Marissa Brostoff
Marissa Brostoff, a doctoral student in English at the CUNY Graduate Center, is a former staff writer at Tablet and the Forward.
Where the ‘Wild Things’ Come From
Brooklyn Jews, says ‘Paste’
Retribution, Reconsidered
A new play considers the psychology of Holocaust survivors fixed on vengeance
Las Vegas Jewish Paper to Fold
Federation decides to spend money elsewhere
West Bank School Closed for Swine Flu
Meantime, 3,175 cases diagnosed in Israel
Religious Jewish, Muslim Boxers to Square Off
For junior-welterweight title
Hillel Doesn’t Work at Small Colleges
Says small-college student
British Marxist Talks Religion at Harvard Club
Terry Eagleton interviewed by JTS’s Arnie Eisen
Did NYC Candidate Publish Anti-Gay Ad to Attract Satmars?
Ad ran in Yiddish paper, candidate denies placing it
Egypt Restores Synagogues, Secretly
Word leaks thanks to changed political calculus
New Solondz Film Tackles Pedophilia, Bar Mitzvahs
Reviews in from Venice Film Festival premiere
Ramallah, Illinois
Is a film about Palestinians inherently political?
Assimilated Jews = Missing Persons
In new commercial for Israel study program
Oasis Breakup Brings Hitler to His Knees
In YouTube version of history
Why Jews Are Liberal
To give Podheretz a book topic, and, according to Medved, because we reject Christianity
The Decline of the Deli
New book chronicles demise, celebrates sandwiches
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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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 campsWorry Like a Jewish Mother
By Marjorie Ingall — Simple guidelines for making moms neurotic, from Marge Simpson’s favorite magazine, Fretful MotherRallying 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’




