Bloomsday; Preserved Lemons; a Walk With A.B. Yehoshua; Unorthodox Gets Cooking

Southern Baptist Church elects new president. Texas votes in Mayra Flores, Congress’s first Republican Latina. [View this email in your browser]( June 16, 2022 • Sivan 17, 5782 🌎 THE NEWS 🌎 The Scoop: New hires at Ben & Jerry’s are forced to watch videos on race and the Middle East… Philly installs cameras in attempt to curb gun violence… Amid mounting abuse allegations, the Southern Baptist Church elects new president... Texas votes in Mayra Flores, Congress’s first Republican Latina… European Court of Human Rights blocks UK plan to send (non Rwandan) migrants to Rwanda… Sun Belt housing market grows hot… [THE SCROLL: WE READ THE INTERNET ALL DAY SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO]( # [Leopold Bloom’s Real-Life Model]( The friendship of James Joyce and his student and instructor in Jewish customs, the Italian businessman Ettore Schmitz, better known as the novelist Italo Svevo, gave birth to one of literature’s greatest characters. [BY MITCHELL ABIDOR](#) # [Leopold Bloom, Good for the Jews?]( Joyceans around the world would argue that the Dubliner is the best Jew in literature [BY JONAH RASKIN](#) [Advertisement](#) # [Curious Yellow]( Preserved lemons offer a new twist on dishes from around the world—particularly Middle Eastern food. And they’re easy to make. [BY PAOLA GAVIN](#) # [A Walk in the Park With A.B. Yehoshua]( Talking Zionism and failure with the iconic Israeli novelist, who died this week [BY GIL TROY](#) TODAY @ 5 P.M. EDT Can I Laugh At That? Four comedians discuss how they do their jobs in today’s painful, polarized world. [REGISTER HERE]( LISTEN TO TABLET # UNORTHODOX [Stirring the Pot]( Ep. 321: The delicious history of Jewish Italian cooking, the museum devoted to mustard, the quest to make perfect hummus, Eric Huang’s viral fried chicken, and more JUNE 16, 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](