The Assassination in Tehran; the Persistence of Soviet-Era Anti-Zionism; New Yiddish Music

[View this email in your browser]( July 31, 2024 • Tammuz 25, 5784 THE ASSASSINATION IN IRAN The IDF eliminated the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in a missile strike in Tehran early on Wednesday. The strike, an apparent retaliation for the murder of 12 children in northern Israel by a Hezbollah rocket over the weekend, came only a few hours after the IDF killed top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike in Beirut. The two assassinations represent not only a major tactical victory in Israel’s long-running war against Tehran and its proxies, and a powerful demonstration of the reach of its intelligence arms, but also an unmistakable message to the leaders of the Axis of Resistance: We can hit you wherever you are, and neither the Iranians nor the Americans can protect you. [For all the latest updates, check The Scroll, our afternoon news digest, later today.]( # [The Sounds of Summer]( It’s a great season for new Yiddish music [BY ROKHL KAFRISSEN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # SIVAN SAYS [Matot-Masei]( How can we escape the minutia of the moment and connect to the bigger picture—of oneself and of the Jewish people? JULY 31, 2024 # [Zombie Anti-Zionism]( The left’s addiction to warmed-over Soviet anti-Zionist propaganda from half a century ago proves that its criticism of Israel has nothing to do with facts on the ground in Gaza [BY IZABELLA TABAROVSKY](#) # # 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](