Please email us at [emailprotected], subject line republish, with any questions or to let us know what stories youre picking up. Everything Is Broken | RealClearPolicy In this episode, Andrew talks with Alana Newhouse, the author of Everything Is Broken (And How to Fix It) and the founder and editor-in-chief of Tablet Availability. Historically, big news events drove peoples feelings, but in 2018 its very hard to parse the difference between big news and small news. People dont know how to talk to each other. Opinion | The Sidney Awards - The New York Times In other words, the tragedy took Bob Sr., an unremarkable, soft-spoken suburban man, and turned him into an obsessive who for 20 years refuses to move on and who talks relentlessly of his theory, becoming a truther celebrity. Alana Newhouse, editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine, recently wrote an article where she argued that the real divide currently is between those who think we can fix our institutions, and those who think they are broken beyond repair. Im not a person who asks anyone to have uncomplicated feelings. But you picked up on something: If you ask me what I think is the biggest problem between Israel and American Jewry, its presumptuousness on both sides. I think we might be surprised if we learned just how many American Jews dont care about BDS. The Portable Jewish Mother: Guilt, Food, AndWhen Are You Giving Me Grandchildren It gives me ideas for stories, and more dialogue. On Facebook, this includes two pages. Announcing Alana Newhouse, The New President Of FAST I dont know why American mothers are enmeshing more with their children these days, but I am sure it is not because they have been traumatized by decades of pogroms. Ive reached out to Newhouse to ask whether Goldbergs version of the Tablet-blog-that-wasnt comports with her own. "Part of whats been interesting for me," said Newhouse, "is to see the difference between people professionally obligated to be in this conversation, and what I would call amcha, ordinary people.