A Jewish woman’s family history on the Mayflower; a father’s last Thanksgiving; making Moroccan pumpkin soup; how Jews adopted the holiday; more

Making stuffing soup for Thanksgiving [Tablet Logo] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Podcast]( [Np]( November 22, 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]( 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]( Family / Susan Shapiro [Sunshine State]( A year ago, I skipped Thanksgiving. I didn’t realize I’d never see my father again. [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Podcast / Vox Tablet [How Thanksgiving Became Holy for One Iranian Jewish Woman and Her Family]( ‘Saffron Rice and Cranberry Sauce’ is one of eight stories in a theater production based on Persian Jewish women’s lives [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Notebook / Jenna Weissman Joselit [How American Jews Adopted—and Adapted—Thanksgiving]( Special synagogue services may be a thing of the past but otherwise observing the holiday helped Jews feel like at one with the turkey-loving nation [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Culture News / Ed Simon [Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims’ American Jewish Holiday]( How the biblical narrative of Exodus helped shape the founders’ idea of a secular nation with liberty for all [Read This]( [newsletter-the-scroll.gif] [Smallimage]( [This Thanksgiving, Try Kosher Stuffing Soup]( A holiday-themed vegetarian recipe even meat lovers will enjoy [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [New Study Finds the Number of Islamic Militants Nearly Four Times Higher Today Than in 2001]( Taking stock of the forever war [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [A Thanksgiving Pasta Inspired by Roman Jews]( Calvin Trillin's Spaghetti alla Carbonara gets a kosher makeover [Read This]( ADVERTISEMENT [Ad]( [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](