The Loneliness of the American Jewish Poet; Edmonton’s Zach Hyman and the Golden Age of Jewish Hockey

[View this email in your browser]( April 17, 2024 • Nisan 9, 5784 COLUMBIA When the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were in the hot seat on Capitol Hill a few months ago, Columbia's Nemat Shafik, claiming a scheduling conflict, was able to stay outside the line of fire. She'll have no such luck today, when she'll be called before the same congressional committee that essentially ended the tenures of two of her counterparts. Tablet has been [on top of the story]( of the [goings on in Morningside Heights]( and you can be sure we'll be paying close attention today. # [The Silencing of the Jewish Poet]( A new survey reveals an alarming degree of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias in American literary circles and institutions [BY MAXIM D. SHRAYER](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # SIVAN SAYS [Metzora]( This week we talk a bit about Parshat Metzora, and a lot about Pesach APRIL 17, 2024 # [The Golden Age of Jewish Hockey]( Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers joins the NHL’s exclusive 50-goal club, joining the fabulous Hughes brothers—Jack, Luke, and Quinn—and N.Y. Rangers defenseman Adam Fox in the league’s ranks of elite, bar mitzvahed talent. Add in Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman, and you’ve got hockey’s first all-Jewish All Star team. [BY ARMIN ROSEN](#) IN THE SCROLL Last week, a veteran editor at National Public Radio, Uri Berliner, published an essay in The Free Press detailing how NPR, in his words, “lost America’s trust.” Berliner pointed to specific flawed coverage decisions, including NPR’s principled refusal to cover or even consider the lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origins, its eager embrace of the Russiagate conspiracy theory, and its tendency to cover the Israel-Hamas war through an “intersectional” lens that emphasizes Palestinian suffering at the hands of Israeli oppressors. [READ ALL ABOUT IT]( [Advertisement](#) # # 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](