Mish-Mosh Mash-up: Ep. 157

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week on Unorthodox, we’ve got a bit of a mish-mash (mish-mosh?) for you. First, a taste of our visit to Cleveland, where we recorded a live episode at the Mandel JCC (and ate a lot of deli). Then, Stephanie sits down with Jewish author Gary Shteyngart, whose new novel Lake Success is about a Manhattan hedge fund manager named Barry Cohen who abandons his wife and son for a Greyhound road trip across America with the backdrop of the 2016 election. In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Gary talks about his personal connection to Squirrel Hill, and how HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, resettled him and his family when they fled the Soviet Union for America. Plus, he explains why dachshunds are the ultimate Jewish dog. Our gentile of the week is comedian and Risk! podcast host Kevin Allison, recorded live at the Manhattan JCC earlier this month. A member of the 90s sketch comedy troupe The State, Kevin told us about working as a bartender at the Grammys while having a show on MTV (Sarah McLachlan recognized him), plus how he started his storytelling podcast, where notable figures share true stories they never thought they’d dare to share. His question for the panel: Why are so many American Buddhists Jews? We love to hear from you! Send comments and questions for Unorthodox to Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our new listener line: 914-570-4869. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Show your love for Unorthodox with our new T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies. Get yours at bit.ly/unorthoshirt! Shalom, friends. Sponsors: Little Passports. A subscription to Little Passports is the perfect holiday gift for the curious kid in your life. Each month they’ll get a fun-filled package with hands-on activities and interactive projects designed to spark their curiosity about geography, world cultures or science. Order today at Little Passports. Rabbi Eitan Tours, a unique way to experience Israel. Go to rabbieitan.com/unorthodox for a free consultation and itinerary planning. Unorthodox listeners also get $50 off a tour of at least one day with Rabbi Eitan. The Branch, a new podcast from Hadassah. Each episode explores how positive relationships between Israeli Jews and Arabs can bring new hope for a truly shared society. Check it out at Hadassah.org/thebranch. Harry’s, a great shave at a great price. Get your trial shave set at Harrys.com/UNORTHODOX.

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0:34.0	Hey J crew, it's Mark here. The last episode a lot of you heard was the one live from Squirrel Hill
0:38.0	and we were so moved by the responses that we got from all of you.
0:40.0	We were so pleased to have been able to be in Squirrel Hill with you
0:44.1	and for you. But in order to accommodate that episode we had to move around a lot of
0:48.3	stuff. The first thing to say is that we had this great superstition themed
0:51.8	episode planned for the week of Halloween, which we had to move around for obvious reasons.
0:55.9	So we're going to run that sometime in the near future.
0:58.9	But then the other thing is we'd recorded a show at the Manhattan, JCCCC and that sort of got bumped.
1:03.5	So what we've done for this week is pulled together a bit of a Franken episode.
1:06.6	It's got all the constituent parts, but it's not quite a normal episode.
1:10.8	You'll hear news of the Jews from the Mandel, J. C.
1:13.2	where we did a live show in Cleveland just this week.
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