| | An intelligent spectator's guide to who the playwright really is Plus Abbas vows no Hamas in West Bank, Egyptian violence, and more in the news Jurisdictional issues may lead to re-filing in state courts Hebrew-derived names are still among the most popular  | |  Israel provides Americans making aliyah with financial incentives and logistical support in a bid to make immigration not just an ideological choice but a material one as well BY RYANN LIEBENTHAL On a cold, gray Sunday in mid-December, I watched as a hundred or so people bustled about an aliyah "Mega Fair" in Paramus, N.J. The event was hosted by Nefesh B'Nefesh, or "soul to soul," a start-up co-founded by two Americans—a rabbi and a businessman—that has become, in the nine short years of its existence, the official organizer of American immigration to Israel. The prospective olim, or people making aliyah, at today's event wandered from booth to booth, gathering brochures and information packets on container shipping and real estate from eager Israeli trade representatives. If you eavesdropped on their exchanges, you'd find that the two groups seemed more or less evenly matched, their conversations echoing the efficient back-and-forth of a street bartering session. More  | In this week's "Tell Me," Tablet Magazine's illustrated question-and-answer column, we consider the names people give to their domiciles and meet a particularly dovish homeowner More |  | Some people love taking cruises. The retired couple in this short story, by Miami fiction writer Jeremy Glazer, enjoys watching them go by. More |  | Levantine lives, stone synagogues, faithful feminists, minority Muslims, and Jewish jokes More | | | | This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add digest@tabletmag.com to your address book. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 295 Lafayette Street, Suite 501 | New York, NY 10012 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | |
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