A Jewish woman’s roots on the Mayflower; pumpkin soup for Thanksgiving; green bean casserole’s Jewish pedigree; giving thanks for Fred Astaire; more

The next phase of the BDS debate [Tablet Logo] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Podcast]( [Np]( November 20, 2018 [The Mayflower Maidel]( [Largeimage]( Rebecca Klempner This Thanksgiving will be the first since I found out that one branch of my family tree stretches back to colonial times [Read This]( [donate.gif]( [Smallimage]( Culture News / Jules Feiffer [Jules Feiffer’s American Follies]( Giving thanks for Fred Astaire [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Observance / Adam Kirsch [The Showbread Must Go On]( In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ the Talmud is ‘a kind of speculative historical fiction’ about Temple rituals [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Food / Joan Nathan [Take Your Pumpkin Beyond the Pie]( This Moroccan recipe for pumpkin soup is a perfect way to start a Thanksgiving feast [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Food / Leah Koenig [Green Bean Casserole’s Jewish Pedigree]( This traditional Thanksgiving side dish was the creation of food writer Cecily Brownstone. With a small update, it’s perfect for your holiday table, even if you keep kosher. [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Food / Joan Nathan [A Sweet Way to Ring in Thanksgiving]( It’s not quite a cake, not quite a kugel. But this carrot ring, a classic Midwestern recipe from the 1950s, is worthy of a spot on your holiday table. [Read This]( [newsletter-the-scroll.gif] [Smallimage]( [The BDS Debate Enters Its Next Phase]( BDS supporters are on the fringes of American politics, but they now have a foothold in Congress [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [The Soviet Union’s Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee Raised Millions to Help Defeat Hitler]( Stalin showed his gratitude by murdering them [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [The Trials of David Ben Moshe]( He is a convert to Orthodox Judaism, is married to an Israeli woman, and wants nothing more than to become a citizen of Israel. So why has the country kept him stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare? [Read This]( [Visit Tablet]( 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](