Judith Miller talks to the evacuated Cairo ambassador; David Weprin's Congressional loss; kosher BBQ; punk Jews; two years of "Reading Around"

To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add digest@tabletmag.com to your address book Follow us: September 15, 2011 Post-Loss, Pre-Holidays, Admin. Sells Itself VP playing major role in effort to shore up Jewish Democrats Daybreak: Guess Who's Coming to New York Plus Israel clears out embassy in Jordan, and more in the news Jewspotting, for Good and for Ill New iPhone app provokes ambivalence about one of our favorite hobbies Ahmadinejad May Attend Columbia Event So it is time to reacquaint ourselves with his avian namesake Wasserman Schultz, Schumer Spin Dem Defeat 'Unusual circumstances,' 'unique' district are culprits for loss, they say More from The Scroll » Levanon Speaks By Judith Miller — In his first U.S. interview, Yitzhak Levanon, Israel's ambassador to Egypt, recalls the 13-hour riot that led to the evacuation of his embassy Republican-Jewish Coalition In Anthony Weiner's former district, Jewish voters elected Bob Turner, a Catholic Republican they saw as stronger on Israel than the Orthodox Jewish Democrat By Ben Jacobs Southern Comfort Welcome to Memphis' World Kosher Barbecue Championship, where thousands of participants get a chance to meld their Southern and Jewish traditions By Daniel Fromson Rejects Punk was the last thing you'd expect American pop music to produce. And disgruntled Jews were the last people you'd expect to become rock stars. By Long Story Short Around Reading After two years and 100 weekly "On the Bookshelf" columns about new books, assessing the impressive breadth of Jewish letters today By Josh Lambert This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine|37 West 28th Street, 8th Floor|New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe|Forward to a Friend