An American Blood Libel; Disinformation and Freedom; Remembering Angelo Codevilla; the Media and ‘Scientific Consensus’; Sukkot

[View this email in your browser]( September 22, 2021 • Tishrei 16, 5782 [SUKKOT EDITION]( # [The Fall and Rise of the American Sukkah]( In the late 19th century, many Jews across the U.S. had left Sukkot behind—until subsequent generations connected to the holiday in new ways [BY JENNA WEISSMAN JOSELIT](#) # [The Boys Who Cried Wolf]( Throughout 2020, the media reported a ‘scientific consensus’ about the pandemic’s origins without providing any information about its investigations [BY KHALED TALAAT](#) ANGELO CODEVILLA, 1943-2021 Angelo Codevilla, who died this week in a car accident at the age of 78, was one of America’s pre-eminent political philosophers and analysts of the rise of the American security state. We extend our sympathies to his five children and to his wife Ann for their loss, which is shared by the country that he loved in a boundless, passionate way that only a grateful immigrant can. We are proud to reprint his recent contributions to Tablet here: [The Codevilla Tapes]( [American Exodus]( [The Authority Blob]( # [Disinfo v. Democracy]( Using accusations of ‘disinformation’ to suppress scientific criticism, steer media coverage, and silence political opponents is not part of the operating system of a free society [BY NADINE STROSSEN](#) # [American Blood Libel]( It did happen here [BY ROBERT ROCKAWAY](#) # [Sukkot and the Single Woman: A Holiday of Thankfulness and Self-Invention]( I never felt comfortable in my Orthodox neighborhood on Sukkot until I made a sukkah of my own—from the most unlikely materials [BY RUCHAMA KING FEUERMAN](#) # [Finding Faith in Sukkot]( After reading Ecclesiastes, I realized Sukkot is the perfect holiday for a spiritual skeptic like me [BY ADAM ROSEN](#) # # 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](