Reassessing Vaccine Efficacy; Revisiting the ‘Jewish Jordan’; Fiction by Benjamin Markovits; Wimpels

Don’t Throw Out That Etrog! [View this email in your browser]( October 19, 2022 • Tishrei 24, 5783 # [Vaccines Never Prevented the Transmission of COVID]( Allowing zealots to censor news in the name of ‘science’ is a danger to public health [BY ALEX GUTENTAG](#) # [A New Life for an Old Tradition]( Wimpels have been used as ritual objects by German-speaking Jews for centuries, but these days in the U.S., the Torah binders have become part of new traditions in a wide variety of Jewish communities [BY PAULA JACOBS](#) # [Reevaluating ‘Jewish Jordan’ Tamir Goodman]( Ep. 2: In the basketball-crazed ’90s, a Jewish sports hero was anointed. But looking beyond the headlines, did we get the story right? [BY T](#)ABLET PODCASTS # [The Try Out]( A Jewish kid battles a bloody nose and nipple chafe to make the basketball team [BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITS](#) # [After Sukkot Is Over, Don’t Discard That Etrog!]( The citron, essential for Sukkot rituals, can be put to many wonderful uses after the holiday [BY TOBY SONNEMAN](#) # [‘After the Holidays’]( Israel’s great procrastination technique—putting things off until the fall holidays are through—is no longer available. It’s time to get back to work. [BY SHOSHANA KORDOVA](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Ketubot 103, 104, and 105]( Historian Tevi Troy joins us with some insights on what the rabbis can teach our contemporary politicians OCTOBER 19, 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](