Jesse Oxfeld
Jesse Oxfeld is Tablet Magazine’s executive editor.
Anne Frank, YouTuber
The famous diarist’s latest online presence
On Tablet Today
Anne Frank’s craft, Louis Brandeis’s Zionism, and books galore
Greetings From Washington, D.C.
Rosh Hashanah wishes from the prez
Remembering Teddy
Campaign aide-turned-AIPAC chief Thomas Dine remembers the 1980 presidential run
On Tablet Today
East Village tikkun olum, the annotated child, the end of the Mandate, and more
U.S. Jews Kvetch to U.S. Catholics
Are they trying to convert us?
Today on Tablet
Unbuilt synagogues, a gay-friendly Orthodox rabbi, and more
Barney Frank Swats Down Questioner
For comparing Obama’s health-care plans to Nazis
Mexico Is Like Gaza
Says Texas governor, in Israel
David Mamet and Anne Frank
Coming to a theater near you
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
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
- 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




