Jewish Coffee Culture; Artist Gerald Laing at 36,000 Feet; the Talmud on Severance Pay

[View this email in your browser]( August 29, 2023 • Elul 12, 5783 # [Jews and Joe]( From European streets to Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Jews have been deeply involved in the history of coffee and the café scene [BY ORGE CASTELLANO](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Kiddushin 16]( Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns to teach us about the mitzvah of not sending a worker away empty-handed AUGUST 29, 2023 # [About Those Amy Winehouse Paintings]( An aging art critic educates Gen Z on Jimi Hendrix, the pleasures of Adderall, and the mystery of Gerald Laing, the forgotten pioneer of pop art [BY JEREMY SIGLER](#) IN THE SCROLL President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday that he’s just signed off on a proposal for Congress to fund the development of “a new [coronavirus] vaccine that is necessary, that works,” he said while on vacation in Lake Tahoe, adding that his administration is “tentatively” going to recommend “that everybody get it no matter whether they got it before or not”—and apparently regardless of their health status and whether or not they had a previous COVID-19 infection that gave them natural immunity. [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](