Sara Ivry
Sara Ivry is the host of Vox Tablet, Tablet Magazine's weekly podcast.
Ultra-Ortho Group Calls Shalit Unworthy
Say captured soldier doesn’t follow commandments, shouldn’t be rescued
Israeli Hoops Coach Ejected from MSG, Won’t Leave
Rabbinical intervention doesn’t help at Knicks-Tel Aviv game
Now Let Us Praise Pastrami
David Sax’s new book on delis has as many fans as pickles
Auschwitz Has Added You As a Friend
Concentration camp joins Facebook
Catholics Not Amused By Sarah Silverman’s Message to Pope
Of course, she’s just as mean to Jews
Israel’s Tax Law Brings Billionaire Home
Foreign income is untaxed, so movie producer Arnon Milchan moves back
Hasidic Women Train for Jobs
Recession leads to working women in Jerusalem
Michael Chabon’s WASP Envy
Revealed in new book of essays
Vanessa Redgrave Backs Israel
And criticizes Toronto Film Fest protestors in ‘NYRB’
Look, Rich Jews!
JTA gloats over the Forbes 400
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
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




