Understanding the Hasmonean Dynasty; Nigeria’s Jewish Politics; Cooking With Tamarind; World Aids Day

[View this email in your browser]( December 1, 2021 • Kislev 27, 5782 [HANUKKAH]( # [The King of the Jews]( Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has infused his movement with a Jewish sectarian identity in a country riven by tensions between Christians and Muslims. Is he putting Nigeria’s Igbo Jewish community at risk? [BY ADAM MAYER](#) # [Who Were the Hasmoneans?]( A Jewish populist movement that rejected Greece in favor of Iran, only to be conquered by Rome [BY DAN SHAPIRA](#) [Advertisement](#) WORLD AIDS DAY [The story behind the AIDS crisis’ most iconic poster]( [When I was ordained as a rabbi, I felt ignored and misunderstood as a gay man in the midst of the AIDS crisis. It took me 25 years to come home.]( [After losing many friends in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, I thought the deaths were over. Then I lost Kolya, an activist who’d become the face of HIV in Russia.]( LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Taanit 19]( Today’s Daf Yomi page tells us a beautiful legend about a man whose charitable heart was so great God himself rewarded him with not one miracle but two DECEMBER 1, 2021 # [The Joys of Tamarind]( From India to Latin America and beyond, Jews have been cooking with the sweet-sour fruit for centuries [BY PAOLA GAVIN](#) We read the internet all day so you don’t have to [SIGN UP FOR TABLET’S AFTERNOON NEWS DIGEST]( [Advertisement](#) # # 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](