Anti-Orthodox Sentiment Is Alive and Well; Teaching Yiddish in Tel Aviv; San Francisco’s Reparations Plan

[View this email in your browser]( August 23, 2023 • Elul 6, 5783 # [Teaching Yiddish Modernism in Tel Aviv]( Sweet summer heat [BY DAVID G. ROSKIES](#) [San Francisco’s Radical Reparations Plan]( As the middle class flees the city by the bay, its government is considering paying a lump sum of $5 million to Black residents ‘harmed’ by discrimination [BY SOTONYE JACK](#) [Admit It: You Hate Religious Jews]( What the latest outburst of anti-Haredi misinformation tells us about progressive notions of identity and power [BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Kiddushin 10]( How do our physical acts impact our spiritual lives? AUGUST 23, 2023 IN THE SCROLL Japan announced on Tuesday that, with the blessing of the U.N. atomic watchdog, IAEA, it would soon begin releasing gallons of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster back into the Pacific Ocean. The water has been treated and reportedly will contain levels of tritium far below the WHO drinking-water limit, but Japanese authorities say they will release it slowly while continuing to take samples from surrounding ocean water and fish along the way. [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](