Coming Home: Ep. 359

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we're discussing the protests in Israel and the larger context in which they are occuring. Our Jewish guest this week is the writer Jonathan Rosen. He joined us to talk about his new book, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions. We’re also bringing you a dispatch from Armenia. Liel traveled to Yerevan to learn about Birthright Armenia, and how it could teach Israelis and American Jews a lesson or two. Check out Zionism: The Tablet Guide, a new book edited by Liel Leibovitz and Tablet Magazine. Unorthodox listeners are invited to an exclusive Zoom webinar with Liel where he will discuss the history of Zionism and answer your questions, free with purchase of a copy of the book. Register at tabletm.ag/listenerzoom. We love to hear from you! Send us emails and voice memos at [email protected], 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. We’re back on the road! Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at [email protected]. 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. SPONSORS: Join The 92nd Street Y, New York for a series of conversations and celebrations with some of today’s leading Israeli thinkers and artists as part of their 150th anniversary series, “Israel at 75,” starting April 16. Tickets at 92ny.org. Join Hadassah for “Israel at 75: Successes and Challenges,” a free Zoom event on May 18 featuring Yossi Klein Halevi, Isabel Kershner, and Hen Mazzig. Register at events.hadassah.org/75.

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0:00.0	This is Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:05.4	I'm your host, Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by my fellow hosts, tablet, deputy editor
0:10.0	Stephanie Buttonick.
0:11.0	Hello.
0:12.3	And the editor at large, themselves, Leo Liebowitz.
0:15.2	Hold on, I just have to count to 12, because you know, the Omer.
0:19.4	Oh, right.
0:20.4	Damn it.
0:21.4	Another year when I said I was going to do the Omer, and I've not been Omering.
0:24.6	It sneaks up every year.
0:26.6	I've been missed the day this year.
0:28.4	I'm 12 for 12, baby.
0:30.6	I guess next year is the Omer year.
0:32.0	Okay.
0:33.0	Today on our show, our Jew of the Week is Jonathan Rosen, who joined us to talk about his
0:36.4	new book, The Best Minds, a story of friendship, madness, and the tragedy of good intentions.
0:41.6	I can safely say it's one of the five best books I've read in the past five years.
0:46.1	I think it's phenomenal, and I think you'll understand why.
0:49.8	Here, here.
0:50.8	Our Gentile of the Week is Armenia, no, not the supermodel Armenia.
0:55.9	The country, Armenia, the entire country, we're bringing you a dispatch from Leo's recent
0:59.9	trip to Yerevan, where he learned about Armenia's birthright program and why it is nothing
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