J.D. Vance on What Israel Can Teach America; Making Sense of the French Elections; the Mother of the H-Bomb

[View this email in your browser]( July 16, 2024 • Tammuz 10, 5784 # [Drinking with J.D. Vance]( ‘Israel is a country and a nation that doesn’t hate its own fucking people’ [BY ANTONIO GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ](#) [Now, the Danger on the Left Must Be Stopped]( Mélenchon is as much of a demon as Marine Le Pen [BY BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY](#) [The French Election]( Whoever wins, loses. French Jews, meanwhile, are already losers. [BY MARC WEITZMANN](#) # [Bride of Los Alamos]( The cultured French wife of one of the H-bomb’s fathers, Stanislaw Ulam, had her own secrets to keep [BY REBECCA ULAM WEINER](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Bava Batra 21]( Today’s Talmud page delivers a brief history of Jewish education JULY 16, 2024 IN THE SCROLL On Monday morning, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s federal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, ruling that federal law did not authorize the attorney general to appoint Smith. Cannon’s ruling, which embraces a legal theory outlined by Justice Clarence Thomas in his concurring opinion in Trump v. USA (the presidential immunity case), will no doubt be challenged by Smith, but the dismissal likely eliminates any chance that the classified documents case will be resolved before the November election. [STAY UP TO DATE WITH OUR DAILY AFTERNOON NEWS DIGEST]( # # 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](