Why the Internet is bad for the Jews; a Jewish child refugee recalls his first day of school; the Talmud’s death penalty debate; more

Michael Friedman, the talented Broadway composer, dies at 41 [Tablet Logo] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Rss]( [Podcast]( [Np]( September 12, 2017 [Why the Internet Is Bad for the Jews]( [Largeimage]( Liel Leibovitz And what to do about it [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Fiction and Essays / Joseph Berger [The Smell of Crayons]( Lessons from the first day of class on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the early 1950s [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Observance / Adam Kirsch [On Capital Punishment]( Talmudic rabbis pondered the most fundamental ethical questions—including the value of human life—in debating death sentences by hanging or stoning [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Music / David P. Goldman [A Golden ‘Girl of the West’]( New York City Opera strikes it rich with Puccini’s ‘La Fanciulla,’ in a ‘triumphant’ return for the house of music of our humble European immigrant ancestors [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Food / Joan Nathan [How to Have a Sweet New Year—Moroccan Style]( Over apples and honey? This Rosh Hashanah, cook with carrots to symbolize your hopes for the coming year. [Read This]( [Smallimage]( Notebook / Benjamin W. Corn [Doctor’s Orders: Sing This Song]( Singing is a potent therapeutic tool—that’s why I started leading a weekly sing-along for cancer patients [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [Michael Friedman, Talented Broadway Composer, Dies at 41]( His ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ foresaw our populist political moment [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [Jewish Senators Need to Stop Subjecting Non-Jewish Nominees to Religious Tests]( Dianne Feinstein and Bernie Sanders recently dabbled in the practice. It’s unconstitutional and it never ends well for Jews or other minorities. [Read This]( [Smallimage]( [Israeli Chef Silences BDS Protestors in London With Delicious Dessert]( You can shout all you want, but you can’t resist that chocolate pudding [Read This]( [Visit Tablet]( This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 37 West 28th Street, 8th Floor | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend](