David Kaufmann
David Kaufmann teaches literature at George Mason University.
A Skeptic’s Skeptic
A new biography takes a look at Derrida’s philosophy of disillusionment
The Joke’s on God
Stanley Moss is either the most religiously profane or profanely religious poet around
Scribes and Scribblers
Poetry inspired by architecture, prophecy, and the immigration experience
Easy Reading
Straightforward or elliptical, poetry needn’t be hard
Starting Small
Tracing Hilary Putnam’s roadmap to God
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
The End of the Jewish Left
Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist alliance
Greased, Frightening
John Travolta’s massages, ‘homosexual Jewish men’ in Hollywood, and the true nature of prejudice
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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Twitter: tabletmag
- What if a famous Jew intermarried, and nobody noticed? (cough, Mark Zuckerberg) http://t.co/zO5zo3P8
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




