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Bad to the Bone: Episode 112

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we can't be tamed. Our Jewish guest is Eddy Portnoy, senior researcher and director of exhibitions at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, whose new book is Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press. He tells us how he stumbled upon these colorful, less-remembered characters and tales—so many of which seem to involve Jews rioting—and why it's important for a community to examine the good with the bad to truly know its history. Our gentile of the week is Washington Post religion reporter Sarah Pulliam Bailey, who dropped by the studio in early October to tell us about growing up in a conservative, Christian environment in Indiana, the intricacies of covering religion while being a person of faith herself, and the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. We're giving away two copies of the Kale and Caramel cookbook, by episode 111 guest Lily Diamond! Enter the draw to win here. Join our new Facebook group! And sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we may read your note on air. Follow us on Twitter: @tabletmag , @markopp1, @liel, and @stuffism. This episode is brought to you by Harry’s. Get a free trial shave set—including razor handle, blades, and gel—when you sign up at Harrys.com/Unorthodox.

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What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?

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It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home,

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and it covers everything from Jewish history pop culture holidays and of course food

0:14.2

all with our trademark irreverence and love our publisher is offering a special

0:18.8

20% discount on newest Jewish and their entire Hanukah shop. So head to artisan books

0:23.3

and use the code unorthodox at check out. That's artisan books.com discount code

0:28.6

unorthodox all caps. Stephanie are going to swear this week?

0:34.0

Probably.

0:35.0

Leel.

0:36.0

I swear.

0:37.0

I probably will.

0:38.0

All right, well you have it straight from the mouths of babes.

0:41.0

Uh, please don't call the yellow babes.

0:43.4

That's very objectifying.

0:44.9

He does not like that.

0:45.9

Straight from the mouths of marathon finishing, cat owning, sweater or normative,

0:52.1

podcast hosts that there may be obscenities. So you may want to send the kids out of the room.

0:56.0

So, hold on, so you're, so what are you saying here is that you have like a weird fantasy life that involves like cockapoos and and like oh my God if only you are a hypoelogenic.

1:07.0

No no no Archie's all the dog I need.

1:11.0

Oh my.

1:12.0

Hello Jay crew. all the

1:13.4

dog I need.

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