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Tablet
EditorAlana Newhouse
PublisherNextbook
First issueJune 2009;15 years ago(2009-06)
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.tabletmag.com
ISSN1551-2940

Tabletis a conservative-leaning[1]online magazinefocused on Jewish news and culture.[2][3]The magazine was founded in 2009 and is supported by theNextbookfoundation. Itseditor-in-chiefisAlana Newhouse.

History

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Tabletwas founded in June 2009 byAlana Newhouse,former culture editor atThe Forward,with the support of theNextbookfoundation as a redeveloped and news-focused version of the Jewishliterary journalNextbook.In the three years after its founding,New York MagazinedescribedTabletas a "must-read for young politically and culturally engaged Jews.[4][5][6]Its reporting has largely focused on Jewish news and culture.[5][7]

In February 2015,Tablettested a monetization method in which viewers could read articles for free but were required to pay to comment on them. Commenting cost $2 per day, $18 per month, or $180 per year.[8][9]

Notable stories

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In July 2012,TabletcontributorMichael C. Moynihanbroke the story on journalistJonah Lehrer'sfabrication ofBob Dylanquotes in his bookImagine.[10][11][12]Tablet'spublication of the article ultimately led to Lehrer's resignation fromThe New Yorkerand publisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt'srecall ofImagineand his second bookHow We Decide.[13][14]Moynihan's investigation into Lehrer and the circumstances surrounding the publication of the article later became subject ofJon Ronson'sSo You've Been Publicly Shamed.[15][16]

In August 2018, whileJulia Salazarwas campaigning for election to theNew York State Senate,Tabletpublished an article questioning Salazar's claims that she was Jewish and an immigrant.Jewish Currentspublished an interview in which Salazar responded to theTabletpiece.[17]

After thePittsburgh synagogue shootingin 2018,Tableteditor-in-chief Alana Newhouse and all six members of the magazine's editorial staff traveled toPittsburghto report on the shooting and its aftermath. Newhouse toldThe New York Timesthat "large-picture stories [and] the big-picture trends on right-wingradicalization"could be" left for think pieces for later ", stating thatTabletstaff were "focused on pieces where we could root them in the stories of actual human beings affected by this one way or the other." The magazine's coverage included reporting on the funerals of people killed in the shooting, and a special edition of their podcastUnorthodox.[5]

In December 2018,Tabletpublished an article about theWomen's Marchin Washington, D.C., after the election of Donald Trump as president. It argued that Women's March leaders had excluded Jewish women from leadership positions and usedantisemiticlanguage since the organization began in 2016. It especially critiqued connections toLouis Farrakhan.The article came after months of growing pressure on the group, including local chapters issuing critiques and theNational Organization for Womenending financial support (though still encouraging members to attend Women's March events).[18][19][20]The organizers spoke against Farrakhan's most extreme statements, issued an apology, and made organizational changes to better include Jews in leadership. However, the leadership did not generally condemn Farrakhan, an act that led to enduring backlash.[21][22]

In April 2021,Tabletpublished an article by the researchers behind a study which found that, in contrast to the general consensus that education reduces antisemitism, more highly educated people may be more antisemitic. The survey was based on the concept of adouble standard,and asked questions of respondents while showing them one of two examples, where only one was related to Judaism; for example, one question asked whether public gatherings during theCOVID-19 pandemic"posed a threat to public health and should have been prevented," and provided eitherBlack Lives Matter protestsorOrthodox Jewish funeralsas examples. The researchers asserted inTabletthat respondents to the questions should have answered similarly regardless of the examples given, and that respondents' tendencies to apply principles more harshly to Jews than non-Jews was an indication of antisemitism.[23]

Notable interviews

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Podcasts

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In 2015,TabletlaunchedUnorthodox,a podcast about Jewish life and culture, hosted by Stephanie Butnick,Liel LeibovitzandJoshua Malina.The podcast features a weekly roundup of the "News of the Jews," an interview with a "Jew of the Week," and an interview with a "Gentile of the Week."[35][36]The podcast has been downloaded over six million times and produces a live show that has performed across the United States.[37][38]

Tablet Studioshas published a range of podcasts includingRadioactive,about antisemitic radio priestCharles Coughlin,[39]Gatecrashers,about the history of Jews in theIvy League,[40]andTake One,a daily podcast in which the host and a guest discuss a page ofTalmud.[41]

From 2014 until 2022,Tabletpartnered with the podcastIsrael Storyon its first six seasons.[42][43]

In December 2023, theUSC Shoah Foundationannounced its partnership withTablet Studios,to launch a collection of audio and video testimonies from the2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.[44][45]

Staff

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Tablet'seditor-in-chiefisAlana Newhouse.[5]Her husbandDavid Samuelsis literary editor.[46]Liel Leibovitz iseditor-at-large,andLee Smithis a contributor.[47]

