Leonard Cohen and the Yom Kippur War; the Transformation of Zabar’s; of Ukrainians and Jews, Saviors and Refugees; Celebrating a Celan Centenary

[View this email in your browser]( May 4, 2022 • Iyar 3, 5782 # [The Cold Centenary Comforts of Paul Celan]( The Holocaust poet refused easy meaning in his work and committed suicide at 49. Now Pierre Joris and Daniel Kaufman set his poetry to music that surprisingly doesn’t suck. [BY](#) ARMIN ROSEN # [Rescuing Zabar’s]( One man transformed the store’s offerings in the 1960s just as customers’ tastes were changing [BY LORI ZABAR](#) FROM THE ARCHIVE [American universities have become whirlpools of downward mobility that target the people and the ideas that they once cherished and protected. It’s time for Jews to stop paying for them.]( (5/6/19) • • • [Operation Atlas Casts Light on Nazi Attempts to Squelch the Jewish State]( (4/15/21) # [Leonard Cohen’s Songs of the Yom Kippur War]( In an appearance that has never quite been explained, the legendary singer came to the desert to perform for the troops during one of the bloodiest weeks of the battle [BY MATTI FRIEDMAN](#) # [A Reunion Postponed]( As refugees streamed out of Ukraine, an Israeli man offered shelter to the descendants of the people who once saved his ancestors from the Nazis. It wasn’t quite as simple as it seemed. [BY HILLEL KUTTLER](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Going Viral]( Noah Salomon, a Jewish musician who has played at more than a thousand weddings, joins us to talk about what it has felt like to watch so many people tie the knot MAY 4, 2022 # # 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](