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Dear Reader, For American bar mitzvah boys of the mid-20th century, the fountain pen was the gift to
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[View this email in your browser]( Dear Reader, For American bar mitzvah boys of the mid-20th century, the fountain pen was the gift to be hadâa gesture that, for many, perfectly symbolized the gravitas of the moment. The ink that issues from a fountain pen is permanent, lasting, augustânot unlike the strokes of the Torah scribeâs quill. Its thirteen year old recipient, it declared, is through with pencils, mature enough to work with something that demanded focus. (According to the old joke, the prospect could make a bar mitzvah boy so nervous that when he stood up to give his speech, instead of declaring âToday, I am a man,â the poor flustered kid would bleat, âToday, I am a fountain pen.â) We launched Tablet on June 9, 2009, which means that today marks our entry into our bar mitzvah year. Although the Internet can feel like writing in some eternal pencilâforever fleeting, forever being erased and rewrittenâweâd like to think that weâve achieved something lasting, something permanent, and that our place, both in the world of ideas and in the lives of our readers, has grown secure. And so, our request: We arenât amassing a college fund, but the idea is more or less the same. Weâre relying on you, our friends and family, our readers, to invest in us and in our future. And, of course, It wouldnât be a bar mitzvah without some party favors. To that end, weâve put together a line of hats that we think captures the Tablet gestaltâa minyan of intersecting, sometimes competing, voices, a collection that makes us us. If you wish us a mazel tov with a gift of $72 or more, weâll send you the hat of your choice. [Support Tablet today](. With thanks for being with us for this milestoneâand with the hope that youâll continue to be with us for many more to come, Alana Newhouse
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