Israel’s Deepening Rift; Rachel‘s Hersh—and Mine; Rape and Antisemitism; Simon Doonan on Jewish Camp

[View this email in your browser]( September 4, 2024 • Elul 1, 5784 # [‘Bring Them Home’ Is Bringing Us to the Brink]( Empty slogans and misbegotten promises are designed to cause civil war. Don’t let them. [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) # [Our Hersh]( My own son shares a name with the American hostage killed by Hamas this week—a named steeped in meaning and Jewish history [BY JAMIE BETESH CARTER](#) Is ‘Bring Them Home’ Is Bringing Us to the Brink? A Zoom discussion with Liel Leibovitz, Lee Smith, Tony Badran, and Park MacDougald Friday, 9/6, 9 a.m. EDT THIS MEETING IS FOR TABLET MEMBERS ONLY. IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER, [BECOME ONE TODAY](. EXISTING MEMBERS CAN EXPECT A LINK VIA EMAIL. # [I Was Raped Because I Am Jewish]( Sexual assault against Jews as an instrument of antisemitism is more prevalent than we know [BY KATIE SIMON](#) # [Notes on Jewish Camp]( [BY SIMON DOONAN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # SIVAN SAYS [Parshat Shoftim]( How to take action in light of tragedy? SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 IN THE SCROLL Bibi, whatever his flaws, has refused to be bullied into signing this national suicide pact. That has made him a target for Washington and its local clients in the Israeli elite, for whom no tragedy is too solemn not to serve as a pretext for a renewed effort at color revolution. Bibi is at fault for the deaths of the hostages? Sure, why not. It is no more or less irrational than the claims that Bibi alone was responsible for “cultivating” or “propping up” Hamas, or that Oct. 7 happened because of his West Bank policy, or that he is prolonging an “unwinnable” war to ensure his “political survival.” The details change, but the American position, echoed by its Israeli clients, is remarkably consistent: Bibi must go. If Iran nuked Tel Aviv tomorrow, we’d be hearing the same. [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](