Josh Lambert, a Tablet Magazine contributing editor, is the academic director of the National Yiddish Book Center and Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
On the Bookshelf
Scents and sensibilities: righteous aromas, early sluggers, and godless scribblers
On the Bookshelf
Ports of call: Jews in Istanbul and Odessa; Central Europe and Flushing, Queens
On the Bookshelf
Polemics and pleas, productive and inflammatory: new books on Israel and Palestine
On the Bookshelf
Tough customers: drunks, crazies, and other cherished branches of the family tree
Ben-Gurion
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.
