Heroes and Villains: Ep. 303

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week on Unorthodox, we’re bringing you a conversation with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Temple Beth Israel in Colleyville, TX, who was held hostage along with three congregants during a Shabbat service two weeks ago 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 tablet.ag/tab. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: Thirty Six is a new podcast from SoulShop and Bnai Zion hosted by Justin Hayet, who scours Israel to find the 36 most fascinating souls who bring an ancient Jewish tradition to life. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. American Jewish World Service Renew your commitment to tikkun olam with a twice-matched gift to support social justice organizations in 18 countries around the world. Make your donation at AJWS.org/unorthodox. The Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s online introductory course in Jewish meditation will help you find calm in challenging situations. Sign up for “The Gift of Awareness” at jewishspirituality.org and use discount code Unorthodox for 20% off the 8-part course.

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0:00.0	This is on Orthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:05.2	I'm your host, Mark Oppenheimer.
0:07.0	Join us ever by those other hosts, tablet, deputy editor, Stephanie butnik.
0:11.1	Hello, good day, good morning.
0:13.2	And editor at large, Liel Liebowitz, hello to you.
0:17.1	Today on the show, a major conversation.
0:20.4	Our Jew of the Week is a big, massive Jew.
0:23.6	Rabbi Charlie Citron Walker, you know him as the rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in Colleville,
0:28.0	Texas, where he and three others escaped from a tense hostage situation two shoppuses
0:34.0	ago.
0:35.0	We talked with him about Texas Judaism, about proselytizing, about the role of the media
0:38.5	and covering the tragedies, and about his history as a big mocker in Michigan high school
0:44.0	reform circles.
0:45.0	It was a really fun interview.
0:47.6	As you know, inspired by something not fun, but really, really fun.
0:52.2	And we're super excited to have it.
0:53.6	So even if you can't abide our banter and news of the Jews and the rest of us, you want
0:57.4	to hang out for that.
0:58.4	But guess what?
0:59.4	We have some catching up to do and we do have some news of the Jews.
1:01.9	So Liel, it's so good to be in the trenches with you.
1:05.4	This was a week where you and I were two of the most attacked Jews in Jewishdom.
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