A Passover to Remember: Ep. 313

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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This week on Unorthodox, we’re digging into Passover traditions. Stephanie Butnick rids her home of chametz, or leavened bread, with a legalistic assist from producer Robert Scaramuccia. Featuring Rivkah Slonim. Liel Leibovitz explores the tradition of Jewish first-born sons fasting before Passover, which takes him in some unexpected literary directions. Featuring Erica Brown and Andre Aciman. Producer Josh Kross interrogates the Wicked Child archetype, with the help of his teenage son. Featuring Rabbi Sari Laufer. Mark Oppenheimer explores the meaning behind the afikoman, and the various traditions surrounding the end-of-Seder snack. Featuring Dovid Bashevkin. Get prepared for Passover with Tablet's “Passover Haggadah: An Ancient Story for Modern Times,” available at tabletm.ag/passover. We love to hear from you! Send us your emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you’re calling from. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. We’ve got events coming up! April 7 — We’ll be doing a live show at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, hosted by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, with schmoozing and book signing afterwards. 7:30 p.m. Eastern, get your tickets here. April 11, 2022 (virtual) — Stephanie Butnick will be in conversation with authors Lisa Bar\xadr and James McAuley. 7 p.m. Eastern; register here. May 15, 2022 - Mark Oppenheimer will be discussing his book, Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie Illinois. 10 a.m. Central; tickets here. May 22. 2022 (virtual) — Stephanie Butnick will be in conversation with authors Gary Shteyngart and Claire Stanford as part of the Jewish Book Council and the Jewish Museum’s Unpacking the Book series. 7 p.m. Eastern; register here. Get all our events info at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. Check out The Tab, a new printable weekly digest from Tablet: tabletm.ag/tab. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email tsinger@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: Harry’s New customers can get a Harry’s Trial Set for just $3 at harrys.com/unorthodox. KOL Foods Use code UnorthodoxPesach for 10% off your Passover order at kolfoods.com. HIAS Make a gift to support HIAS’ emergency response in Ukraine at hias.org/unorthodox. ChaiFlicks Get your first month of streaming for only $3 by entering code UNORTHODOX at checkout at chaiflicks.com.

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0:39.2	This is Unorthodox.
0:47.7	The universe's leading Jewish podcast, I'm your host, Leah Leeboetz.
0:52.3	Join us by my co-hosts, Mark Oppenheimer and Stephanie Buttnik.
0:57.0	This week, we're thrilled to share with you our annual Passover show.
1:02.2	Because, you know, it's almost time for the Seder, and for so many of us, this is going
1:08.2	to be the first Seder in two years that feels, well, almost normal.
1:14.7	The first Seder may be in a very long time when we're all back in person around the table
1:20.6	grateful to be healthy and to be together.
1:24.4	So when we thought about what we'd like to do this year, on the show, and in real life,
1:29.5	we figured out this wasn't the year to hop back on Zoom, or to rock that 15-minute
1:35.8	super short Seder, or to break out those plague-themed hand puppets, or any other do-dad designed
1:43.0	to make our seminal holiday more relatable.
1:47.0	This year, we want to do the opposite.
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