Tablet Paris

France’s Handsome Socialist Jewish Hamlet
Raphaël Glucksmann sought to follow in the footsteps of his philosopher father, André, as an engaged intellectual. Now he’s the leader of the French Socialist list for the EU Parliament, whose bright political future may depend on abandoning everything his father stood for
byMarc Weitzmann
Histoire de Serge Gainsbourg
The surreal odyssey of the Jewish proto-rap star who invented the modern French song
byJeff Weiss
Why the Western Rebellion Against the Jews Produces Bad Art and Bad Politics
Julia Kristeva on Céline
byBlake Smith
In the Mansion of the Camondos
An object lesson about the rewards and limitations of Jewish assimilation in France
byLiel Leibovitz
An Optimist Who Won’t Be Fooled
Gilles Kepel, France’s greatest expert on Islamist politics, sees French scholarly values and savoir faire as a bulwark against the mediocrity of Judith Butler and the antisemitic replacement theology of the global south
byArmin Rosen
The Jewish Question in French Politics
Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls and rising parliamentary star Benjamin Haddad sit down with Tablet to talk Islamic separatism, anti-Jewish hatred, rebuilding a Republican left, and whether the center can hold
byJeremy Stern
The French Rabbi of Brokenness
Delphine Horvilleur on death, empathy, and the new-old antisemitism of the left
byEmily Barton
Secrets of the CRIF
The annual dinner where the French state meets the Jews
byMarc Weitzmann
Tablet Paris: An Introduction
Ten years after bloody Islamist attacks sent thousands of French Jews fleeing to Israel, France feels surprisingly resilient—while American Jews fear what comes next
byMarco Roth
The Many Lives of Arielle Dombasle
Paris’ most enigmatic aesthete will welcome the Olympic torch to the city
byAni Wilcenski