An ill-fated romance; the charms of the suburbs; new books

 

Follow Tablet Magazine: August 9, 2010   Engaged to the End Tony Judt dies at 62 Daybreak: U.S. Jews Accused of Meddling Plus a controversial travel warning, and more in the news Can You Draw This? Then you should be our design intern More from THE SCROLL Some People In a spoken excerpt from her new memoir, Rachel Shukert recounts the final days of a European romance BY VOX TABLET Fresh out of college, Rachel Shukert, who majored in acting, landed a job with a theater company bound for Central Europe. In her new memoir, Everything Is Going to Be Great, she recounts the pleasures and humiliations of her time abroad, unabashedly exposing her own prejudices and the prejudices of others. For this week's Vox Tablet, she reads an excerpt that chronicles the denouement of an ill-fated romance. The man in question is Berthold—Viennese, twice her age, and both overprotective and dismissive when it comes to Shukert's self-identification as a Jew. ("No, no," he assures her, "you are beautiful.") Their differences come to a head during a wander through Vienna's best-known flea market, which contains some chilling artifacts from the city's past. More The Suburb Not Taken City or subdivision: Where's the best place to raise kids? More BY MARJORIE INGALL On the Bookshelf Jews of Madison Avenue, Jews of Broadway More BY JOSH LAMBERT 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

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