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A new read on Jewish life

07 August 2022

10 Av 5782

The Gnat Who Tormented Titus

For Tisha B’Av, a previously unpublished poem by the Jewish literary giant

byCynthia Ozick

Tisha B’Av Listening

Stories of loss, history, and hope from the Unorthodox podcast archive

byTablet Podcasts

Melbourne, where Tisha B'Av falls during the winter, and the fast ends much earlier than in the Northern Hemisphere

A Wintry Tisha B’Av

In the Southern Hemisphere, feeling out of sync on a day of communal mourning

byNomi Kaltmann

Tisha B’Av Listening

Stories of loss, history, and hope from the Unorthodox podcast archive

byTablet Podcasts

A Wintry Tisha B’Av

In the Southern Hemisphere, feeling out of sync on a day of communal mourning

byNomi Kaltmann

Tablet Magazine’s Printable Weekly Digest

A selection of our best articles from this week for printer-friendly, distraction-free reading. Issue 28: Tisha B’Av: The end of the living memory of the Holocaust, the ‘network state,’ the new Jewish awakening, a cold cherry soup for summer, and more.

byTablet Magazine

Mourning and Joy

Tisha B’Av is a time to come forward with our pain

bySandra Cohen

Beyonce’s Gospel Truth

Her latest project, ‘Renaissance,’ is an album in search of freedom

byDavid Meir Grossman

Socialism for Imbeciles

France’s left declares its loyalty to a dark, antisemitic past

byBernard-Henri Lévy

As with salons, this new nation-state business feels like a secular version of a Jewish concept—Zionism but without the Judaism.

The New Jewish Awakening

Our obsession with the narrative of our community’s decline overlooks threads of optimism and opportunity

byBenjamin SprattandJoshua Stanton

Spinster Sisters Versus Nazis

The story of Ida and Louise Cook, two opera buffs who lived with their parents while running a daring scheme to rescue Jews from Hitler

byPhyllis Chesler

Survivors in the Catskills

A recent gathering of 56 survivors in the Hudson Valley was a painful and uncomfortable reminder that living memory of the Holocaust has nearly run out forever

byArmin Rosen

Why Am I Banned in Ukraine?

byEdward N. Luttwak

The First Glimmer of Healing

byAmy L. Freeman

Iran Is About to Murder Another Journalist

byMariam Memarsadeghi

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