Dunk Contest: Ep. 257

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox: the full Luxembourg. Our first guest is essayist and critic William Deresiewicz, whose new book The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech. He tells us about getting kicked out of Jewish day school as a teen, his work since then, and why it’s so hard to be an artist today. Our second guest is sportswriter and Tablet contributor Yaron Weitzman, author of the book Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports. He tells us about being Shabbat-observant in a world of weekend sporting events, and shares his thoughts on Deni Avdija, Israel’s new NBA draft pick. Join us Monday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m EST. for a virtual Unorthodox live show with special married guests Jamie and Brian Stelter at Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, PA. Jamie is NY1’s traffic anchor and co-hosts Mornings on 1, and Brian hosts CNN’s Reliable Sources. Register here. On Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. EST, we’ll be at the Temple Emanuel Streicker Center discussing our book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia. Register here. See our full schedule of virtual events here. Let us know what you think of the show! Send us comments and questions at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Sponsors: Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership’s Certificate in Jewish Leadership is a four-part program geared to the particular needs of Jewish organizations. Find out more at spertus.edu/certificate. Harry’s is a great shave at a great price. New customers can get a Harry’s trial shave set for just $3 at harrys.com/unorthodox.

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0:00.0	And Josh, if the banging gets too loud for you, let me know.
0:03.4	We're banging.
0:04.9	This construction above my head, of course.
0:09.0	This is unorthodox.
0:10.6	The universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:12.4	I am your host Mark Oppenheimer, joined by
0:14.4	those other hosts. That crazy double pack of hosts, deputy editor Stephanie Butnik.
0:19.2	Doublepack just makes me think of a Twix and I feel like we should expand our our snack conversation to Twix our
0:25.2	snack coverage and tablet editor at large Lealibovitz coming to you live from an apartment
0:30.9	with two kids doing Zoom school and construction in the apartment overhead.
0:35.0	So I heart New York.
0:37.0	And I heart whatever your Wi-Fi server is because that would drain me down to nothing.
0:42.0	But you got something supercharged going there.
0:44.0	The Masad helped us out here.
0:45.0	It was the Masad dolphin.
0:47.0	He went into the rafters and got in...
0:49.0	He does house visits.
0:50.0	But the Masad dolphin cannot get you a garbage disposal
0:52.0	in a New York City apartment, right?
0:53.7	which are still illegal in New York City. Yes? I'll put it this way. A washing machine is illegal in my apartment building.
0:59.7	Everything is illegal in my apartment building. I'm lucky to have socks.
1:03.4	I was explaining to my kids the other day
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