Midnight Oil: Ep 393

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re sharing nine stories of Jewish light during a time when it’s never felt more necessary. Liel brings us a reminder of the true spirit of Hanukkah. We share reflections from attendees and vendors at Tablet’s first Hanukkah Bazaar on how this year’s Hanukkah feels more important than ever. Producer Elie Bleier brings us a story from a makeshift army base near the Gaza Border, where Israeli civilians from across the country traveled to make IDF soldiers a surprising pick-me-up. Sunflowers founder Hadar Kess tells us about her work to help orphaned Israeli children. We bring you a story from our Testimonies Archive, about the 30 day memorial, or shloshim, of Nova music festival victim Oriya Ricardo, and the surprising musical guest who was there. We learn about the heroism of Awad Darawshe, a paramedic murdered at the Nova music festival on October 7th. Brett and Diana Abrams tell us about creating Pizza 4 Moms, which allows Americans to donate meals to be delivered to Israeli families. Danielle Butin tells us about the work that her foundation, Afya, is doing to donate surplus US medical supplies to Israel. And finally, Producer Josh Kross takes to the streets of Tel Aviv to investigate the latest in the quest to make the perfect sufganiyah. Listen to the Testimonies Archive, a partnership between Tablet Studios and the USC Shoah Foundation, for more eyewitness audio accounts from Israel. Write to us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail on our listener line: . Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS: Simplify your giving with the Jewish Communal Fund, the nation's largest Jewish donor-advised fund. In good times or during times of crisis, JCF enables you to respond quickly. Open a fund with as little as $5,000 and let JCF streamline your charitable giving. Act by December 29th to lock in the maximum charitable deduction for 2023. Get started at JCFNY.org. The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards honor up to 15 Jewish teens from across the United States with an award of $36,000 to recognize their impact and leadership to repair the world. Learn more at DillerTeenAwards.org. Don’t miss Harmony, the acclaimed new musical from Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman that audiences are raving about. It’s “powerful, moving and more resonant than ever” says Entertainment Weekly and what we need in a world full of discord. Get tickets today at HarmonyANewMusical.com.

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0:00.0	Simplify your giving with the Jewish Communal Fund, the nation's largest Jewish donor advised fund.
0:09.0	In good times or during times of crisis, J. C.F. enables you to respond quickly and handles all record keeping for your philanthropy.
0:15.2	Open a fund with as little as $5,000 and let J.C.F. streamline your charitable giving.
0:19.8	Act by December 29th to lock in the maximum charitable deduction for 2023.
0:24.4	Get started at J.C.ny.org.
0:30.3	Oh, for God, I'm going to come.
0:35.0	And the Shandh,
0:37.0	and then come from Gah,
0:38.0	Yeah, we can't tell us,
0:40.0	K K I'm not going to say you
0:55.0	by a me no day you by a me gahay a day a way Away.
1:09.0	Hey J crew, it's Leel. Let me set the scene for you.
1:11.0	It's 9 p.m. on Monday and producer Josh Cross and I are sitting in
1:16.1	our apartment on Gordon Street and Tel Aviv. That's sound you hear in the
1:19.8	background? That's the bus stop right outside our window. Josh is drinking an ice-cold
1:24.7	martini I just made for him and I am drinking some excellent wine from the
1:29.2	Judean hills. There's more hummus and pita on the table than you would actually believe and we could see
1:35.2	the Mediterranean from our balcony.
1:37.8	We're here with Tanya Singer and Ellie Blyer to, well, to bear witness to what life is like here right now in the aftermath of tragedy and in the
1:47.0	middle of a war.
1:49.2	Now listen, these are extraordinary times and so we feel we need to step out of the ordinary ourselves.
1:56.0	So here's what we're going to do.
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