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‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘The Fabelmans’
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Vol. 2, Issue 18: Tech elites in conflict, Sikhs in American schools, why culture is boring now, a Lower East Side criminal queen, sambusak for Shavuot, and more


Vol. 2, Issue 17: Mother’s Day, the third technological revolution, Hannah Arendt and gay identity, the wonders of fennel, and more


Vol. 2, Issue 16: Big Pharma and Mad Men unite, Commie Chic, Shawarma meets foccacia, Jewish gangsters, and more


Vol. 2, Issue 13 Passover Special: An analysis of disinformation, a Florida Shabbos, backpacker Seders in Nepal, Haggadot before Maxwell House, and much more, including six recipes for a complete Seder meal


Vol. 2, Issue 12: Surveillance of Arab Americans, reports from Indonesia and South Africa, musical traditions at Bais Yaakov girls schools, a garlic soup recipe, and more


Vol. 2, Issue 11: Cold War 3D, crisis in Israel, Jewish Athiests speak, Regina Spektor’s Soviet Jewishness, recovering from substance abuse, a kibbeh recipe, and more


Vol. 2, Issue 10: The CIA coup in Iran that never was, misinformation and certainty, the Madam of the LES, a new translation of Isaac Babel, Joan Nathan cooks North African ‘brik,’ and more


The Year in Review: A special blockbuster double issue featuring the best of Tablet’s insight, reporting, and great storytelling from 2022


Beach Reads 2022: An amazing, 113-page, free anthology of some of our best writing, for you and your hammock.


Issue 26: In full, Armin Rosen’s in-depth report on the background of the uniquely American life of Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Also: surveillance, Judaism in translation, chocolate, and more.


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