Laser Focused: Ep. 261

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re firing up our Jewish space lasers. Mark and Liel talk to legendary actor Ed Asner about his latest project, The Tattooed Torah, an animated short about the inspiring journey of a Torah scroll and the little boy who swore to rescue it from the Nazis, about great TV and why they don't make shows like they used to, and about standing up to your political beliefs, even when you have to pay the price. Then Liel talks with author Cambria Gordon about her YA book, The Poetry of Secrets, which tells the story of a young Jewish woman in Inquisition-era Spain whose family was forced to convert to Catholicism, but continue to practice Judaism in secret. Do you have a great Jewish name or know someone with a great Jewish name? Enter our Jewish Name of the Year bracket! Email your suggestions to unorthodox@tabletmag.com. As always, 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. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com.

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0:00.0	Wait, is that a hot chocolate with whipped cream
0:03.1	that Mark just got delivered to him?
0:04.8	It's a delivered me a hot,
0:05.7	because I, I, I shoveled snow.
0:07.5	I earned it with whipped cream.
0:09.6	This is show material right here.
0:11.0	I just want to live in your house.
0:13.1	I want to live in your house where just like the hot cocoa
0:15.8	and whipped cream flows.
0:20.1	This is on orthodox.
0:21.1	The universe is leading Jewish podcast.
0:22.7	I'm your host Mark Oppenheimer joined as ever by tablet
0:25.3	editor at largely Alibovets.
0:26.8	A hockey shalom to you.
0:29.0	And his boss, tablet deputy editor, Stephanie Buttman.
0:32.4	Reporting for duty, managing all of you,
0:34.7	taking notes, taking names, et cetera.
0:37.3	This week, a couple of great interviews.
0:38.8	Our first Jew of the week is TV legend Ed Asner.
0:42.0	And we all speak with author, Cambrid Gordon
0:44.3	about her young adult book, The Poetry of Secrets.
0:46.9	It is snowing here in New Haven.
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