Is Woke Culture an Anglo-American Phenomenon?; Biden, Burisma, and Twitter; Frum Sex; the Foods of Tiberias; China’s Plans; World Series Jews

[View this email in your browser]( October 25, 2020 • Cheshvan 7, 5781 # THE WEEKENDER # [The WASP Roots of the Social Justice Movement]( The ideology is nothing less than the Anglosphere’s first modern authoritarian political movement [BY B. DUNCAN MOENCH](#) # [In Defense of Wokeness]( Awaking to systemic racism is good for America, good for the Jews, and just plain good ethical behavior [BY CARLY PILDIS](#) # [Israeli Oppression Comes to Durham]( The city council’s 2018 vote on Israel left many local Jews feeling unwelcome. Is it the new normal across midsize-town America? [BY SEAN COOPER](#) # [Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes—or Joe Biden’s Big Mouth]( In an ugly display of Big Tech’s monopoly power, Twitter and Facebook censor the White House, U.S. senators, and the ‘New York Post’ for saying things that were reported in ‘The New York Times’ five years ago—and that the Democratic candidate has publicly boasted about [BY LEE SMITH](#) # [Let’s Talk About Sex…or Not?]( A new book deepens the Orthodox Jewish community’s conversation around female sexuality [BY TOVA COHEN](#) # [The Lost Taste of Tiberias]( The ancient Israeli city’s distinctive culinary heritage draws from Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Arab traditions [BY JANNA GUR](#) # [Empire of Emperors: What Is China, and Why You Should Worry About It]( An excerpt from David Goldman’s new book: ‘You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan to Sino-Form the World’ [BY DAVID P. GOLDMAN](#) # [The Jewish World Series]( Could the Rays and Dodgers have the first Jew vs. Jew pitcher-batter showdown in championship history? [BY CHANA WEINBERG](#) # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](