Tablet Magazine
The Impossible Escape
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- The Impossible Escape
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Santa Teresa is a one-road beach town in Costa Rica with 3,000 residents. About 500 of them are Israeli.
They left their country not because of persecution or poverty or lack of love but because of something subtler. Exhaustion. So they found the most opposite place imaginable and rebuilt everything they left behind. Synagogues, Shabbat dinners, Hebrew on surfboards.
Why do people who leave home feel compelled to reconstruct it, and what responsibility does that place on a community representing their people abroad?
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- What's the deal with the Yair Lapid–Naftali Bennett alliance?
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- 10 days ago
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- It’s that time of the cycle when everything is judged by its possible influence on the coming October 2026 elections. Mike and Gadi discuss Netanyahu’s health, the not-yet-appointed Commission of Inquiry for Oct. 7, and the new political party formed by the merging of Bennett 2026 with Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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- The Fall of Europe
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Oct. 7 didn't just change the Middle East. It changed the West, and Europe is the proof.
From Sciences Po to Molenbeek to Villa Park, antisemitic acts quadrupled, Jewish communities are vanishing, and in Birmingham a Hezbollah-linked report helped police decide that the Jews were the threat.
Based on Marc Weitzmann's Tablet print piece. Head to Tablet to read.
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- Why are people close to Donald Trump briefing Barak Ravid?
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- There are several possible developments regarding Iran: an improved version of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; a resumption of hostilities; or a continuation of the current situation with economic pressure grinding down the Islamic Republic. The United States can afford to wait longer than Iran can. U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to choose between those options based on how he views the impact on China.
Also in this episode: Israel’s imperial Supreme Court thinks it has the authority to remove an elected minister. Listen to the latest episode wherever you get your episodes.
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- Iran Threatened to Close Homruz, Now It May Be Losing Control of It
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- 24 days ago
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- It is clear at this point who has the leverage: We—the U.S. and Israel—are winning this war.
Rather than opening the Strait of Hormuz, Trump is closing it to Iranian shipping. It is unlikely that the Islamic Republic’s military dictatorship can survive this for long.
Listen to the latest episode of Israel Update wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Zionism for Everyone
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- At a moment of rapid technological change and political confusion, the West has found a strange obsession: Zionism.
Not because of what Israel is, but because of what it represents—a form of national life that still believes in itself.
Read the full piece in Tablet.
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- "This is what victory looks like."
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- 1 month ago
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- In the latest episode of Israel Update, Mike and Gadi discuss the pros and cons of the ceasefire, the feasibility of an agreement, and the not unlikely return to military operations two weeks from now.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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- The Jews Who Didn't Leave Egypt
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Most people don’t know that only one-fifth of the Jews left Egypt. Most chose comfort over freedom, the life they knew over the uncertainty of the desert.
Let us celebrate the ones who left—by following their example.
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- Is Israel Burning?
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Jen Brick Murtazashvili cuts through the rumors on the latest Israel Update.
Watch more with Mike Doran & Gadi Taub.
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- TABLET VIDEO | In Every Generation: A Rabbi’s Passover in Nasser’s Prisons
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Rabbi Albert Gabbai celebrated Passover from a prison cell under Nasser, imprisoned alongside hundreds of other Jews. Decades later, in Brooklyn, he and his family see differently what it means to have been slaves in Egypt.
Directed & Produced by Justin Green
Cinematography & Editing by Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe
Audience Editor, Tablet Magazine: Isaac de Castro
Deputy Editor, Tablet Magazine: Ani Wilcenski
Editor-in-Chief, Tablet Magazine: Alana Newhouse
Archival: The Oster Visual Documentation Center; TF/AFP via Getty Images; Pond5; Alamy
Music Licensing: Musicbed
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- The Hoax of the Century
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- In 2023, Jacob Siegel wrote his landmark Tablet essay on the modern disinformation regime. Now he’s expanded it into The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control.
How has disinformation reshaped media, politics, and the internet, and why?
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- What Gulf States Want the War to Continue?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Mike and Gadi discuss what's at stake for the American-led international order if Iran's regime survives, why Trump understands the urgency, and Israel's deep state reaching new levels of legal surrealism.
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- Is Tucker being investigated by the CIA as a foreign agent?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Plus, Trump and Iran, how far he goes and what options exist beyond military action, along with Israel’s next move in Lebanon and the latest on Sde Teiman.
