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Vox Tablet

This is Vox Tablet, the weekly podcast of Tablet Magazine, the online Jewish arts and culture magazine that used to be known as Nextbook.org. Our archive of podcasts is available on our site, tablet20... Read more

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Joel Meyerowitz Looks Back

Joel Meyerowitz Looks Back

Joel Meyerowitz has had many careers as a photographer over the past 50 years. He first made a name for himself at 24 as... Read more

17 Dec 2012

45mins

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Wonderstruck

Wonderstruck

Several years ago a fan of the multi-instrumentalist Basya Schechter approached her with a copy of a book of Yiddish poe... Read more

29 Nov 2011

24mins

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Harold Kushner Reads Job

Harold Kushner Reads Job

Harold Kushner first brought comfort and insight to many in 1981 with his best-selling self-help book, When Bad Things H... Read more

3 Oct 2012

19mins

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Goodbye to All That

Goodbye to All That

The Jewish community in Caracas has long been lively, prosperous, tight-knit, and devoted to the country that accepted s... Read more

23 Jan 2012

17mins

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Our Jesus

Our Jesus

Twenty years ago, while studying Hebrew and Latin in high school, London writer Naomi Alderman found herself fascinated ... Read more

20 Mar 2013

24mins

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Being Ben-Gurion

Being Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion looms so large in Israel’s mythology, it's like he's George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham L... Read more

8 Dec 2014

28mins

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The Show That Made the World Fall in Love With the Jews and Grow Nostalgic for Tevye

The Show That Made the World Fall in Love With the Jews and Grow Nostalgic for Tevye

It’s fairly common nowadays to hear renditions of “Sunrise, Sunset,” for instance, or “The Sabbath Prayer,” memorable me... Read more

21 Oct 2013

30mins

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Hidden Jerusalem: Sex Guide

Hidden Jerusalem: Sex Guide

Ultra-Orthodox Jews have sex through a hole in the sheet—right? Actually, that’s one of many misconceptions outsiders ha... Read more

24 Dec 2012

28mins

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The Nine Lives of ‘Hava Nagila’

The Nine Lives of ‘Hava Nagila’

“Hava Nagila” is perhaps the best-known Jewish song in the United States. Jewish and non-Jewish wedding and bar/bat mitz... Read more

1 Mar 2013

19mins

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The Israeli ‘This American Life’ Will Surprise Even Those Who Think They Know the Land Well

The Israeli ‘This American Life’ Will Surprise Even Those Who Think They Know the Land Well

Several years ago, a group of four young Israelis—friends since childhood—got to work making a Hebrew-language radio sho... Read more

11 Aug 2014

19mins

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Love Syndrome: Israel Story, Episode 2

Love Syndrome: Israel Story, Episode 2

This month’s episode of Israel Story is devoted entirely to Chaya’s story. Chaya Ben Baruch grew up as Enid, in a Conser... Read more

22 Sep 2014

57mins

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Convince This Man You’re a Jew, and He’ll Move You to Israel

Convince This Man You’re a Jew, and He’ll Move You to Israel

Tablet Magazine’s Matthew Fishbane likes to find Jews far from home. He's reported from Venezuela, the Solomon Islands, ... Read more

19 Feb 2015

25mins

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The Search for an Ancient Blue

The Search for an Ancient Blue

In the Book of Numbers, it is written that God said to Moses: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shal... Read more

11 Apr 2013

17mins

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Faking It: Israel Story, Episode 1

Faking It: Israel Story, Episode 1

In our very first episode, the Israel Story team delves into the realm of fakes, forgeries, and mimicry. Three stories, ... Read more

18 Aug 2014

58mins

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Birth Right

Birth Right

Oxford doctoral candidate Rebecca Steinfeld argues in Tablet Magazine today that granting Yigal Amir, the assassin of Pr... Read more

20 Jun 2011

17mins

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How a Reporter Dispelled Myths About Ultra-Orthodox Jews Gaming the System

How a Reporter Dispelled Myths About Ultra-Orthodox Jews Gaming the System

Around the country, kids are settling into their classrooms for a new school year, unaware of the wars over curriculum, ... Read more

8 Sep 2014

19mins

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Abraham Lincoln’s Other Minority

Abraham Lincoln’s Other Minority

The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was known for many things, among them his humble origins, his ... Read more

15 Apr 2015

25mins

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