Steve Sem-Sandberg
On the Bookshelf
The term “post-Holocaust” raises conceptual problems, but a host of new books helps define it by exploring everything from Nazis on the run to Jews on the mend
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
Jewish Centurions vs. Rome
Street performers who pose for tourists by the Colosseum battle city authorities
-
The Adelsons Continue Their Campaign Giving
2:01 PM —The casino magnate gives another $40 million to Birthright
-
One of the Better Graduation Stories
10:39 AM —A survivor transforms as his son graduates medical school
-
Daybreak: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Named in 2011 Killings
9:52 AM —Plus a grisly, daylight murder in London
-
Aussie Jewish Elders React to ‘Gangnam Style’
3:41 PM —“Let them dance, let them sing—but don’t make wars.”
-
Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
2:20 PM —The beginning to the world’s best Craigslist ad?
-
By July, The Three Biggest U.S. Cities Will Have Jewish Mayors
1:24 PM —Los Angeles just elected its first Jewish mayor
-
John 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 warDumb and Dumber
By David P. Goldman — How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle EastThe Mideast Crack-Up
By David Samuels — Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab mapNew York Rabbi’s Awful Award
By Jeremy Menchik — Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities?A Growing Fear in France
By Clémence Boulouque — As political and financial crises deepen in Western Europe, French Jewry is facing a familiar test
Aussie Jewish Elders React to 'Gangnam Style'
Happy Birthday, Mr. Kissinger
Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
Religious Labor
Ed Koch’s Catholic Send-off
When Berlin Meant Business
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
At Home With a Jewish Psychic
Who Can Follow These Rules?
By July, The Three Biggest U.S. Cities Will Have Jewish Mayors
-
Twitter: tabletmag
- "Looking for a rabbi versed in dark Talmudic Arts"—best #Craigslist ad ever? http://t.co/ZkrMj7fQWz
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.


