Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish Imposter; Israel’s Legitimacy; Māori Zionism; the Hasmoneans; Nigeria’s Jewish Politics; Ethical Kashrut; Pearl Harbor

[View this email in your browser]( December 5, 2021 • Tevet 1, 5782 THE WEEKENDER # [From Beirut to Brooklyn]( Eliyah Hawila fooled everyone, including his would-be bride and Brooklyn’s tightknit Syrian Jewish community, into believing he was a Jew. Now that the secret is out, the question is: Who is he, really? [BY ARMIN ROSEN](#) # [Ethical Kashrut]( Jewish institutions go beyond traditional notions of what makes meat kosher to address everything from climate change to animal welfare to workers’ rights [BY PAULA JACOBS](#) # [The Most Legitimate State on Earth]( Israel is the model for the nation-state idea on which the current global order was founded. That’s why opponents of the idea see it as a target. [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) # [A Light for the Indigenous Nations]( Despite what anti-Zionist ideologues might assume, the Jews of Israel are an inspiration for many Māori [BY SHEREE TROTTER](#) # [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](#) # [‘There Would Be No Pearl Harbors for Us’]( As a child, I yearned for a chance to fight a good, clean war like my uncle, who enlisted after Japan attacked. Instead, I got Nixon and a lesson about God’s complicated plan. [BY ALTER YISRAEL SHIMON FEUERMAN](#) # [Resting in Peace on Pearl Harbor Day]( My father wasn’t in Pearl Harbor on that infamous day, but the attack changed the course of his life [BY LISA SCHWARZBAUM](#) # # 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](