America’s Woke Gatekeepers; the New Totalitarian Technocracy; the Jewish Agony of the Mets Fan; Bidding Farewell to Tractate Ketubot

[View this email in your browser]( October 26, 2022 • Cheshvan 1, 5783 # [The New Gatekeepers]( How the major institutions of American society all came to sing in the woke chorus, and what can be done about it [BY MICHAEL LIND](#) # [COVID-19 and the Psychology of Totalitarianism]( The transition from democracy to totalitarian technocracy is not an elite conspiracy, but the process of a whole society succumbing to a new dominant ideology [BY MATTIAS DESMET](#) # [40 Years in the Desert: Jews and the New York Mets]( Ep. 3: How the most Jewish team in the most Jewish sport embodies endless suffering—and the unwavering belief that this season might be different [BY TABLET PODCASTS](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Ketubot 112]( Today’s Talmud page brings us to the end of Tractate Ketubot. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to recap what we’ve learned. OCTOBER 26, 2022 [Signed, Sealed, Delivered]( In Tractate Ketubot, the Talmud gives us a master class in everlasting love [BY DOVID BASHEVKIN](#) [$245 million]( The amount Adidas is expected to lose by dissolving its relationship with Kanye West # # 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](