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30/11/2017

Movers and Shakers

This week on Unorthodox: Beauty pageant diplomacy, Gal Gadot's Mossad mix-up, and so much more. Our gentile of the week is Noreen Malone, New York magazine features editor and DoubleX Gabfest panelist. She tells us about growing up Catholic in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Shaker Heights, her powerful 2015 cover story on 35 of Bill Cosby's accusers, and asks whether it's ever okay to call someone "jappy." Our Jewish guest this week is feminist author, speaker, and psychologist Phyllis Chesler. She talks to us about anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the feminist movement, and the future of feminism. Want more Unorthodox in your life? Join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! We love hearing from our listeners. Please send your feedback to unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we might read your comments on the air. This episode of Unorthodox is brought to you by Harry's. As a special holiday offer for fans, we’ve partnered with Harry’s to give you $5 off your order when you go to Harrys.com/UNORTHODOX. This episode of Unorthodox is also brought to you by PJ Library, the program that sends FREE Jewish books to more than 200,000 children around the world. Sign up at pjlibrary.org/unorthodox and they’ll send you a new book each month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 1, Episode 9

Surfing on Wheels

On this week’s episode of Hebrew School, we learn the Hebrew word for 'skateboard,' plus we hear some of the best nicknames in the Bible, and find out whether a lyric is from "Song of Songs" or an Ed Sheeran song. Hebrew School is hosted by Stephanie Butnick and Liel Leibovitz. Each week we bring you songs, games, quizzes, and real kids answering questions about all things Jewish! Have a question about the show, or know a kid aged 7-12 who should be a contestant? Email us at Hebrewschool@tabletmag.com. Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify. Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 1, Episode 4

Mount Sinai: Stories, Rituals, and the Jewish Spirit

A discussion on the importance of storytelling and narrative in understanding our Jewish history and future, featuring Rabbi Melanie Levav, Ruby Namdar, Laura Shaw Frank, and Scott A. Shay, and moderator Stephanie Butnick.
08/04/2020

Feeding the Family

This week, an episode all about… food! Listen in as Stephanie tours the Joyva factory and learns about how the Passover jelly rings (and the marshmallow twists, and the halvah bars) get made at the family-run confection company. Then, live from Encinitas, CA, our interview with chef Einat Admony recorded at The Hive at Leichtag Commons. She tells us about her Taim falafel empire, growing up Mizrahi in Israel, and bringing the eggplant dish known as sabich to American diners. You’ve heard us talk about Soom Foods and their tahini-based products, and this week we sit down with Amy Zitelman, who founded the company with her two sisters. (You better believe their parents are kvelling.) Last but not least, Stephanie chats with Pati Jinich [https://patijinich.com/], the host of Pati’s Mexican Kitchen on PBS. She tells us about growing up in Mexico City eating Ashkenazi dishes that incorporated elements of Mexican cuisine, like gefilte fish a la Veracruzana, and why her family’s Yom Kippur break-fasts are unlike anything she’s experienced in the U.S. Tell us what you're doing for this year's Seder. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at 914-570-4869. Our tour events for April 2020 have been postponed. Stay tuned for updates on rescheduled dates, and join our Facebook group to see much more of us, virtually, in the coming weeks. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies here. Sponsors: The Great Courses Plus is offering a free month of unlimited access to their entire library of online courses. Start your free month at thegreatcoursesplus.com/unorthodox. Harry's, a great shave at a great price. Get a free trial set with a 5-blade razor, shave gel, and a travel blade cover at harrys.com/unorthodox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 4, Episode 11

Pesachim 11

Today’s Daf Yomi page, Pesachim 11, asks a question that's all too familiar: Is technology always bad? Always good? Something in the middle? Rabbi Gabi Weinberg joins us to teach us a lesson about controlling our machines lest they control us. How do we focus on traction rather than distraction? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Feb

Tariffs Are Dead, Long Live Tariffs

This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the drug wars in Mexico, the tides turning against Russia in Ukraine, Trump's plans to strike Iran, and the Supreme Court's ruling against his tariff regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 41, Episode 27

Chullin 27 - The Meat of the Matter

On today’s page, Chullin 27, a discussion about slaughtering birds and animals opens unexpectedly into the world of Jewish mysticism. The rabbis imagine different creatures as possessing different degrees of physicality and spiritual vitality, raising the stakes of what it means to consume them properly. The result is a vision of kashrut not merely as a system of rules, but as an attempt to elevate even our most basic appetites into acts of awareness and repair. What does it mean to eat in a way that honors the holiness of life itself? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 2, Episode 116

Shabbat 116

Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 116, raises the curious idea that a few verses in the Torah, about the traveling of the Ark of the Covenant, should constitute a book unto themselves. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns to muse on these powerful verses, and float the theory that they constitute a sort of biblical alt history, telling us what would've happened if the Israelites marched straight to the Promised Land instead of spending four decades in the desert. Why, then, all this erring in the wilderness? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18/03/2020 · Bonus

Bonus: Dispatches From The Future

On today’s Unorthodox dispatch, producer Sara Fredman Aeder shares an audio diary recorded over the last week as her family has been living under quarantine in Westchester, NY. If you want to keep these minisodes going, we’d love for you to rate Unorthodox on iTunes and set up a recurring donation—we suggest $5/month, which is to say one fancy coffee a month—at tabletmag.com/donate And, as always, if you want to keep up with all things Unorthodox, join our Facebook group here! Shalom, friends. Stay well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 16, Episode 70

Nedarim 70

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 70 talks about the ways that a daughter is still considered in her father’s house and under his jurisdiction as long as she is a minor. Tablet producer Josh Kross and his daughter Stella sit down to discuss the ways that she does and does not listen to her father, and the ways that she thinks things should be. Can she be independent while still living under his roof? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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