Samson Among the Americans; the Lives and Loves of Eve Adams; Avrom Goldfaden and the Birth of Modern Yiddish Theater; the Scapegoat

[View this email in your browser]( May 21, 2021 • Sivan 10, 5781 # [American Samson]( [How the biblical hero continues to inspire us](#) [BY STUART HALPERN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Yoma 40 and 41]( Today’s Daf Yomi pages contemplate one of the most iconic rituals in all of Judaism, that of the goat dispatched into the wilderness on Yom Kippur. MAY 21, 2021 # [All About Eve]( Polish-born Chawa Zloczewer immigrated to America in 1912 and became Eve Adams, a radical activist and author of the book ‘Lesbian Love.’ But, as a new biography explains, she was under constant surveillance by the government—until she was jailed on obscenity charges and deported back to Europe, where she was murdered in Auschwitz. [BY JONATHAN NED KATZ](#) # [The Accidental Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater]( [Its birth owes everything to an unlikely hero, Avrom Goldfaden, and a well-timed war with the Turks](#) [BY ALYSSA QUINT](#) # # 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](