Burning Up: Ep. 273

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox: Gal Gadot’s pandemic injury. First we speak to Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, the Linfield University professor who was fired after publicizing accusations of sexual misconduct and anti-Semitism regarding the board of trustees and the college president. Then we welcome back one of our favorite Gentiles of the Week, Noreen Malone, who is hosting the fifth season of Slate’s Slow Burn podcast, where she breaks down the lead-up to the second Iraq War. Her question for the hosts is whether it’s rude to order blatantly non-kosher items when dining out with people who keep kosher. And finally, we call up Tel Aviv-based Tablet contributor Dana Kessler, who tells us about her most recent article for the magazine, about a new digital compilation of Turkish and Israeli music. We’re recording a new season of Hebrew School, our kids game show podcast! Do you know a child aged 7-12 who should be a contestant? Email hebrewschool@tabletmag.com to apply. Upcoming virtual events: Sunday, May 23 — Stephanie and Liel will be speaking with the Jewish Federation of Reading, PA. 11 a.m. EDT; Register here. Thursday, June 3 — Stephanie will be interviewing journalist Sarah Maslin Nir about her book Horse Crazy and her family’s Holocaust history. 7 p.m. EDT; Register here. Find out about all our upcoming events at www.tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. 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! Join our Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: Harry’s is a great shave at a great price. Get a special offer and a Harry’s Starter Set and Body Wash at harrys.com/unorthodox. AJWS supports activists on the ground in India helping communities during the COVID-19 surge. You can help get personal protective equipment, psychosocial support, and other critically needed aid to communities like those in India by making a twice-matched, tax-deductible donation at AJWS.org/unorthodox.

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0:00.0	little content warning. On this episode, we yet again discuss assorted ethnic slurs aimed primarily,
0:06.2	but not only at Jews. If that makes you uncomfortable, your podcast app has many other podcasts you can
0:12.0	listen to. And we're talking about high class mother fucker, right? That's the anti-Jewish slur.
0:16.2	That's the anti-Jewish slur.
0:19.1	This is on Orthodox. The universe is leading Jewish podcast. I am your host, Mark Oppenheimer,
0:23.9	joined as ever by tablet editor at large, Leo Leeboets.
0:27.2	Shalom, uvaha. And tablet,
0:29.8	deputy editor Stephanie Buttnik. Hello. Hello to you. Our Gentile of the Week is Noreen Malone,
0:35.5	who kicked off one of the great eras in unorthodox history when she was last on our show,
0:39.3	and as the Gentile of the Week she asked us about the term JAP and whether people were still using it,
0:43.5	and we ended up spending weeks and weeks talking about that term, and we're having her back. And this
0:48.1	time she's talking about her new podcast. It's Slow Burn. It's from Slate Studios, and it talks about the
0:53.5	build up to the Iraq War. Our Jew of the Week is Daniel Pollock Pelsner, the professor at Linfield
0:58.4	College in Oregon, who is just fired for a host of reasons that he's going to talk to us about.
1:04.0	Stephanie also spoke with tablet contributor Donna Kessler, who recently wrote a great piece for
1:08.1	the tablet website about Turkish Israeli music. But before we get to all those interviews,
1:12.4	guys, I have something I have to show you. Are you ready? Are you ready for this? Are you looking?
1:15.6	Are you looking at our shirt? Are you looking at our shirt? Are you looking at our shirt? Zoom screen? Okay,
1:18.4	so you guys know my buddy Eric Ackland in Pittsburgh. He runs amazing books and records.
1:23.5	But when I've signed up, I've signed up for his monthly service where I automatically send him
1:28.7	a certain amount of shackles a month, and he curates a selection of books that he sends to me.
1:32.7	It's a great service. It's a great present. You can get someone. So I just troll the shackles
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