Tablet Magazine

Reform Jediism, Not, It Is

By Moshe Matitya

Liel Leibovitz misunderstands The Last Jedi. It is not about a community that abandons its religion for an ephemeral universalist creed, but one that seeks out its ancient religion and returns to it.

Yishai Fleisher Interviews Matti Friedman

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Why Modern Orthodoxy?

By Harry Maryles

The truth is that Orthodox Jews are all lumped together as having the same attitudes in life. So that for example a Chasidic Jew in Williamsburg will be treated the same way a Modern Orthodox Jew in Teaneck. They are both seen as Orthodox and their worldviews are more or less seen to be the same: decidedly anti-modern. But this viewpoint doesn't reflect the reality.

New Yorker Writer Resigns, Fabricated Bob Dylan Quotes

By JTA

Jonah Lehrer, a staff writer for The New Yorker, resigned hours after Tablet Magazine published an article revealing that he had fabricated Bob Dylan quotes in a recent book. "This was a lie spoken in a moment of panic," Lehrer, 27, said in a statement Monday announcing his resignation. Three weeks ago Michael Moynihan, author […]