Bernard-Henri Lévy on Lebanon; Dara Horn on Mark Podwal; the Reform Movement’s Embrace of Inclusivity; Reading in Shul; Swiss Chard’s Jewish Story

Mike Doran and Gadi Taub on Nasrallah’s fall • [View this email in your browser]( October 1, 2024 • Elul 28, 5784 [The Fall of Nasrallah: A Historical Hinge Point]( [Israel Acts Alone]( A string of startling victories has opened new pathways to freedom in the Middle East [BY BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY](#) [Eternity Is Beneath My Feet]( A mosaic on the Lower East Side by the late artist Mark Podwal shows who we are, and must be [BY](#)DARA HORN LISTEN TO TABLET # RE-FORM [Inclusivity]( Examining the Reform movement’s focus on inclusivity OCTOBER 1, 2024 # [A Green New Year]( Swiss chard is perfect for a traditional Rosh Hashanah meal that goes beyond apples and honey [BY PAOLA GAVIN](#) # [Shul Books]( A list of books to augment your time in synagogue (but don’t read them during the rabbi’s sermon, it’s rude) [BY T](#)EVI TROY LISTEN TO TABLET # SIVAN SAYS [Ha’Azinu]( This week, we continue to read the Torah, but are focused on celebrating Rosh Hashanah. OCTOBER 1, 2024 TONY BADRAN IN THE SCROLL It’s been simultaneously amusing and nauseating, following Nasrallah’s killing, to watch D.C. think tankers, or what I like to call the “D.C.-Beirut Corridor,” pivot in unison and start churning out talking points about what U.S. policy should be now. Hilariously, it is precisely the same policy they were advocating before Nasrallah was taken out: namely, that the United States should increase its financial and political investment in Lebanon and involve itself even deeper in the chimera of political engineering and nation building in that fictional place. That is to say, these people—some of whom literally were advising against Israel decapitating Hezbollah days before the Nasrallah strike—will push for the same policies irrespective of the corresponding reality. Because Lebanon analysis, like Lebanon itself, is fake. It is merely a string of sounds and phonemes that invariably lead to the same place: Pay us. [READ ALL ABOUT IT]( # # 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](