Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy edits Tablet Magazine’s daily blog, The Scroll. He tweets @marcatracy.
Beinart v. Gordis, TONIGHT, Livestreaming
Watch the debate from your computer; plus, the many, many reviews
Obama Sits in Elijah’s Chair
Also had an early reverence for Eliot, is exactly who we thought he is
Oh, Amar’e. ‘You Do Stupid Things Sometimes.’
Dolph Schayes on the NBA playoffs
Daybreak: Iran Has Nary a Drop of Oil to Sell
Gaza leadership gains power in Hamas, and more in the news
Sundown: U.S. Tightens Iran’s and Syria’s Belts
Plus Palestinians’ secret condolences to Bibi, and more
French Jewish Leader Attacks Hollande
While potential far-right spoiler Le Pen throws Sarkozy under the bus
Taking Pride in Jews in Finance
Anti-Semite sends flier, but the slur’s on him
More Old Jews Telling More Jokes
It’s back, with a snazzy new logo and an even snazzier sweater
Ultra-Right Backs Moderate Islamist in Egypt
Salafists, Christians could defeat Muslim Brotherhood for presidency
On the Ground in the Islamic Republic
Laura Secor discusses her new ‘New Yorker’ dispatch from Iran
Daybreak: Abbas ‘Chooses’ Bibi for Peace
Plus Barak hits back at Iran dissenters, and more in the news
Sundown: ‘Great Teacher’ Benzion Remembered
Plus wonks occupy Wall Street, and more
Poll Shows [Lower/Steady] Jews for Obama
Choose your own blog post!
Land of Milk, Honey, and IVF
More than four percent of Israeli births came via test tube
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’




