Tablet Magazine

22 January 2025
22 Tevet 5785

The Torah expects our struggle against Amalek will last ‘from generation to generation’ because it anticipates a perennial need to refute new attempts at violent usurpation by one or another competing ideology plucked from the Abrahamic family tree.

—Jeremy England

Jules Feiffer (1929–2025)

  • Tablet mourns the death of the great artist, author, and contributor to our pages from 2018 to 2020.

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How to Be a Jew … and a Pragmatist

Rabbi Marc Katz joins us to discuss his new book, ‘Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life‘

January 22, 2025

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Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally

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This week’s parsha reminds us to pay attention

January 22, 2025

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Take One

Sanhedrin 36

The great one

January 22, 2025

Jules Feiffer (1929–2025)

  • Tablet mourns the death of the great artist, author, and contributor to our pages from 2018 to 2020.

Listen to Tablet

Navigate to How to Be a Jew … and a Pragmatist podcast page

How to Be a Jew

How to Be a Jew … and a Pragmatist

Rabbi Marc Katz joins us to discuss his new book, ‘Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life‘

January 22, 2025

Navigate to Vaera podcast page

Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally

Vaera

This week’s parsha reminds us to pay attention

January 22, 2025

Navigate to Sanhedrin 36 podcast page

Take One

Sanhedrin 36

The great one

January 22, 2025

The Torah expects our struggle against Amalek will last ‘from generation to generation’ because it anticipates a perennial need to refute new attempts at violent usurpation by one or another competing ideology plucked from the Abrahamic family tree.

—Jeremy England

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