Watch the latest Israel Update to catch up.
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- Take a look inside the only Greek-Jewish Synagogue in NYC
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Theo takes us inside Kehila Kedosha Janina, a historic Greek-Jewish synagogue in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Founded in 1906, with the shul built in 1927, KKJ has flourished through a century of immigration and migration.
Today, it remains both a vibrant, active Jewish community and cultural landmark, welcoming thousands of visitors who learn about the Greek-Jewish diaspora at its museum.
Each May, the community’s crown jewel returns: the Greek Jewish Festival, transforming the NYC streets outside into a celebration of food, music, performances, and joy.
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- The plight of being a Mets fan as told by Meredith Shiner.
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Baseball teaches you how to accept loss.
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Why are Jews so obsessed with baseball?
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Moses wandered the desert for 40 years. Mets fans are getting close to the full biblical experience.
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Liel Leibovitz shares how an Israeli friend helped him choose his NYC baseball team.
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Every Mets fan has a story. Here's Josh Kross's — and it's very Jewish. #Mets
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- What New Yorkers think about a socialist running for mayor?
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- We hit the streets with Chelsea Jacobson to see how people feel about Zohran’s vision for the city.
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- Maya Shaw: Sefer Sessions Concert
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Tablet presents the debut of Sefer Sessions, an intimate concert hosted at the Tablet office in New York City.
Maya Shaw, an Israeli singer-songwriter, opens our series with her blend of raw emotion and modern pop sound. She explores love, loss, and passion through her music in a novel acoustic rendition, weaving heartfelt lyrics with soulful melodies. All songs performed are original compositions by Maya Shaw.
SET LIST
Sleep Tight My Love
Crying In My Car
Bring Me In
One Mistake
Addiction For Love
Dreams
MUSICIANS
Maya Shaw: vocals
Kai Gluska: guitar
Alexi Baker: background vocals
SEFER SESSIONS TEAM
Producer: Alan Shindelman
Audio Director: Josh Kross
Audio Engineer: Quinn Waller
Videographer/Editor: Alan Shindelman
Production Assistant: Olena Rappaport
Inspiration: NPR’s Tiny Desk
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- West Village Chabad Tour
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Rabbi Berel of the West Village Chabad gives us a tour of their townhouse-turned-shul. A community led center that’s been creatively transformed into a loving hub of Jewish life. Our visit continues to the West Side Highway, where their waterfront Sukkah brings a uniquely New York spirit to Sukkot.
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- Maya Shaw: Sefer Sessions Concert
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Tablet presents the debut of Sefer Sessions, an intimate concert hosted at the Tablet office in New York City.
Maya Shaw, an Israeli singer-songwriter, opens our series with her blend of raw emotion and modern pop sound. She explores love, loss, and passion through her music in a novel acoustic rendition, weaving heartfelt lyrics with soulful melodies. All songs performed are original compositions by Maya Shaw.
SET LIST
Sleep Tight My Love
Crying In My Car
Bring Me In
One Mistake
Addiction For Love
Dreams
MUSICIANS
Maya Shaw: vocals
Kai Gluska: guitar
Alexi Baker: background vocals
SEFER SESSIONS TEAM
Producer: Alan Shindelman
Audio Director: Josh Kross
Audio Engineer: Quinn Waller
Videographer/Editor: Alan Shindelman
Production Assistant: Olena Rappaport
Inspiration: NPR’s Tiny Desk
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- Maya Shaw: Sefer Sessions Concert
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Tablet presents the debut of Sefer Sessions, an intimate concert hosted at the Tablet office in New York City.
Maya Shaw, an Israeli singer-songwriter, opens our series with her blend of raw emotion and modern pop sound. She explores love, loss, and passion through her music in a novel acoustic rendition, weaving heartfelt lyrics with soulful melodies. All songs performed are original compositions by Maya Shaw.
SET LIST
Sleep Tight My Love
Crying In My Car
Bring Me In
One Mistake
Addiction For Love
Dreams
MUSICIANS
Maya Shaw: vocals
Kai Gluska: guitar
Alexi Baker: background vocals
SEFER SESSIONS TEAM
Producer: Alan Shindelman
Audio Director: Josh Kross
Audio Engineer: Quinn Waller
Videographer/Editor: Alan Shindelman
Production Assistant: Olena Rappaport
Inspiration: NPR’s Tiny Desk
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- Omer Adam Sold Out Madison Square Garden
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Twenty thousand people packed Madison Square Garden as Israeli superstar Omer Adam turned the arena into a night of music, unity, and celebration.
