A French Novella Presents the Holocaust as Fable ; Rethinking the Great Hereafter; on Comparing the U.S. to a Third World Country; Xmas in Texas

[View this email in your browser]( December 21, 2020 • Tevet 6, 5781 # # [Honoring the Body in Death]( Jewish laws and traditions have much to say about what happens after we die. But there is still much for us to consider. [BY MARY LANE POTTER](#) # [A Holocaust Fairy Tale From France]( Jean-Claude Grumberg finds the unbelievable truth in ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’ [BY STEVEN G. KELLMAN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Pesachim 29 & 30]( Today’s Daf Yomi pages introduce the concept of Noten Ta'am, something that gives flavor, an idea that sounds like it belongs more on a cooking show than a page of Talmud. DECEMBER 21, 2020 # [Bringing the Middle East Back Home]( The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas [BY TONY BADRAN](#) # [A Jew’s Christmas in Texas]( All my Xmas live in Texas. That’s why I hang my hat in Galilee. [BY KINKY FRIEDMAN](#) # # 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](