More in ‘Solomon’

Today in Tablet Magazine, Liel Leibovitz sees this week’s haftorah—in which King Solomon invents his patented cut-the-baby-in-half method of conflict resolution—as a parable for the self-destructive consequences of the impulse to revenge. From our archives, Julie Subrin’s podcast explores the origins of the popular Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Hanukkah song “Ocho Kandelikas.” And today is the ...

While ambling in downtown Manhattan a few months ago, I noticed a commotion a block or two away. Through the gaps between the large white trucks that blocked the street I could see people rushing in and out of a caravan of white trailers, some carrying bulky equipment and others barking into two-way radios. It ...

A while back, I got an email from a dear old friend. “I was going through my drawers,” she wrote, “and I found this. Enjoy it. I know I did.”
Attached were a few short letters. I read them once or twice and felt a warm rush of empathy towards their author. I could tell he ...

A long, long time ago, when I was young and had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, I found myself succumbing to the weekly ritual of putting on the one shirt I owned that made me look remotely respectable and going on a string of random job interviews. The organizations whose ...