Maen Areikat
Would There Be Jews in Palestine?
Parsing the PLO ambassador; plus, what the U.N. initiative used to be
Today on Tablet
Interview with the ambassador, and more
Q&A: Maen Rashid Areikat
The Palestinian ambassador to Washington sees a role for the American Jewish community in creating a Palestinian state
Jewish Centurions vs. Rome
Street performers who pose for tourists by the Colosseum battle city authorities
The Napkin Artist
Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
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Daybreak: Hezbollah Sustains Losses in Syria
9:07 AM —Plus drones, bacon, Billy Joel, and the Church of Scotland
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Sundown: The Obama Push for Peace Continues
6:23 PM —Israel takes another small step toward Haredi conscription
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The Adelsons Continue Their Campaign Giving
2:01 PM —The casino magnate gives another $40 million to Birthright
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One of the Better Graduation Stories
10:39 AM —A survivor transforms as his son graduates medical school
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Daybreak: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Named in 2011 Killings
9:52 AM —Plus a grisly, daylight murder in London
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Aussie Jewish Elders React to ‘Gangnam Style’
3:41 PM —“Let them dance, let them sing—but don’t make wars.”
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A Growing Fear in France
By Clémence Boulouque — As political and financial crises deepen in Western Europe, French Jewry is facing a familiar testHappy Birthday, Mr. Kissinger
By Gil Troy — The influential former secretary of state—courtier, careerist, proud American, conflicted Jew—turns 90John Kerry’s Silly Play
By Lee Smith — The secretary of state prattles about imaginary treaties while the Arab world is engulfed by a Sunni-Shia civil warReligious Labor
By Elliott Horowitz — Israeli society debates the value of Haredi jobs, but Patrick Leigh Fermor saw the ultra-Orthodox hard at workDumb and Dumber
By David P. Goldman — How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle East
The Mideast Crack-Up
New York Rabbi’s Awful Award
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
Aussie Jewish Elders React to 'Gangnam Style'
When Berlin Meant Business
Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
Ed Koch’s Catholic Send-off
Daybreak: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Named in 2011 Killings
Who Can Follow These Rules?
Cutting Family Ties
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When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.


