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Tablet The Enigmas of Arrival 10 Jun
Amidst Argentina's economic turmoil, a bizarre scene unfolds as a truck carrying beef flips over in a Buenos Aires neighborhood, prompting riots among locals...
10 Jun
Tablet Documenting Nathan Hilu, the Great Lost Jewish Outsider Artist 19 Apr 2023
Nathan Hilu, a largely unrecognized Jewish Outsider artist, was the subject of a new documentary, "Nathan-ism," by Israeli filmmaker Elan Golod. Hilu, a Worl...
19 Apr 2023
Tablet Do Holocaust Survivors Dream of Electric Sheep? 21 Apr 2020
Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor and advocate for forgiveness, is portrayed in an interactive biography that uses advanced technology to share her story and ins...
21 Apr 2020
Tablet Kraft’s Sabbath 25 Feb 2019
Matthew Fishbane's piece reflects on the complex and controversial persona of Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, against the backdrop of a sign...
25 Feb 2019
Tablet The Impostor 6 Sep 2018
Matthew Fishbane reviews Javier Cercas's novel, "The Impostor: A True Story," which explores the life of Enric Marco, a Catalan who falsely claimed to be a s...
6 Sep 2018
Tablet Is This Story Real? 26 Jan 2018
Matthew Fishbane explores the intriguing life of Monsieur Serge, known to his colleagues at Brasserie Lipp in Paris as a charming waiter with a mysterious pa...
26 Jan 2018
Tablet Let Us Now Praise ‘Nice Jewish Girls’ 18 Sep 2017
Loudon Wainwright III's 1971 song "Nice Jewish Girls" serves as a humorous reflection on the singer's attraction to Jewish women, highlighting the quirks of ...
18 Sep 2017
Tablet Mother Land 22 May 2017
Matthew Fishbane reflects on the complexity of historical remembrance within American and Jewish contexts, using the example of Confederate statues in Charlo...
22 May 2017
Tablet Is Evidence from a War-Crimes Tribunal Art? 24 Mar 2017
Henryk Ross, a Jewish photojournalist, survived the Lodz ghetto partly because his skills were exploited by the Nazis for propaganda. Despite the dire condit...
24 Mar 2017
Tablet An Open Letter to Robert Kraft 31 Jan 2017
In a heartfelt open letter to Robert Kraft, Matthew Fishbane explores the paradox of Kraft's apparent support for President Donald Trump despite his Jewish v...
31 Jan 2017