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Backhanded Compliments: Ep. 237

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we're working on our topspin. Our first guest is Noah Rubin, a former Wimbledon junior singles champion who went pro at age 19. He tells us about his tennis-themed bar mitzvah, the reality of life on the professional circuit, and his project Behind the Racquet: a website and podcast that sheds light on the often overlooked mental health challenges that face professional tennis players. Our next guest is Jenny Caplan, who teaches religious studies and Jewish studies at Towson, and whose work focuses on expressions of Jewish identity in American pop culture. She tells us about her recent scholarly article, published in the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, that calls for retiring the Jewish American Princess archetype and replacing it with a new one: the Modern Ashkenazi-American Woman. Let us know what you think of the show! Email us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies here.

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Mark stood up to show us his shorts and then disconnected his audio.

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Yes.

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This is unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.

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I am your host Mark Oppenheimer joined as ever by tablet, deputy editor Stephanie Butnik.

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Good day.

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And tablet, editor at large and large editor

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Leibowitz.

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As large as ever.

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Two fun interviews this week.

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No Gentiles this week.

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It's a Gentile free show.

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