Israel at 75; the American Crisis; Spike Proteins; the Jewish Ivy League; Cuban Connections; the Oxford Comma

[View this email in your browser]( April 23, 2023 • Iyar 2, 5783 THE WEEKENDER [Advertisement](#) VOL. 2, ISSUE 14 [DOWNLOAD THE LATEST ISSUE]( # [Zionism’s Moment of Decision]( The massive protests preceding Israel’s 75th birthday have resurrected a century-old question that now demands an answer: A Jewish state or state for Jews? [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) # [American Crisis]( [The Jews of Italy used goose instead of pork to make their distinctive charcuterie](#) [BY WALTER RUSSELL MEAD](#) [Advertisement](#) # [Ivy League Exodus]( The number of Jews on major Ivy League campuses has been cut in half or more over the past decade by new elite doctrines that downplay merit in favor of amorphous definitions of ‘diversity’ and ‘privilege.’ But one Ivy may be bucking the trend. [BY ARMIN ROSEN](#) # [The Spike]( A growing number of scientists are sounding the alarm about the risks of both COVID and its cures [BY CLAYTON FOX](#) COMING SOON! [Bernard-Henri Lévy’s documentary about the Ukrainian struggle will be out in theaters May 3.]( # [The Cuban Connection]( Two American novelists draw inspiration for their fiction from the true stories of their grandmothers’ immigration [BY AARON HAMBURGER AND ELIZABETH GRAVER](#) # [The Oxford Comma Makhloykes]( What I learned from teaching English grammar and punctuation to Hasidic adults [BY ANN K. BRODSKY](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # UNORTHODOX [Coming Home]( Ep. 359: Jonathan Rosen on ‘The Best Minds’; a visit to Armenia; and a look at the history of Zionism on Israel’s 75th birthday APRIL 20, 2023 # # 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](