The Lubavitcher Rebbe and Prison Reform; Syrian Minced Meat Pies; King Von, Rap, and Violence; Robbie Robertson, Champion of the Everyman

[View this email in your browser]( August 16, 2023 • Av 29, 5783 # [King Von Was a Shooter]( The line between life and art isn’t always clear, especially in hip-hop. What responsibility does that impose on fans? [BY JAYSON BUFORD](#) # [Robbie Robertson Was Everyman]( How a Canadian-Jewish-Mohawk Indian became the voice of poor white Americana [BY GEOFFREY CLARFIELD](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Kiddushin 3]( What is love? Is it a series of grand romantic gestures or a bunch of boring negotiations about taking out the trash and balancing the checkbook? AUGUST 16, 2023 # [Passing Down My Family’s Sephardic Recipes]( Looking for something to cook with my kids, I decided to try lahm b’ajeen, something I always enjoyed making with my own father. But first I needed some help from a cousin—and an expert on Syrian cooking. [BY JAMIE BETESH CARTER](#) # [The Jewish Case for Prison Reform]( What the Lubavitcher Rebbe understood about the criminal justice system [BY YISRAEL ELIASHIV](#) IN THE SCROLL On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan revoked Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail and ordered him to be imprisoned for attempting to tamper with witnesses ahead of his blockbuster fraud trial in October. Prosecutors say SBF made various attempts to influence witnesses, including by leaking the diary entries of Caroline Ellison, his former girlfriend who ran the investment wing of his failed empire, Alameda Research. [READ ALL ABOUT IT IN OUR AFTERNOON NEWS DIGEST]( # # 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](