The Gramophone: A Jewish Story

COVID-19 and biblical renewal; Unorthodox gets psychedelic; Leiber and Stoller [View this email in your browser]( July 2, 2020 • Tamuz 10, 5780 # # [The ‘Lust Machine’]( [The cantor opposed the gramophone as a desecration of religion. The capitalist saw its potential as secular commodity. An early-20th-century tale of piety versus profit—and Zionism.](#) [BY JAMES LOEFFLER](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # UNORTHODOX [Headspace]( Ep. 234: Meet the Jews at the forefront of the psychedelic movement, in the 1950s and today JULY 2, 2020 [Taking a Sabbatical]( Rethinking COVID-19—and the world we want to return to after the pandemic—through the lens of the Biblical Jubilee [BY PAUL E. NAHME](#) # [Rhythm and Jews]( [Mike Stoller, of the powerhouse songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller, talks about cultural appropriation, writing for Elvis, and the idea of the ‘soundtrack of our lives’](#) [BY DAVID SAMUELS](#) # [Patriotism for Normies]( [How to still believe in America](#) [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) # # 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](