Bright Lights: Ep. 342

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re celebrating Hanukkah with eight stories that bring light to the Jewish world. We talk with 102-year-old former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor Ben Ferencz, sing with rabbi and musician Josh Warshawsky, and tell stories with Peninnah Schram. We gab with former Real Housewife and new Jew Leah McSweeney and visit Muhlenberg College, a Lutheran liberal arts school that has become an unexpected haven for Jewish students. We stop by the butcher, meet one of the very few female Jewish Torah scribes, and learn the story behind this year’s official USPS Hanukkah stamp. We love to hear from you! Send us your New Year’s Resolutions 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. Merch alert! Check out our new Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. 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. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

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0:00.0	This is our Orthodox, towards leading Jewish podcast.
0:05.4	I'm your host, Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by my co-hosts, Stephanie Botnick, Ho-Ho-Honika,
0:12.0	and Leah Liebowitz.
0:13.5	Crepe-Honika, or to those of you who know the P.J. library book, Hoppy-Honika with the
0:20.0	Rabbits, a Hoppy-Honika to all of you.
0:23.2	Oh, I thought it was a book beer about IPAs.
0:26.7	Yeah, no.
0:27.7	That's the policy-brew beer-brewing company.
0:30.5	This year for Hanukkah, 5783, we're doing something a little bit different and ever so special.
0:37.7	And I want to ask you, Leah, because this was your idea.
0:40.3	You conceived it.
0:41.3	You birthed it to tell us about this year's Hanukkah special.
0:43.7	I was like, he didn't birth it.
0:46.5	As someone who has birthed something.
0:49.1	Okay, I was overselling the work in front of me.
0:52.3	I feel like this was a little easier.
0:54.0	I have no problem with that objection.
0:57.4	He conceived it to put a fun or less arduous spit on it.
1:01.4	How about that?
1:02.4	Is that better?
1:04.4	Guys, it was that much fun.
1:07.4	Leah, as the convener and conceiver of this year's Hanukkah episode, tell us what you
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