Kafka: the Miniseries; Ukraine and the West; Shavuot and Loss; Cottage Cheese; Jewish Hockey

[View this email in your browser]( June 7, 2024 • Sivan 1, 5784 SAMOVAR SHAVUOT [FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFO CLICK HERE]( # [The West Is Still Playacting in Ukraine]( The Biden administration’s recent approval for hitting targets inside Russia is still constrained by misguided fears of a Russian defeat [BY VLADISLAV DAVIDZON](#) # [Streaming Kafka]( On the centennial of the great Jewish, 20th-century storyteller’s death comes a six-part miniseries about his life. Spoiler: It’s not bad! [BY DAVID MIKICS](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Bava Metzia 100 and 101]( Today’s Talmud pages unfurl a tall tale that begins with a river washing away some olive trees and ends with a reminder of what may well be the most important mitzvah of them all JUNE 7, 2024 # [Mourning a Miscarriage]( Remembering a Shavuot filled with anguish—and how my family’s loss is echoed in the holiday’s story [BY YOSEF LINDELL](#) # [Cottage Cheese Makes a Comeback](#) Shavuot is the perfect time to try something new with an old Ashkenazi staple [BY CAROL UNGAR](#) [The Golden Age of Jewish Hockey]( [BY ARMIN ROSEN](#) IN THE SCROLL Early Thursday, Hezbollah released a [video]( in which it claimed to have damaged or destroyed an Israeli Iron Dome missile defense battery. Shortly before The Scroll published on Thursday afternoon, open-source analysts confirmed on X that the battery was, in fact, a decoy. Still, the destruction of an Iron Dome decoy on an Israeli military base means that Hezbollah’s missile succeeded in penetrating Israeli air defenses, which makes the strike, in [analyst Michael Doran’s words]( “a big deal.” [READ ALL ABOUT IT]( # # 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](