Jewish philanthropy; psychedelic Judaism; fixing liberalism; recently-discovered homilies; on Syrian Jews; private infrastructure; 20th century eating

[View this email in your browser]( 1 August 2021 • 23 Av 5781 [THE WEEKENDER](#) # [Jews With Money]( [A new book about philanthropy in America misses the story of how Jewish communal life was built](#) [BY FELICIA HERMAN](#) # [Judaism’s Psychedelic Renaissance]( [This summer’s Jewish Psychedelic Summit heralded the reintegration of acid, ecstasy, and other consciousness-altering drugs into Jewish spiritual life, a tradition as old as the tribe itself](#) [BY MADISON MARGOLIN](#) # [It’s the Liberalism, Stupid]( [To fix what’s wrong with America, we should first understand its defining civic faith](#) [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) # [Reading Origen in Jerusalem]( [A collection of 29 recently discovered homilies by the early Church Father offers dazzling insight into a shared late antique universe of Christians and Jews](#) [BY GUY STROUMSA](#) # [Digital Memories of Jewish Syria]( [The Sephardic Heritage Museum stitches together a community separated by land, sea, and thousands of years](#) [BY ESTHER LEVY-CHEHEBAR](#) # [Are Syrian Jews Arabs?]( [Our History Detective columnist traces the story of Syrian Jews, and Jews from Syria](#) [BY DAN SHAPIRA](#) # [Robber Barons in the New Gilded Age]( [The threat is private infrastructure, not all big business](#) [BY](#) MICHAEL LIND # [Where We Ate]( [Mapping the places people went a century ago for a special meal, a quick bite, or a perfect cocktail](#) [BY JENNA WEISSMAN JOSELIT](#) # # 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](