The ‘Harper’s’ Letter and the Lynching Impulse; Grandparenting in the Age of COVID; ‘Faust’ and the Manns; H.P. Lovecraft

[View this email in your browser]( August 17, 2020 • Av 27, 5780 # # [Lynching and Liberalism]( The ‘Harper’s’ ‘Letter on Justice and Open Debate’ extends a long American history of the defense of rational thought and free expression against the ideological coercions of the left [BY PAUL BERMAN](#) # [The Crown of Grandparenting]( Navigating the pandemic, separated from the ones we love [BY SHELLY R. FREDMAN](#) [My Favorite Anti-Semite: H.P. Lovecraft]( The 20th-century master of horror admired Hitler but married a Jew and hated ‘alien’ cultures but created some of the most memorable ones in literature [BY HUNTER C. EDEN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Eruvin 7 & 8]( Today's Daf Yomi pages raise a question that has haunted American politics from the very first: How to resolve conflicts elegantly and gracefully. AUGUST 17, 2020 # [Who Wore ‘Faust’ Best?]( Thomas Mann and his son Klaus Mann both wrote novels that updated Goethe’s ‘Faust’ for the horrors of the 20th century. Whose version will be remembered? [BY DAVID P. GOLDMAN](#) # # 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](