It’s Thursday, which means the latest episode of Unorthodox is here. Tablet’s newest podcast, part of Slate’s Panoply network, is a smart, fresh, fun take on Jewish news and culture. (If you missed our first episode, it’s here–what are you waiting for?) Episode 2, I can assure you, does not disappoint.
To start, Tablet staffers Mark Oppenheimer, Liel Leibovitz, and I sound off on the latest headlines. This week, it’s the quadrennial European Maccabi Games—an offshoot of the World Maccabi Games, the so-called ‘Jewish Olympics’ established in 1929—which are currently taking place at Berlin’s Olympiastion. You know, the one Hitler built for the 1936 Olympics. We also tackle Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee’s ill-advised Iran nuclear deal/gas chamber analogy (come on, dude), and the New York City Department of Education’s investigation into more than 30 Orthodox yeshivas. Yikes.