| | How social media felled a rising star, and how his Jewishness was involved 'Indignez-Vous!' calls for Resistance-like action, has been accused of anti-Semitism And the all-time all-Jewish starting lineup  | |  Though born to a family of cattle dealers, Bill Berman is an anomaly among South Florida's dairymen, few of whom start their day by putting on tefillin Tonight marks the start of Shavuot, and one way we celebrate is by enjoying all things dairy. To learn more about the milk that is the heart of this holiday, Tablet Magazine visited Bill Berman's farm in Okeechobee, Fla., which produces about 18,000 gallons of milk daily. Berman is an Orthodox Jew with deep roots in the cow business; his grandfather and great-grandfather were cattle dealers in Germany. In this audio slideshow, Berman takes us through a day on the farm, from morning prayers and a trip to the maternity barn, where about 20 calves are delivered each day, to a livestock auction and a minyan at the Palm Beach synagogue he attends. More  | First as cattle dealers and now as dairy farmers, the author’s family has long been defined by their cows. A trip back to their Bavarian homeland revealed this legacy to be more unusual—and fraught—than she’d ever imagined. More BY DAPHNA BERMAN |  | A new biography tries to untangle painter Lee Krasner from the husband whose outsize personality and paint-splattered canvasses left her in the shadows More |  | A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in Casablanca, home to the last Jewish community in the Arab world. An excerpt from the forthcoming The Honored Dead. More BY JOSEPH BRAUDE | | | | 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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