Jewish Gang Leader for a Day - Tablet Magazine

Search

Today in Tablet Magazine, Julian Voloj presents an excerpt from his forthcoming graphic novel about Bronx gang leader Benjamin Melendez, whose discovery of his Jewish roots was described in a previous Tablet article by Dvora Meyers.

From the editors of Tablet Magazine.

Copied link

Israel Must Respond Forcefully to Iran’s Attack

byBernard-Henri Lévy

The Rise of the Cyber City

byWalter Russell Mead

A Rock Star Ideas Festival in Brooklyn

byMaggie Phillips

Paying Tribute to Paul Celan in Chernivtsi

byEdward Serotta

This Isn’t Working

byB. Duncan Moench

Sweating the Small Stuff

byDovid Bashevkin

The Gold Rush Shul

byNomi Kaltmann

Grieving and Living

The Last Lebanon War

Adir’s Diamonds

byAni WilcenskiandIsaac de Castro

Horror and Humiliation in Gaza

byDavid P. Goldman

A Birthday Party in Israel

Expanding the World of Jewish Food

byJamie Betesh Carter

Why Is Everyone Suddenly Obsessed With Lavashak?

byAnna Rahmanan

Empathy Is Part of Our Jewish DNA

byElliot Cosgrove

Harry Truman’s Seder Message

byStuart Halpern

The Birth of a New Passover Breakfast Tradition

To Be on Everyone’s Side Is to Be on No One’s

byLiel Leibovitz

Going for the Gold

byJamie Betesh Carter

‘Now You Are in Heaven, and the Only Thing Left Is Pain’

byMagali Druscovich

The American Left’s Milošević Moment

byAndrew Nutting

One Maimonides or Two?

byWarren Zev Harvey

Exile or Diaspora?

byPierre Birnbaum

byIan KingsburyandJay P. Greene

Of Judaism, but Not in It

The Golden Age of Jewish Hockey

byJeffrey S. Gurock

Qatar’s World Cup FIFA Bribe Documents Exposed