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Episode 2 of Tablet’s newest podcast: “Parsha in Progress” with Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer.

When I first joined my orthodox synagogue fourteen years ago, I used to wear a kippah, just as I did in my former Conservative synagogue. However, I’ve been wearing a hat for many years now, but not because I believe it is religiously mandated; rather, it is because other women wear hats or pin lacy mantilla-like head coverings to their hair. Otherwise, they are naked-faced. I can recognize each one and greet her. Since these are modern Orthodox congregants, (the women are doctors, lawyers, investment bankers... Читать дальше...

At some point, powerful figures in the Saudi regime decided the kingdom could get away with disappearing the government advisor-turned dissident Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, inside its Istanbul consulate. Riyadh believes that trifles like geography, legal jurisdiction, and the vagaries of international diplomacy shouldn’t constrain its ability to control or even murder its citizens, whoever and wherever they may be. Saudi Arabia is hardly alone in reaching this conclusion, which... Читать дальше...

Unorthodox, the world’s leading Jewish podcast, takes questions from its listeners about all aspects of Jewish life, from the religiously profound to the utterly inconsequential. Every week, we discuss one of these questions in “Ask Unorthodox.” If you have a question, please send it to unorthodox@tabletmag.com.

This weekend (Oct. 19-20, 2018) is National Refugee Shabbat, the brainchild of HIAS. Formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS was founded in 1881 to help Jews escaping Russian pogroms. Since then, it’s worked on behalf of immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and displaced persons; starting in the early 2000s, it expanded its vision beyond Jews, assisting vulnerable people in the aftermath of conflicts around the world. Today, the number of displaced persons is the highest it’s been in history. Читать дальше...

The overwhelming majority of Americans oppose political correctness. A recent survey of 8,000 Americans reveals that people of all ages, races, and educational levels oppose it by lopsided margins. None of the demographic categories presumed to be aligned with it, or to fall within its protective embrace, actually support it. Three out of 4 black people, 2 out of 3 people with postgraduate degrees, and 78 percent of people under the age of 24 all regard political correctness as a problem. While... Читать дальше...