The Tensions Inside a Mixed Jewish-Arab City in Israel

Plus: fertility entrepreneurs; Olivia Laing’s “Everybody”; and the controversial work of a FIFA referee. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch The Tensions Inside a Mixed Jewish-Arab City in Israel Cities such as Lod are experiencing the worst bouts of internecine violence since the country’s founding. By Ruth Margalit Annals of Technology The Promise and Perils of the New Fertility Entrepreneurs Startups are pushing a breezy but proactive attitude toward reproduction, centered on preëmptive treatments during one’s most fertile years. By Anna Louie Sussman Culture and More Page-Turner Olivia Laing’s Strange, Sublime Book on the Body “Everybody” is, per the title, an interrogation of bodies, but not in the sense that bodies are usually interrogated. By Katy Waldman The Theatre Echoes of Trauma in Two Plays For “Zoetrope,” viewers peer into a trailer to watch two lovers on lockdown talking past each other in well-educated millennialese; Bill Gunn’s “The Forbidden City” follows a Black middle-class family in 1936. By Vinson Cunningham The New Yorker Documentary The Controversial Work of a FIFA Referee in “The Game” A documentary short follows a soccer referee as he makes split-second decisions, sometimes provoking a frenzied response from fans. Books Briefly Noted “Light Perpetual,” “The Five Wounds,” “A Cure for Darkness,” and “We Had a Little Real Estate Problem.” From the Archive Culture Desk A Lifetime of Dressing Cher On Cher’s seventy-fifth birthday, a look back at some of her costumes through the years. “Nothing intimidated her,” the designer Bob Mackie said. “It never occurred to her to wear anything ordinary.” By Michael Schulman Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts You’ll Feel Better if You Go Outside Maybe I would. But, then again, TV. By Patty Terhune Daily Shouts Necessary Changes to the Olympics Because of COVID The relay baton must be sanitized between handoffs, and medals come with complimentary sourdough starter. By Al Mullen and Dani Alvarez Daily Cartoon Thursday, May 20th By Yasin Osman You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.