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Kosher Face: Ep. 372

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox: Kosher shrimp cocktail? Our Jew of the Week is comedian and podcaster Sarah Silverman. She joins us to talk about her new—and extremely Jewish—comedy special, Someone You Love, plus what it’s like playing poker with Joshua Malina We’re also bringing you our latest installment from The Archive, our series exploring the collections of the National Library of Israel. This week, we learn about the manuscripts of Ahmed Ibn Taymiyya, one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Islam. We love to hear from you! Send us emails at [email protected], or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Check out our Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. 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. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS: PJ Library sends thousands of children free Jewish storybooks and activities every month. Sign up Jewish kids from age zero to 12 to start reading this summer at pjlibrary.org/unorthodox. NLI, the National Library of Israel proudly supports our series The Archive. Discover the treasures, collections, and stories of the National Library of Israel here.

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0:00.0

This is Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.

0:06.6

I am Stephanie Batnik, and I am joined by my co-host, tablet editor at large, Liel Liebowitz.

0:12.1

Shalom to you.

0:13.7

And Unorthodox West Coast Bureau Chief, Joshua Molina.

0:17.2

Hiho.

0:18.2

Happy to be here, and I like the new title.

0:20.2

It's a promotion.

0:21.2

Today in the show, we're bringing you an interview with the one and only Sarah Silverman.

0:26.2

She joins us to talk about her new comedy special, Someone You Love.

0:29.7

We're also bringing you the latest installment of the archive, our series exploring the collection of the National Library of Israel.

0:36.0

We're learning about the manuscripts of Ahmed Ibn Tamiya, who's one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Islam,

0:42.2

and who might also have inspired some jihadists.

0:45.2

Which by the way, really, I think between Sarah Silverman and like jihadists, this has something for everyone.

0:50.7

If you don't like one of these two things, you're not human.

0:54.1

We're over-delivering in this episode. Let's be honest.

0:57.4

New York's hottest podcast.

0:59.0

Joshua, what's going on?

1:00.4

Yes, yes.

1:01.2

Being home, I've gotten some inside dish from my parents who live here on the West Coast as well.

1:05.6

Having listened to our episode in which we interviewed Antonio Pagliarulo about the evil eye.

1:12.7

My dad informed me, and this is very exciting to me.

1:15.1

Apparently, in my own family, we had, I had a relative who had the evil eye,

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