Poisoned Universities; Latino Converts to Islam; Right and Left Hegel; Secular Shabbat; Sabbatai Zevi; Jewish Professors

[View this email in your browser]( September 22, 2024 • Elul 19, 5784 THE WEEKENDER UNINVITED Author Elisa Albert was scheduled to appear at an Albany book festival this weekend, but, on Thursday, Albert—a [Tablet contributor]( and the judge of our recent [essay contest]( that two of her fellow panelists were refusing to sit onstage with a 'Zionist.' The festival proceeded to cancel the session. Albert wrote an an open letter to Hamas' defenders for us last November. You can read it [here](. # [Educate Americans First]( Skyrocketing foreign student enrollment at American universities is giving foreign governments power over what our universities teach while acculturating American students in third-world hatreds [BY JAY P. GREENE](#) # [Jewish Professors Grapple With Shifting Roles on Campus]( In the face of rising antisemitism, college educators—especially in Jewish studies departments—face new expectations inside and outside the classroom [BY TALIA ELKIN](#) FROM THE ARCHIVE [The Death of the CIA’s Beirut Station Chief at the Hands of Hezbollah]( [Growing Numbers of Latinos ‘Revert’ to Islam]( ‘The search for God is happening largely as a search for meaning without the pressure of family life or cultural traditions’ [BY MAGGIE PHILLIPS](#) [A Different Spin on Shabbat]( Surfing. Breath work. Music. A growing number of programs, events, and clubs think beyond Friday night dinner and Saturday morning services. [BY FLORA TSAPOVSKY](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # UNORTHODOX [Torah Challenges]( Introducing the Simchat Torah Challenge, plus inside the IDF base sending Torah scrolls to battle SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 # [Right-Hegel Meets Left-Hegel]( The misreading of Hegel that Alexandre Kojève shared with Leo Strauss [BY DAVID P. GOLDMAN](#) # [The Man Riding a Lion]( A new narrative for the coronation of Sabbatai Zevi [BY DAVID SCLAR](#) # # 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](