The Yazidis, Sexual Slavery, and Oct. 7; Bananas and Cream; Fieldston and Israel; Walter Russell Mead

[View this email in your browser]( August 2, 2024 • Tammuz 27, 5784 # [The Sabaya]( How the advocates of Palestine erased the experience of the Yazidis in order to deny the rape of Jewish women [BY YANIV VOLLER](#) FROM THE ARCHIVE Yesterday, Joe Algrant, the head of New York's prestigious Fieldston School, stepped down amid reports of tensions among parents over the Gaza War. This is not new terrain for the elite school, [as Sean Cooper reported here in Tablet back in 2019](. # [The Simple Pleasures of Bananas and Cream]( How American Jews came to love a treat that even a kid can make [BY JAMIE BETESH CARTER](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # WHAT REALLY MATTERS [Ding Dong! Haniyeh and Shukr Are Dead.]( This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Biden’s plan to remake the Supreme Court, why housing is the most important political issue in the United States, Russian paramilitaries getting hammered in Africa, and how Israel’s assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah’s top dogs could change the region and U.S. policy AUGUST 1, 2024 IN THE SCROLL Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered Iran to strike Israel “directly” in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, according to a report in The New York Times citing sources from within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The report suggests that the Iranians may attempt to “calibrate” their attack to avoid further escalation, for instance, by attacking military targets with drones and missiles while making a point of “avoiding strikes on civilian targets,” according to the Iranian officials. [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](