When Science Runs Amok; Memories for a Blessing; Holocaust Books for Kids; Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’; Israel Story; Malka Leifer; Tu B'Shevat

[View this email in your browser]( January 26, 2021 • Shevat 13, 5781 # # [Mad Science, Sane Science]( There are more reasonable approaches to science and COVID-19 than the ‘eradication’ mentality that we lean on. Here’s an example of one. [BY NORMAN DOIDGE](#) # [A Blessing Too Good for Jews Alone]( ‘May their memory be for a blessing’ has its gentile moment during the pandemic [BY SHARRONA PEARL](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # ISRAEL STORY [Tell Saki—Part II]( We conclude our two-part Tell Saki story by returning to the soldiers after the battle and following their respective journeys—full of pain and regret, but also full of longing and camaraderie—in the years since the Yom Kippur War JANUARY 26, 2021 # [Children’s Holocaust Literature That’s Worth Reading]( The best releases from the past year. Hint: There are no picture books on this list. [BY MARJORIE INGALL](#) # [Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’]( Some institutions insist on their own particularity and can reveal deeper truths, while others succumb to cruelty and inertia. With a special shout-out to the ‘Paris Review.’ [BY SEAN COOPER](#) The Betsy Hotel Presents We Bear Witness: Poetry and the Holocaust Wednesday, January 27 at 7 p.m. EST HERE]( # [The Fugitive]( Israel had been harboring the woman accused of being Australia’s worst Orthodox Jewish sexual predator. She was extradited yesterday. [BY SARAH KRASNOSTEIN](#) # [Israel’s Desert Blooms—With Strawberries, Carrots, and Herbs—on The Salad Trail]( On an agricultural farm in the Negev, visitors learn how to plant their own vegetable gardens for Tu B’Shevat [BY DANA KESSLER](#) # # 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](