Aharon Appelfeld's last major interview—plus a glimpse into his writing process; why beards are big in Israel right now; a new Entebbe movie; more

Druze firefighter risks life to save burning Torah scroll [Tablet Logo] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Rss]( [Podcast]( [Np]( January 7, 2018 [A Last Conversation with Aharon Appelfeld]( [Largeimage]( David Samuels The great Jewish writer, who died this week at 85, on his linguistic and literary heritage, the Bohemian way, and the catastrophic modern break between Jews old and new [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Books / Yigal Schwartz [Aharon Appelfeld: Editor’s Cut]( A glimpse into the late Israeli writer’s magical workshop, as his Hebrew editor illuminates the master’s attention to language and craft [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Israel / Flora Tsapovsky [Israel Grows a Beard]( They’re not just for Hasidim and scruffy kibbutzniks anymore [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Middle East / Edward N. Luttwak [The Ayatollah Empire Is Rotting Away]( Regime clerics steal everything, including the pistachio nuts [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [Only in Israel: Druze Firefighter Dashes Into Burning Synagogue to Save Torah Scroll]( “I felt as if I was holding a soul, as if I was rescuing a soul, as if I was holding a baby.” [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [Unorthodox Podcast Seeking Experienced Audio Producer]( Might you be the one to help us make the world’s greatest Jewish podcast even better? [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [Are We Finally Getting a Decent Entebbe Movie?]( ‘7 Days In Entebbe,’ directed by José Padilha, will be released in the U.S. in March [Read This]( [Visit Tablet]( This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 37 West 28th Street, 8th Floor | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend](