Tablet in Paris

With Blake Smith, Liel Leibovitz, Armin Rosen, Jeff Weiss, and Marc Weitzmann [View this email in your browser]( June 9, 2024 • Sivan 3, 5784 # [Tablet Paris: An Introduction]( Ten years after bloody Islamist attacks sent thousands of French Jews fleeing to Israel, France feels surprisingly resilient—while American Jews fear what comes next [BY MARCO ROTH](#) # [The Jewish Question in French Politics]( Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls and rising parliamentary star Benjamin Haddad sit down with Tablet to talk Islamic separatism, anti-Jewish hatred, rebuilding a Republican left, and whether the center can hold [BY JEREMY STERN](#) # [Secrets of the CRIF]( The annual dinner where the French state meets the Jews [BY MARC WEITZMANN](#) # [The Many Lives of Arielle Dombasle]( Paris’ most enigmatic aesthete will welcome the Olympic torch to the city [BY ANI WILCENSKI](#) # [The French Rabbi of Brokenness]( Delphine Horvilleur on death, empathy, and the new-old antisemitism of the left [BY EMILY BARTON](#) # [Why the Western Rebellion Against the Jews Produces Bad Art and Bad Politics]( Julia Kristeva on Céline [BY BLAKE SMITH](#) # [In the Mansion of the Camondos]( An object lesson about the rewards and limitations of Jewish assimilation in France [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) # [An Optimist Who Won’t Be Fooled]( Gilles Kepel, France’s greatest expert on Islamist politics, sees French scholarly values and savoir faire as a bulwark against the mediocrity of Judith Butler and the antisemitic replacement theology of the global south [BY ARMIN ROSEN](#) # [France’s Handsome Socialist Jewish Hamlet]( Raphaël Glucksmann sought to follow in the footsteps of his philosopher father, André, as an engaged intellectual. Now he’s the leader of the French Socialist list for the EU Parliament, whose bright political future may depend on abandoning everything his father stood for [BY MARC WEITZMANN](#) # [Histoire de Serge Gainsbourg]( The surreal odyssey of the Jewish proto-rap star who invented the modern French song [BY JEFF WEISS](#) # [Empty Doorposts]( A photo essay on the missing mezuzot of Paris PATRICK ZACHMANN # # 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](