Hadara Graubart
Hadara Graubart was formerly a writer and editor for Tablet Magazine.
British Jewish Vote ‘Alive and Well’
Despite what anyone said in the 1970s, declares columnist
Daybreak: Mixed Messages on Israel’s Independence Day
Promises, moodiness, and pressure
Sundown: What’s the Deal With Jews?
Plus minutes, stats, and zippers
Sincerely Saul Bellow
A thrilling cache of the late writer’s letters
Clinton’s Word Choice Raises Questions
Her controversial Independence Day message for Israel
Ex-Footballer Now Motivational Jew
Alan Veingrad inducted into National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Daybreak: Memorial Day Finds Tourists, Uncharacteristic Frankness in Israel
Plus Blair stranded, books in Italy, and more in the news
Sundown: Bishop Nailed for Holocaust Denial
Plus: smell is not a matter of taste, a senior roadster, and more
Today in Jewish History
Mass suicide and fart jokes
Sex, Jews, and South Park
An educational retreat may raise more questions than it answers
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
Sounding Off
Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can’t argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins
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
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?
- Daphne Merkin chats with Joseph Cedar, the director of the Oscar-nominated FOOTNOTE http://t.co/UWJjpoWl
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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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St. 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 LeibovitzFace Off
The Israeli leadership is at war with itself over Iran: In one corner, Bibi Netanyahu and Ehud Barak. In the other, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan.by Yossi MelmanWriting Footnote
Director Joseph Cedar on Orthodox Judaism, The Social Network, and the nightmare scenario behind his latest Academy Award-nominated filmby Daphne MerkinSentimental 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 Hoffman




