Class Acts: Ep. 330

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, lots of lox drama at one Manhattan synagogue. Our Gentile of the Week is author and podcaster Michael Lewis, who gamely revisits his 1993 Toy Goy article in the New Republic, tells us about being on the receiving end of antisemitic taunts for attending the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and shares what he learned researching his 2016 book, The Undoing Project, about the friendship between Israeli cognitive psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. Our Jew of the Week is Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent and the co-anchor of CNN’s State of the Union. She joins us to tell us what she learned while reporting her recent CNN special, “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America,” and why she decided to also make the story personal. Our annual fundraiser is underway, and this year we’re upping the stakes: for every $100 you donate, you’ll be entered to win a mystery gift box curated by Stephanie, Mark, or Liel. Donate at tabletm.ag/mysterybox, and thank you for your support. We’re heading back on the road! Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. We love to hear from you! Send us 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. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: Soom tahini is the perfect ingredient for your fall meals. Use discount code UNORTHODOX22 for 10% off your next order at soomfoods.com.

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0:00.0	This is on Orthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast I'm your host Mark Oppenheimer
0:07.0	joined as ever by my co-hosts, Tablet Deputy Editor Stephanie Buttnick.
0:11.4	Hello.
0:12.6	And Tablet employee, Leo Liebowitz.
0:16.4	Employee in training, intern, really.
0:18.9	We're winding down the year 5782 since the creation of the Earth.
0:22.9	And today on the show, we're back from summer vacation with a blockbuster show.
0:27.2	Our Gentile of the Week is journalist and author Michael Lewis.
0:29.3	You might know him from some of his books, like The Big Short or The Blind Side or Moneyball
0:32.8	or his great podcast against the rules.
0:35.4	Our Jew of the Week this week is Chief Political Correspondent for CNN Dana Bash, who joined
0:40.0	us to talk about the CNN special on anti-Semitism that she hosted a couple weeks ago.
0:44.7	So we're going very glitzy this week.
0:46.9	All of our guests are more famous than we are.
0:49.6	They're either best-selling authors or they're on the big screen.
0:53.1	They have their name and lights like we.
0:54.9	We come post-labor day with the heavy artillery.
0:57.7	That is a high bar, to clear.
0:59.4	More famous than us.
1:00.5	More famous than us.
1:01.5	We're really who is.
1:02.5	And I have to say, we were all supposed to finally be together in studio today, but Mark,
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