Biden and Israel; the War on Citizenship; Chuck Schumer; Aaron Bushnell; ‘Ben-Hur;’ Jewish Food Society; Frantz Fanon; Women Pushing Boundaries

Walter Russell Mead on the Twilight of the Wonks • [View this email in your browser]( March 31, 2024 • Adar II 21, 5784 THE WEEKENDER THE TAB Our printable digest is now available only to Tablet members. Existing members will get a copy of the Tab in their inbox each Friday as part of our new member newsletter. To become a member, click [here](. And if you're a member and you're not getting member benefits, write to us at [membership@tabletmag.com](mailto:membership@tabletmag.com?subject=The%20Tab&body=Please%20send%20me%20the%20latest%20issue.) [The President’s War Against the Jews]( Biden claims he is a lifelong friend of the Jewish people and a Zionist, but these empty words are cover for a decades-long antipathy [BY JULIE STRAUSS LEVIN](#) [The War on Citizenship]( For global elites, countries are merely exotic names for trade zones and labor camps, and citizenship has about as much ethical or emotional significance as a gym membership. Most Americans feel otherwise. [BY MICHAEL LIND](#) TONIGHT Samovar: Marco Roth and Joshua Cohen discuss Alfred Döblin The Russian Samovar 5-7 p.m. NYC [CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND TO REGISTER]( (Note: Entance fee is waived for members who have given $36 or more to Tablet in the last year.) [Chuck Schumer, the Highest-Ranking Shoemaker Ever]( The Senate majority leader’s name doesn’t mean what he thinks it does [BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS](#) [Fifteen Minutes of Flame]( Aaron Bushnell’s agony didn’t start with Israel’s war in Gaza. It began with an abusive cult that traumatized its children, and saw the destruction of Israel as a gateway to heaven. [BY DAVID JAGER](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # WHAT REALLY MATTERS [Twilight of the Wonks]( This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss ethnic tensions in Russia, the race for AI talent, Chinese-Pakistani relations, and Walter’s new Tablet essay on why the golden age of the Wonk is coming to an end. MARCH 29, 2024 # [Expanding the World of Jewish Food]( Naama Shefi, founder of the Jewish Food Society and co-author of a new cookbook, takes readers on culinary journeys across the globe [BY JAMIE BETESH CARTER](#) # [The Miracle of ‘Ben-Hur,’ Hollywood’s Tastiest Christo-Zionist Epic]( A story of unabashed Jewish pride and human depth that honors Christians and Jews alike, with a sly gay subplot courtesy of Gore Vidal [BY THOMAS DOHERTY](#) MARJORIE PERLOFF (1931-2024) The celebrated scholar of poetry, a fearlessly outspoken critic and Stanford titan, [died]( this week at age 92. [Read her 2019 conversation with Jeremy Sigler]( on the contemporary poetry canon, the complexities of O.J. Simpson, and the non-Zen of John Cage. # [Jewish Foreskins, Black Masks]( A new biography of Frantz Fanon reminds us how the left came to prefer their Jews non-Jewish and their Blacks vocally Black [BY MARCO ROTH](#) # [For Ladies and Girls Only]( A Judy Chicago retrospective and a new book about ultra-Orthodox artists explore women who push boundaries [BY ROKHL KAFRISSEN](#) # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](