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The Pew Research Center Responds to Tablet Article on American Judaism Survey
On Monday, we published Theodore Sasson’s examination of the recent Pew Research Center survey. The Pew Center’s Alan Cooperman, deputy director of the Religion & Public Life Project, and Gregory...
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Jonathan Sacks on European Anti-Semitism, Israel's Chief Rabbinate, and More
One of the hardest things about writing up my recent conversation with Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the United Kingdom, was choosing what to include and what to leave out. Few public figures...
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Joan Nathan's Favorite Sweet Potato Recipes for Thanksgivukkah
With Thanksgivukkah around the corner, I have already been bombarded with requests for my favorite sweet potato recipes from my Jewish cookbooks. Here are my four favorites: my 100-year-old mother’s...
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After Factory Fire Halts Gabila's Knish Production, Three Boxes Turn up for...
After last month’s fire at Gabila’s, the Copiague, N.Y. knish factory responsible for producing 15 million fried potato pies annually, the company announced they wouldn’t be back in business until the...
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The Off-Broadway 'Stars of David' Renders Leonard Nimoy, Ruth Bader Ginsberg,...
When producer Aaron Harnick approached Abigail Pogrebin about adapting her book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish to the stage, her first reaction was, “What have you been...
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From Brooklyn, a Jew Hosts Moroccan Radio Show
Sunday night for me is always Moroccan radio night. From a home office in Brooklyn surrounded by echo-absorbing foam, I write a commentary in Arabic about the week in Arab politics and then read it...
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The Deep Moral Question at the Heart of the $1B Nazi-Looted Gurlitt Collection
The discovery of the largest cache of looted Nazi art since the end of World War II, with an estimated worth of well over a billion dollars, in a shabby Munich apartment belonging to an 80-year-old art...
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Scholastic Children's Book Illustration Leaves Israel off Map
A 2012 book in the popular Italian children’s series, Geronimo Stilton—a mouse and journalist at The Rodent’s Gazette whose exploits have spawned more than 100 books since 2000—apparently leaves Israel...
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Anniversary of 2012 Gaza War Marked By Rocket Fire
If you think Americans are obsessed with anniversaries, well, you’re probably right. But also surprisingly anniversary-obsessed are terrorist organizations. For more, consider Benghazi. Or reports...
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Who built the ark? Russell Crowe. Watch the trailer for "Noah."
“What did he say?” “He’s going to destroy the world.”Continue reading "Who built the ark? Russell Crowe. Watch the trailer for "Noah."" at...
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Today's News: 'Knockout' Attacks in Crown Heights; is Andy Kaufman Still...
• French President Francois Hollande is heading to Israel Sunday for a high profile visit, which will include a meeting with Netanyahu about Iran. [Times of Israel] • Among the targets of recent...
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California Driver Has 'Not See' Vanity Plate and Swastika on His Car
Daily Intel brings our attention to one of the more creative vanity license plates we’ve ever seen—for a Nazi, that is. Get it? ‘Not See,’ ‘Na-zi.’ Also, he had a swastika above the license plate, so,...
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The Long Search for a Comfortable Position as a Jew Who Practices Yoga
For the past two decades, yoga and Judaism have been the two poles of my search for a spiritual identity. But I haven’t always embraced them at the same time, nor have they always been in harmony with...
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Phil the Kosher Butcher Survived Auschwitz but Was Murdered in My Hometown
The Tablet Longform newsletter highlights the best longform pieces from Tablet magazine. Sign up here to receive bulletins every Thursday afternoon about fiction, features, profiles, and more. San...
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Rediscovering the Glories of Jewish Polish Food
If you are a Tel Aviv foodie—and, not too long ago and for lack of anything better to do, I was—your life revolves around a few truths you hold to be self-evident in your heart and in your gut. You...
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WATCH: Caught on Tape, a U.N. Interpreter Wonders Aloud at its Israel Bashing
Yesterday was “bash Israel” day at the United Nations–which is to say, Thursday. The U.N. General Assembly, which last year passed 22 resolutions condemning Israel and only four against other...
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The Shondes Keep on Rocking with their Latest Album, 'The Garden'
Even if there was competition for the mantle of best feminist punk band with Jewish influences, The Shondes would be at the top of the heap. But as it stands, they’re pretty much alone. They’ve gotten...
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Rahm Emanuel Sends Jon Stewart a Threatening Pizza
Earlier this week, we reported on Chicago Mayor (and Robin Thicke enthusiast) Rahm Emanuel’s displeasure about having his city’s Willis Tower demoted to the second-tallest building in the United...
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London Rabbi Chaim Halpern Cleared of Sex Abuse Charges
London police have dropped their months-long investigation into allegations against prominent Orthodox rabbi Chaim Halpern, who was arrested in February on sex abuse charges, JTA reports. The...
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Revisiting Prohibition in Marni Davis' fascinating book, 'Jews and Booze'
Rabbi David Wolpe is the rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and the author, most recently, of Why Faith Matters. In a new Scroll series, Wolpe will examine a work of Jewish scholarship, either...
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