Air Force None - with MODI

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

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News, Yonit Levi, Israel, Israel Podcast, Jonathan Freedland, Middle East, Jewish, Religion & Spirituality, Jews, Society & Culture

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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***This episode was recorded before the terror attack in Tel Aviv*** The protests against the judicial reform in Israel escalate as demonstators rally nationally in a day of resistance, while the attempts to negotiate a compromise seem to falter. Plus, a homage to world-renowned actor Chaim Topol, iconic 'Tevye' of film and stage, who passed away this week. And - what better way to celebrate Purim than with someone whose job is to make people laugh? Yonit and Jonathan are joined by MODI, the Israeli-American comedian headlining shows all around the world, to talk about various Jewish audiences, sexual identity, and the theory of "Messiah Energy".-- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unholypodcast/and X: https://x.com/2jewsonthenewsJoin our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150578065793142 Subscribe to our blog: https://unholypodcast.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Cyber Attacks Can Be Prevented.
0:05.8	Checkpoint, you deserve the best security.
0:10.0	A fiddler on the roof.
0:12.9	Sounds crazy, you know.
0:15.7	But here, in our little village of Anatovka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof.
0:25.9	It's unholy, so much news to talk about, but all I really want to dive into is the life of Chaim Topol, the definitive Teviour, whose death was announced this week.
0:37.4	I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London.
0:40.3	And I'm Uni Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv.
0:52.3	It's Unholy two Jews on the news from Kesheap's podcast and indeed, as you mentioned, Jonathan, a lot of other news going on.
0:59.9	But first, we want to say, what, to life and to talk about Chaim Topol.
1:06.7	It's interesting to me, like the first thing that you think about, really, is that there is one role that you can see him in.
1:14.6	He did many other roles, and Israelis obviously remember him as Salah Shabbat, so many others.
1:20.3	I mean, he's really the definitive Israeli actor.
1:24.2	And we should say that the theme that we heard, not only Chaim Topol, but this is the way that
1:29.9	a radio show that went on for, to remind me, 20 or 25 years, which was presented by Michael Friedland,
1:37.3	your father and a program called You Don't Have to Be Jewish. That was its opening theme.
1:41.8	This is all working for me on so many different emotional levels.
1:45.4	It's quite true because how we opened our show this week, slightly you indulging me,
1:50.2	triggers a very Proustian nostalgic memory for me because absolutely those opening notes
1:57.6	of Fidder on the roof were also the opening notes for 25 years of you
2:02.1	don't have to be Jewish on the BBC presented by my late dad, Michael Friedland. And so when I sit in
2:08.3	the theatre seeing revivals of Fiddler on the Roof, I'm being hit emotionally from all directions
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