Am Israel Chai 🇮🇱
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- Amy Fine Collins Wears Her Jewish Pride
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- For decades, the cross has ruled fashion—worn by Chanel, Madonna, Rihanna. But why, asks Amy Fine Collins, don't we see supersized Stars of David?
After Oct. 7, Stars began appearing on necks that had never worn them before. Yet most were dainty, timid—trinkets beside the jeweled crosses that dominate runways and red carpets. So Collins went searching for a Star as bold and unapologetic as the faith it represents.
Her journey led from Isaac Mizrahi 1991 runway archives to Madison Avenue, where she finally wore her giant Magen David out into a city that often makes Jews afraid to be visible. What she found was not danger—but pride.
"They want you scared," she writes. "You give them power if you cower."
www.tabletmag.com to read more✡️
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- They're finally home 💛
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This morning, as the last living hostages were brought home to Israel, tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in joy and relief, waving flags, singing, and weeping together in the streets.
We sent photographer Jenny Abrams to capture the mood on this historic day in Hostage Square.
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- Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak's Road to Recovery
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The final part of our Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak series: Located just 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Gaza border, the community tragically lost eight members during the October 7th attack. They are still awaiting the return of two hostages from Gaza.
To support their healing and rebuilding efforts, learn more at: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/132615
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- A Father’s Poems to His Kidnapped Son
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Zohar lost his son Tal Chaimi on the morning of October 7th, 2023. Tal was murdered and kidnapped while defending the kibbutz. Zohar reflects on life after losing his child and concludes by reading heartfelt poems he wrote for his son Tal.
Part of our Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak series: Located just 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Gaza border, the community tragically lost eight members during the October 7th attack. They are still awaiting the return of two hostages from Gaza.
To support their healing and rebuilding efforts, learn more at: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/132615
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- Work and Community Life at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Yael walks us through her kibbutz’s grocery store (kolbo) and food hall (hader ochel). Volunteers from around the world join kibbutz members to stock shelves, cook meals, teach children, and tend to the fields, helping sustain the community financially and socially. Even amidst a history marked by challenges, the kibbutz remains a lively, close-knit family where work and community blend seamlessly together.
Part of our Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak series: Yael Donana, 22, was raised in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, a small farming community in southern Israel. Her grandparents founded the kibbutz in 1949. Located just 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Gaza border, the community tragically lost eight members during the October 7th attack. They are still awaiting the return of two hostages from Gaza.
To support their healing and rebuilding efforts, learn more at: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/132615
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- The morning of October 7th 2023 at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Yael shares the story of how her kibbutz’s security team, made up of fathers and grandfathers, fought through waves of Hamas terrorists on the morning of October 7, 2023. They sacrificed their lives protecting their families and their home.
Part of our Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak series: Yael Donana, 22, was raised in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, a small farming community in southern Israel. Her grandparents founded the kibbutz in 1949. Located just 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Gaza border, the community tragically lost eight members during the October 7th attack. They are still awaiting the return of two hostages from Gaza.
To support their healing and rebuilding efforts, learn more at: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/132615
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- Agriculture and Farm Life at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Yael shows us the agricultural life that sustains her community. Our journey takes us to the Gaza border to see the peanut harvest and to the cow farm, where over 3 million liters of milk are produced each year.
Part of our Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak series: Yael Donana, 22, was raised in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, a small farming community in southern Israel. Her grandparents founded the kibbutz in 1949. Located just 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Gaza border, the community tragically lost eight members during the October 7th attack. They are still awaiting the return of two hostages from Gaza.
To support their healing and rebuilding efforts, learn more at: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/132615
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- What’s Next for American Jews?
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Altneu Synagogue Tour
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Rabbi Goldschmidt takes us on a tour of The Altneu Synagogue. Located on the Upper East Side just two blocks from Central Park, the shul resides in an 8-story building that serves as a vibrant hub of Jewish life. Each floor reflects a different aspect of Jewish life, blending century-old architecture with modern design — not only in its physical structure, but in the spirit of the synagogue and its members.
