Leaving the Nest: Ep. 122

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week is Tova Mirvis, whose memoir, The Book of Separation, tells the story of her decision to leave Modern Orthodox Judaism, a world she recreated vividly for readers in the novels Visible City, The Outside World, and The Ladies Auxiliary. Our next live show is Wednesday, March 21 at the JCC Manhattan. Tickets here. Want more Unorthodox in your life? Join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! We love hearing from our listeners. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our new listener line: 914-570-4869. We may share your note on the air. Sign up for our newsletter here.

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0:00.0	It snowed again this morning in Connecticut which made me say holy moly.
0:03.8	G. Willagers gosh darn.
0:06.9	Maybe something even worse which I almost said but I stopped myself.
0:10.5	I may not be able to stop myself next time so this is your obscenity warning.
0:14.0	Yeah did you rock the boat at his bar mitzvah?
0:16.0	Did you have to get the t-shirt this says I rocked the boat at David's barmitzah?
0:19.0	No we did more like I danced my pants off and they were scrubs.
0:21.0	I see now that you hear all these slogans are like, what were people doing at those farmwoodswoods?
0:25.4	And why are they putting that on the butt?
0:27.0	Hello J crew, this is unorthodox, the world's leading Jewish podcast.
0:33.0	I am your host Mark Oppenheimer.
0:35.0	Joined this week by deputy editor Stephanie Butnik.
0:37.3	Hello.
0:38.3	Stephanie Taylor Swift Butnik.
0:39.4	Yes, that is my full legal name.
0:40.6	Do you know that the Roman Catholics at their confirmation take a second middle name?
0:44.3	I took a second middle name upon starting this podcast.
0:46.5	I see. And senior writer, senior writer, Leel Leibowitz.
0:51.0	Middle-namless. Middle-nameless. Middle Nameless.
0:52.8	Middle Nameless.
0:53.8	What a tragedy.
0:54.8	Jews traditionally are.
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