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50 Years Later: Medgar Evers and Jewish Memory
Yesterday, officials across the country marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the NAACP official and civil rights activist, who was shot in his Mississippi driveway just...
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New Study Reveals the Reality of Jewish Poverty in New York City
On June 9, Congressman Jerrold Nadler announced legislation that would increase the tax credits poor families could claim. Under the current law, a family can claim a total of 45 percent of income for...
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Radical Dissent at CUNY Conference on ‘Pinkwashing’
In April, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York hosted a conference on “Homonationalism and Pinkwashing.” If neither term is familiar, consider yourself one...
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On Father’s Day, Facing the Truth About My Own Parent’s Declining Health
It starts as just another Sunday visit with Dad. He has been having some trouble breathing, and he is shaky on his feet. When it’s time for me to leave, he asks me to stay a little longer. “I need to...
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Daybreak: Prep for Father's Day with Stories Written by, for, and About Dads
This Sunday is Father’s Day, but instead of worrying if you should get your father a tie or a packet of coupons for free hugs redeemable always, have a look at this collection of essays and articles...
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What You Need to Know About Iran's Farcical Elections
Ladies and gentleman, today’s the big day! After eight long years of fretting over the words and deeds of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was never really in charge of Iran anyway, it’s time...
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Former SS Unit Commander Discovered Living in Minnesota
This morning, the AP reported the disturbing news that Michael Karkoc, a 94-year-old man living in Minneapolis, MN, was a top commander of a Nazi SS-led Ukrainian unit involved in the 1944 Warsaw...
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Iran's Supreme Leader: Zionists Rig U.S. Elections
Today, the people of Iran go to the polls to choose from a list of approved candidates for president, one that has been carefully curated to ensure that the ultimate victor is not too...
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What Should Be Done About Syria?
Just minutes ago, Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, made one proclamation: The United States should set up a no-fly zone in Syria to protect rebel training camps and...
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What The Supreme Court's Gene Patent Ruling Means for Jews
In a healthcare system characterized all too often by an adversarial relationship between patients and service providers, yesterday saw a win for patients. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that...
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The TV Jewish Badass Who Can Make America Great Again
As July Fourth rolls in and the Weber grills roll out and the flag flies high, I wish we had someone, if only on TV, who brought back that untarnished, joyful, growling, daring, mad, clever, ruthless,...
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Turkey's Jewish Community Fears Anti-Semitic Anger After Prime Minister...
Besir Atalay, one of four deputy prime ministers in Turkey, claimed Monday that recent protests and antigovernment sentiment in the region were linked to the “Jewish Diaspora,” Haaretz reports....
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A Dispatch From CBST's Shabbat Service Featuring Edith Windsor and Roberta...
The longer the line, the better the night—a New York mantra usually reserved for suckers unwilling to go to the dive next door. But on Friday, June 28, the crowd wrapped around Ninth Ave., eagerly...
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Shakespeare Expert Puzzled By Anger Over Shylock Crossword Clue
On Friday, the Tribune Media Services published a crossword puzzle with the clue “Shylock, e.g.” in several of its newspapers. The corresponding three-letter answer: J-E-W. Jew. Within hours, Abe...
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Israel's Ice Cream Shops Get Creative For Summer With Wacky New Flavors
Considering Israeli weather, it’s no surprise that this is a country that takes its ice cream very seriously. Ice cream may not be a traditional Israeli dessert, but every summer more and more ice...
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Egypt and Mohamed Morsi on the Brink
Update, 3:15 PM Reports are swirling that Morsi has been deposed. Twitter is afire. Update, 3:01 PM: Report: Egyptian military informs President Morsi that he is no longer president. Continue reading...
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Sabra Hummus the Official Dip Sponsor of the National Football League
Rejoice, hummus lovers (and football fans), because Monday Night Football will never be the same. That’s because hummus is now the official dip of the National Football League—Sabra hummus, that is,...
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Tablet Switches to Facebook Comments
This week, Tablet Magazine switched to Facebook to power its comments section. It is our hope that using Facebook comments—which requires that all commenters to be registered Facebook users, which...
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Happy Fourth of July From Tablet Magazine
Whether you’re kicking poolside, ducking beneath an umbrella, tarring and feathering your British friends, being tarred and feathered by your American friends, or are Egyptian and therefore have...
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WNYC Call-in Host Brian Lehrer Is Taking Your Call
On a recent morning in June, at the offices of National Public Radio’s New York flagship WNYC, in a small room with six radio producers, facing a window, I could see Brian Lehrer at work. It was hectic...
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