Comic strip by ballot initiative author draws a 'Monster Mohel' Plus Rafah slammed shut, and more in the news Former Mossad chief is Netanyahu's new unofficial domestic opponent  | |  Shavuot is celebrated with all-night study sessions. We asked four people we admire—a novelist, a musician, a rabbi, and a theologian—what texts they'd like to read in the early-morning hours. The holiday of Shavuot brings with it unique forms of observance. In addition to the consumption of dairy-rich delicacies, many people participate in a tikkun layl Shavuot, an all-night study session. During a tikkun, it's traditional to peruse and discuss a portion from the Bible, the Talmud, or the Mishneh. To mark Shavuot this year, Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry asked novelist Nathan Englander, musician Alicia Jo Rabins, Rabbi Phil Lieberman, and theologian Avivah Zornberg what text they'd most like to think about in the early-morning hours, and what makes those hours particularly well-suited to explorations of the mind and spirit. More  | The one custom for celebrating Shavuot is to stay up all night and study Jewish texts. But will we continue celebrating the printed word as more and more of what we read is electronic? More BY BETH KISSILEFF |  | In this week's "Tell Me," Tablet Magazine's illustrated question-and-answer column, we chew over what happens to our canines when they move on to the great hereafter More |  | Jotted down: letters, diaries, recipes, and other random scribblings More | |
