When It Comes to Politics, American Jews Had Better Wise Up

Walter Russell Mead on ‘refugee Zionism’ versus ‘national Zionism’ • [View this email in your browser]( December 15, 2023 • Tevet 3, 5784 [HANUKKAH]( PICK UP THE TAB [DOWNLOAD THE LATEST ISSUE]( [American Jews Need to Stop Being Stupid About Politics]( And start taking policy seriously [BY JULIA HAHN](#) [Advertisement](#) # [The Israeli Nightmare Finds Its Illustrator]( A prominent Israeli artist draws the traumas of Oct. 7 in a jarring, surreal, and childlike visual language, capturing the nation’s pain [BY DANA KESSLER](#) # [Mission to Israel]( I found it unthinkable that any Israeli would elect to live there—especially after Oct. 7. In the wake of a trip to a devastated kibbutz, I realized how wrong I was. [BY ESTHER LEVY CHEHEBAR](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # WHAT REALLY MATTERS [The Politics of Jewish Support for Israel]( This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the Ivy League presidents, Bibi’s phone call with Putin, the crisis of homeownership in America, and why many American Jews prefer ‘refugee Zionism’ to ‘national Zionism’ DECEMBER 14, 2023 [Tevye’s Forgotten Daughter]( A new opera recalls a Sholem Aleichem tale that was left out of ‘Fiddler,’ and opens up a world of women’s prayers called ‘tkhines’ [BY ROKHL KAFRISSEN](#) IN THE SCROLL In a new episode of The Scroll podcast, Scroll editors Jacob Siegel and Park MacDougald discuss the role played by the billionaire-funded NGOs that have supported previous progressive causes like Black Lives Matter and the war against “disinformation,” in advancing an anti-Israel policy agenda inside the U.S. media and federal government. [LISTEN 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](