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- We have a podcasting problem
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Normalization of Political Violence
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Charlie Kirk’s assassination was followed by a wave of celebratory reactions. On the BBC, a commentator dismissed Trump’s response by saying Kirk “wasn’t admired and loved.” On MSNBC, a broadcaster wondered if the gun was “shot in celebration” and blamed Kirk for his own murder. The New York Times’ obituary emphasized his “willingness to spread outright lies.” The New Republic tweeted: “MAGA troll Charlie Kirk shot.” TikTok and Bluesky were flooded with glee.
As more than a third of college students openly endorse violence, as people on social media broadcast it without shame under their own names, and as major news outlets feel compelled to rationalize it—has political violence become normalized in America?
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- Who do you owe an apology?
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- We asked people on the Tayelet in Israel who do they owe an apology.
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- Podcasters are the new informercials
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Today’s podcasts feel less like conversations and more like infomercials. They’re selling you on the guest, not the truth. Are you buying?
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- What's going on with podcasters?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- What’s going on with podcasters, and the shaping of narratives? Has independent journalism replaced mainstream media—including all its flaws?
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- Kehillat Shivtei Yisrael Tour
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Rabbi Bendavid walks us through the recently renovated Kehillat Shivtei Yisrael Synagogue in Ra’anana, Israel. Originating from the Parow Hebrew Congregation in Cape Town, South Africa, the shul blends tradition and renewal while fostering a warm, family-centered spirit. With five active minyanim, a vibrant Beit Midrash, and even a miklat-turned-library, it serves as a true home for prayer, learning, and community.
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- 126 Ben Yehuda Tour
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Gabi Moise gives us a tour of 126 Ben Yehuda, one of Tel Aviv’s premier shuls for young adults. From soulful Kabbalat Shabbat to vibrant holiday services, family programs, and community events, 126 thrives inside a nearly 100-year-old building full of architectural charm.
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- Chabad on the Coast Tour
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Just a few blocks from the Mediterranean, Chabad On The Coast in Tel Aviv is home to a thriving community of mostly new immigrants. Rabbi Eli shares what makes this shul unique—and invites all to celebrate Simchat Torah, where they’ll bring new life to Torah scrolls that even survived WWII.
#TelAviv #Israel #JewishCommunity #Chabad #jewishlife
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- Tribeca Synagogue Tour
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Exploring the Tribeca Synagogue in NYC with Rabbi Glass.
This congregation dates back to 1938, and the iconic building was completed in 1967. We go on an in-depth walkthrough and tour, learning about its history, unique architecture, and the vibrant Jewish community it continues to serve.
#synagogue #jewishlife #jewishculture #nyc #archicture
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- Ben Shapiro Reads Azealia Banks Tweets
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Congratulations to Sinai Award winner—the incomparable, Azealia Banks!
#BenShapiro #AzealiaBanks #BenShapiroReads #CultureClash #TwitterDrama #MeanTweets #CelebrityDrama #InternetChaos #IconicTweets #MemeWorthy #YouTubeShorts #ViralVideo #ShortsFeed #FYP #PopCulture #PoliticalHumor #RightWingTikTok #UnexpectedCollab #InternetGold #CringeOrGenius
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- "Pinkwashing"
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- It’s Pride Month, and the politics are spilling into the streets. As parades kick off around the world, so do the inevitable “Queers for Palestine” signs and pinkwashing accusations.
Critics of Israel say the state touts its gay-rights record only to conceal its oppression of Palestinians. They call it #pinkwashing. That’s nonsense.
#Pinkwashing #Israel #LGBTQ #PrideMonth #QueersForPalestine #MiddleEastPolitics #HumanRights #GayRights #TelAvivPride #PrideDebate #LGBTinIsrael #Zionism #AntiZionism #FreePalestine #QueerPolitics #Intersectionality #WokeCulture #ProgressiveHypocrisy #PinkwashingDebunked #ViralVideo #YouTubeShorts #ShortsFeed #FYP #israel #israelpalestineconflict #israelhamaswar
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- Behind the Scenes: Tablet Magazine's Cover
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Tablet's first-ever monthly magazine has an unforgettable cover. Here's a glimpse into how it was made.
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- Behind the Scenes: Putting Together the Inaugural Issue
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Tablet's inaugural issue being assembled for delivery.
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- Tablet: Now in Print
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Let us liberate you from your screens and give you something beautiful to hold in your hands.
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- You Are Not the Media
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- And that's why Tablet is changing.
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