Finding Your Truth: Ep. 189

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

This week in 'News of the Jews,' Israel's new Education Minister endorsed gay conversion therapy, a controversial and widely discredited practice. We're bringing you an interview (recorded before those comments were made) with Mathew Shurka founder of Born Perfect, an organization that lobbies against conversion therapy. Mathew tells us about his own experience—he spent five years in conversion therapy as a teen—and how he found his calling in activism after an 'It Gets Better' video he recorded in 2012 went viral. Our Gentile of the Week, recorded at our Chicago live show last month, is Greta Johnsen, who hosts the Nerdette podcast and anchors Weekend Edition Saturday on WBEZ Chicago. She tells the audience at the Logan Square Auditorium what it means to be a nerdette, shares her favorite moments of the podcast, and asks the hosts a question about Jewish food. Tell us what you really think! Fill out our listener survey for a chance to win an autographed copy of our forthcoming book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group. This week's outro music is 'Adon Olam' sung to the tune of the 'Golden Girls' theme song by Kol Zimra. The song is featured in Latter Day Jew, Aliza Rosen's new film about former Unorthodox guest H. Alan Scott. Contact info@kolzimra.com for engaging harmony music at your next simcha. This episode is brought to you by Harry’s. Get a free trial shave set when you sign up at Harrys.com/Unorthodox.

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0:00.0	What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?
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0:28.6	unorthodox all caps.
0:32.0	Come on guys work your your punting magic.
0:34.0	Yeah?
0:35.0	I think this is too dark even for me.
0:38.0	This is Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:42.0	I am Mark Abbeheim. Doyne as ever. This is Un Orthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:42.6	I am Mark Abbe, joined as ever by my t-shirted post-memorial day,
0:47.4	summer-clad co-hosts, Lea Leibovis.
0:50.6	Because all the other days I dressed so fine. And Stephanie Button.
0:53.4	Oh, hello.
0:54.1	Hello.
0:55.1	And this week, two fabulous guests.
0:57.2	We are going to be talking with Matthew Jerkerkerker, who is an advocate against gay
1:00.3	conversion therapy, something that Israel has put in the news for us. And we're
1:05.0	going to bring you our other Chicago live guest. You already heard the interview with
1:08.9	Claire Braverman, the Iditarod competing dog mushing dew from Northern Wisconsin.
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