declaration of Statehood
Fayyad assures American Jewish delegation
Sen. Lieberman Walks to Work on Shabbat
Trudges through snow for vote on health care
Memory Blocks
A deteriorating New Haven synagogue inspired an art exhibit
Israeli Economy Eats Its Spinach
That’s why it’s doing well, says ex-Clinton adviser
Hadassah: Start Annual Breast Exams at 40
Jewish women’s group doesn’t accept new, relaxed federal guidelines
Stuffed
How to stomach Shabbat dinner the day after Thanksgiving
Jewish Guy Protests Fla. Election on Passover
‘An attack upon the religious Jewish community,’ he says
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
Greased, Frightening
John Travolta’s massages, ‘homosexual Jewish men’ in Hollywood, and the true nature of prejudice
The End of the Jewish Left
Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist alliance
Unmolested
An accused pedophile from ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn has never faced trial, thanks in part to a D.A. who had political reasons not to pursue the case
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Voices Raised for Jerusalem
The Zamir Chorale brings its Jewish choral music to Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebration of Yom Yerushalayim
Old Jews Telling More Jokes
The web series ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent
The Most Perfect Hebrew Bible
The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel.
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Stay Out of It
By Hillel Y. Levin — On same-sex marriage, Orthodox Jews should keep the religious and civil separate—as they do on other issuesThe End of the Jewish Left
By Adam Kirsch — Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist allianceThe Treblinka Gold Rush
By Jan T. Gross — After World War II, Polish peasants hunted for jewels and gold amid the human remains at former Nazi death campsRallying Against the Internet
By Micah Stein — A sold-out event at New York’s Citi Field aims to unite the ultra-Orthodox world against online ‘evils’Worry Like a Jewish Mother
By Marjorie Ingall — Simple guidelines for making moms neurotic, from Marge Simpson’s favorite magazine, Fretful Mother