Sasha Senderovich andShaul Magidhave both become critical ofTabletafter initially contributing work to it. Senderovich left the magazine after a series of 2017 articles in which Liel Leibovitz defended Trump adviserSebastian Gorka,while Magid left in 2021 after feeling that his internal criticism of conservative content was ineffective.[47]

Tablet'sstable of contributors and contributing editors includes journalistsMatti Friedman,[48]Wesley Yang,[49]and Michael C. Moynihan,[13]fiction writersHoward Jacobson,[50]Dara Horn,[51]David Bezmozgis,[52]Ayelet Tsabari,[53]Etgar Keret,[54]andBen Marcus,[55]academicsAnthony Grafton,[56]Elisa New,[57]Bernard-Henri Lévy,[58]Edward Luttwak,[59]Walter Russell Mead,[60]Norman Doidge,[61]Jacob Soll,[62]Michael Lind,[63]Natalie Zemon Davis,[64]andMaxim D. Shrayer,[65][66]novelistsMarc Weitzmann,[67]andKinky Friedman,[68]the criticsMarco Roth,[69]andJ. Hoberman,[70]and cartoonistJules Feiffer.[71]

In 2017,Tablethired award-winning journalist Gretchen Rachel Hammond, who was fired from her reporting duties at theWindy City Times,a Chicago LGBT newspaper, after Hammond broke the story that three Jewish women were asked to leave theChicago Dyke Marchfor carrying rainbow flags emblazoned withJewish stars.[72]

Controversies

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In 2011,Tabletannounced thatJeffrey Goldbergwould move his blog from the website ofThe AtlantictoTablet.Goldberg corroborated the announcement in June 2011. However, he never took this action and continued to publish inThe Atlantic.In May 2016, afterTabletliterary editor David Samuels published a profile of Obama advisorBen RhodesinThe New York Times Magazinethat described Goldberg as a "handpicked Beltway insider" who helped to "retail" the arguments of theObama administrationin support of theIran deal,Goldberg attributed the negative characterization to a "longtime personal grudge" held by Samuels as a result of Goldberg's decision not to move toTablet.[46]

In 2012,Tabletpublished a review ofBreaking Badby author Anna Breslaw in which Breslaw criticizedHolocaust survivors,including those in her family, as "villains masquerading as victims who, solely by virtue of surviving (very likely by any means necessary), felt that they had earned the right to be heroes [...] conniving, indestructible, taking and taking." Jeffrey Goldberg observed inThe AtlanticthatTablethad "brought togetherCommentary'sJohn PodhoretzandThe Nation'sKatha Pollitt[...] by publishing a vicious attack on Holocaust survivors ", and called for the magazine to publish an apology to Holocaust survivors.[73]The magazine did apologize for publishing Breslaw's piece. InIn These Times,staff writer Lindsay Beyerstein described the article as "the worst thing that Tablet has ever published" and "a disgrace on every level".[74]

In October 2017,Tabletpublished an article by contributor Mark Oppenheimer titled "The Specifically Jewish Perviness of Harvey Weinstein".[75]The article argued that the sexual assaults byHarvey Weinsteinwere distinctly Jewish, and was shared favorably byDavid Dukeand neo-NaziRichard Spencer.Oppenheimer issued an apology for the piece, which was described inJewish left-leaningquarterly magazineJewish Currentsas both supporting "an antisemitic stereotype" and avoiding discussion of "the rampant misogyny that exists in both the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds".[76]

On September 29, 2022, theAssociation for Jewish Studies(AJS) "paused" a relationship withTabletwhich had enabled the magazine to place advertisements through AJS. The pause came in response to complaints by AJS members about the content published byTablet;Jewish Currentsreported that the critiques centered around articles published inTabletwithin the past five years. Progressive magazineJewish Currentsalso noted in an email newsletter that severalTabletcontributors areTrump supportersand asserted that "much of the magazine's content is focused on decrying liberal 'wokeness' ", arguing that whileTabletinitially "gained a reputation for publishing high-quality arts and culture content", a conservative editorial line became more pronounced during thepresidency of Donald Trump.[47]

Awards

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Tablethas received twoNational Magazine Awards.[77][78]The magazine won aRockower Awardin 2013 and another in 2022.[79][80]

Lists

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In 2010,Tabletpublished the first of its "Greatest" lists: the "100 Greatest Jewish Songs."[81][82]In 2011,Tabletpublished the "100 Greatest Jewish Films," which awarded its top spot toE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[83][84]In 2013,Tabletpublished its list of "101 Great Jewish Books," including authors such asBetty Friedan,Sholem Aleichem,Karl MarxandArt Spiegelman.[85][86]

In 2018,Tabletpublished the "100 Most Jewish Foods," which spawned a book[87][88]as well as a puzzle[89]of the same title. Also in 2018, the magazine began a line of books published withArtisan.These includeThe Newish Jewish Encyclopedia[90]and a PassoverHaggadahwith artwork byShai Azoulay.[91]

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