Obama: Fact and Fiction—a Q&A With Historian David Garrow

Pinchas Goldschmidt and the future of Russian Jewry • [View this email in your browser]( August 3, 2023 • Av 16, 5783 # [The Obama Factor]( A Q&A with historian David Garrow [BY DAVID SAMUELS](#) [The Future of Russian Jewry]( After more than three decades as Moscow’s chief rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt left the country following the invasion of Ukraine. Now he’s urging the Russian capital’s Jews to leave, saying ‘the future is not as bright as it was.’ [BY HILLEL KUTTLER](#) [A Summer Home on the Range]( Visiting Jewish Ranch Camp in Colorado on our journey Across the JEW.S.A. [BY TABLET PODCASTS](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # UNORTHODOX [Rocky Mountain High Notes]( Ep. 374: Song Exploder host Hrishikesh Hirway’s new single, plus a trip Across the JEW.S.A. to Colorado AUGUST 3, 2023 IN THE SCROLL A Pennsylvania jury sentenced antisemitic murderer Robert Bowers to death on Wednesday for his attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 Pittsburgh worshippers in 2018. While there was some difference of opinion in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community over whether Bowers should be given the death penalty, or rot in a cell until his death, prominent members of the community have publicly backed the decision. Stephen Cohen and Barbara Caplan, co-presidents of the New Light Congregation, which lost three members at Bowers’ hand, supported the verdict, writing in a statement, “Too often in the past—and not just the recent past—governments and religious authorities have looked away when murder and mayhem occurred against Jews.” [READ ALL ABOUT IT IN OUR AFTERNOON NEWS DIGEST]( TO REVISIT OUR COMPLETE ARCHIVE FROM THE PITTSBURGH SHOOTING CLICK [HERE]( # # 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](