| | And 'Washington City Paper' addresses the anti-Semitism question Plus Assad the war criminal? and more in the news Jewish opera buffs make buffa of Wagner's opera Jeffrey Goldberg interviews William Kolbrener  | |  Israel has kept Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir in solitary confinement for more than 15 years while allowing him to father a child. In the context of exceptionally pro-natalist fertility policies, this seeming paradox makes sense. BY REBECCA STEINFELD In October 2007 a son was born to Yigal Amir, the assassin of Yitzhak Rabin, and Larisa Trembovler, the divorcée and mother of four whom he had married by proxy while behind bars. The birth followed a series of controversial conjugal visits at the Ayalon Prison, where Amir was then incarcerated. These were in turn preceded by a lengthy court battle involving, at various times, the Israel Prison Service, the internal security service known as Shin Bet, various members of the Knesset, and the Amirs. More  | A Jewish democratic state by definition must have a Jewish majority. Political scientist Rebecca Steinfeld studies how Israel has from its earliest days sought to establish and maintain that majority. More |  | In this week's "Tell Me," Tablet Magazine's illustrated question-and-answer column, we venture to a coffee shop to escape some unwelcome houseguests More |  | On the road: checking in with Jewish life—and Jewish ghosts—in China, Europe, and Latin America 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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