Chasing Memory: Ep. 306

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re ordering gazpacho for the table. Our Jewish guest this week is Tablet’s very own Wayne Hoffman, whose new book is The End of Her: Racing Against Alzheimers to Solve a Murder. He talks with us about family legends, coming to terms with his mother’s decline, and the morass of memory. We’re giving away a few free copies of Wayne’s book on our Instagram and Facebook accounts. We’ve got events coming up! Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, we’ll be doing a live show at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, hosted by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, with schmoozing and book signing afterwards. Get your tickets here. Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Eastern, Stephanie will be discussing Wayne Hoffman’s new book, The End of Her, at Manhattan’s KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. Eastern (virtual), Stephanie will be in conversation with authors Gal Beckerman (“The Quiet Before”) and Talia Lavin (“Culture Warlords”) for the Jewish Book Council and the Jewish Museum’s Unpacking the Book series. Register here. Get all our events info at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. We love to hear from you! Send us your emails and voice memos 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. 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. Check out The Tab, Tablet magazine's new printable weekly digest. Laid out in an attractive PDF for reading on a tablet or desktop, or to be printed, The Tab takes you into Shabbat and through the weekend, for free. Get your copy at tabletm.ag/tab. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email tabletstudios@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: ChaiFlicks is now streaming the hit Israeli comedy called “The New Black,” which follows four rebellious students at a yeshiva in Jerusalem as they try to reconcile their desire for modern life with their religious upbringing. Watch it now at chaiflicks.com.

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0:00.0	Hey, Jacob, we are finalists for two podcast awards, but we need your vote.
0:10.6	It's the signal awards, which are listeners' choice, which means we need you to choose
0:14.3	our across the USA episode from Louisville, Kentucky.
0:17.3	You can vote for that at tabletm.ag slash vote on Orthodox, and for our sports podcast,
0:23.2	the franchise.
0:24.2	You can vote for that at tabletm.ag slash vote on the franchise.
0:28.6	If you can close this October 5th, so don't wait, please get us to the gold.
0:33.0	You can find both of those links in the show notes, and thank you so much.
0:58.6	Oppenheimer joined by my intercontinental co-hosts straight from the homeland, tablet editor
1:05.9	at large, Leo Lieberwitz, Aloha from Tel Aviv, Aloha from Tel Aviv, and tablet deputy
1:12.7	editor Stephanie Butte.
1:14.3	You sound a little differently in Israel.
1:16.9	Maze different, lama, you say this.
1:19.7	Does he sound like a fully actualized Jew?
1:22.3	Like he's in the homeland, he doesn't have to hide who he is, no more of that shame,
1:27.7	no more of that merely mouth.
1:29.6	Yeah, that Leo, I've always thought of him as someone who sort of like cowers in shame,
1:33.8	but it's weird because you sound different, Leo, and I also sound different, and I have
1:37.5	a cold, and I want everyone to know it, and I apologize to our listeners.
1:42.3	Here I could finally speak the way I was always meant to speak.
1:46.6	Before we even go there, can I tell you an amazing story?
1:49.1	I have so many stories.
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