Tablet Studios

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From weekly series examining unique angles on Jews’ place in the world, to inquiries into the details of Jewish text and tradition, Tablet Studios podcasts bring you insight and inspiration for the modern-day Jew. Our shows include How to Be a Jew, Unorthodox, Rootless, Re-Form, and more to come.

MAY 29

How to Be a Jew …. Who is Starting a Print Magazine, with Alana Newhouse

Tablet has launched a new print magazine, beginning this June. Why start something so "old fashioned" in the year 2025? Alana Newhouse, our editor in chief, joins us to explain why the current media landscape is actually begging for news you can hold in your hands. If you’re interested in subscribing, click here.

24 min
MAY 14

How to Be a Jew ... Who Says Yes to the Dress

Pnina Tornai became a recognizable name to Americans across the country as a personality and designer on TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress. She shares the surprisingly spiritual story of her success and talks about what it means to represent Israel on the global stage.

34 min
MAY 7

How to Be a Jew … Like Israel's Most Famous Female Architect

Ada Karmi-Melamede is an architect who has designed famous buildings across Israel, including the Supreme Court building and the gateway to Ben Gurion airport. Her daughter, filmmaker Yael Melamede, talks to us about her new film, ADA: My Mother the Architect, which is a heartfelt investigation of Ada’s work, philosophical approach, and her relationships with her family.

28 min
MAY 1

How To Do Activism Right, with Jay Ruderman, Tuly Weisz, and Pesach Wolicki

These days, it seems like everyone is a so-called activist. Activism itself seems to have morphed into something different; it’s not about organizing communities or advocating for legislation, it’s about blocking roads and intimidating anyone with a different opinion. This week on Rootless, Liel talks with three different activists, with two very different causes, who are doing activism right. First, he talks with Jay Ruderman, author of the new book Find Your Fight, who advocates for disability rights. Then he talks with Tuly Weisz and Pesach Wolicki of Israel365, who will tell us about a little-known election, coming up in a few days and that we’re all eligible to vote in, which is far more influential than most realize.

45 min
APR 30

How to Be a Jew ... or an ally like Zarna Garg

Zarna Garg is a comedian whose standup centers around her life as an Indian mom in America. She joins us to discuss her new book, This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir, as well as how she's supporting the Jews in a post 10/7 world.

22 min
APR 24

Israel’s Most Controversial Politician, with Itamar Ben-Gvir

There’s no more divisive Israeli public figure than Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. Starting out his career as a Kahanist firebrand known for his controversial stances—like decorating his living room with a photograph of Baruch Goldstein, or working to free Yigal Amir, Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin—Ben-Gvir evolved from a political sideshow to kingmaker, winning several Knesset seats and joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. For some Israelis, he’s the strong-willed, strong-armed course correction after too many years of being too soft on terror. To many others, he’s an abomination, subverting the nation’s democratic values. Visiting New York this week, Ben-Gvir attended a live event moderated by Liel to talk about his past, his actions in office, and his vision for the future of the war against Hamas.

45 min
APR 23

How to Be a Jew … like Matisyahu

After bursting onto the music scene with his 2005 single “King without a Crown,” Matisyahu has built a career mixing a unique combination of reggae, hip hop, and deeply Jewish soul. We talk to him about his wandering journey with Judaism, his experiences touring after October 7th, and even the Jews’ love for jam bands.

29 min
APR 17 · BONUS

Passover Crossover - How to Be a Jew ... Like Dara Horn

Rootless is off this week for Passover, but we wanted to bring you an episode of How to Be a Jew we think you'll like. Like most Jews, the news of the murder of the Bibas children not only saddened us, but it also made us ANGRY. How do we deal with our own thoughts about the event, and the greater world’s response as well? Dara Horn, a prolific author known for her book People Love Dead Jews (and the podcast Adventures with Dead Jews) as well as her work fighting antisemitism, joins us to deal with our anger and provide context for why we should be optimistic about the future of Jews. We also talk about her new Passover-themed graphic novel for kids, One Little Goat. How does a seder that won’t end lead to a time-traveling adventure? Have a listen.

49 min

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Liel Leibowitz

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Stephanie Butnick

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Joshua Malina

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1,459 Ratings

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Jan 23

AKGold8

Fantastic podcast filling us in on what’s going on in the world as Jews and our supporters.
Good window into today’s American Jewish community

Jun 7

Bilas Peles

Intelligent and engaged presenters who balance well between a Jewish and a Judaism-curious audience. I do find it difficult to understand why some people need to overemphasise what religion or ethnicity or nationality they have. We all have one (or more) of each ⏤ so what? For this reason, sometimes this podcast can be a bit jarring to me as the presenters overemphasise the Jewishness of a particular person or activity, rather than the humanness of that person or activity. This can make boundaries that sometimes makes it harder to recognise people with different religions, ethnicities, or nationalities as being the same as us. Having said that, I thoroughly enjoy the witty and often very clever dialogues and conversations about topics that don’t tend to come up in my daily life. And for those without close contact with a Jewish community, whether extremely diasporic Jews or non-Jews who are curious about Jewish life from an American perspective, this podcast can be very educational.
Unbelievable lack of humanity

Mar 12

Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine

Two things can be true at once: Jewish people are cool and awesome and Palestinians shouldn’t be terrorized and massacred. You are the terrorist you fear. FREE MAHMOUD KAHLIL
Stop making podcasts

Feb 15

yonatiafa

Unorthodox was something special. It’s over, though. Move on. This new content is just a final attempt at engagement farming as their audience shrinks

From weekly series examining unique angles on Jews’ place in the world, to inquiries into the details of Jewish text and tradition, Tablet Studios podcasts bring you insight and inspiration for the modern-day Jew. Our shows include How to Be a Jew, Unorthodox, Rootless, Re-Form, and more to come.