My Super Sweet Bar Mitzvah: Ep. 89

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week's guest is comedian and writer H. Alan Scott, who was raised Mormon in St. Louis and converted to Judaism when he was 31. He’s preparing for his bar mitzvah by immersing himself in Jewish life and culture, and it’s all being chronicled in Latter Day Jew, a documentary by Aliza Rosen. H. Alan tells us about coming out to his Mormon family, how cancer jumpstarted his conversion to Judaism, and his deep love of The Golden Girls. Sign up for for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we'll share our favorite notes on air. This episode is brought to you by PJ Library, a free book program for families raising Jewish children. Sign up at pjlibrary.org/unorthodox, and they’ll send you a free picture book each month until your child turns nine. Music: "Mikveh Bath" by Golem "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts "Baby ft. Ludacris" by Justin Bieber "Love Me Too" by The Losers "Some People" by Jule Styne and Steven Sondheim, performed by Bette Midler, from the 1993 TV Movie of Gypsy "Let's Get it On" by Marvin Gaye

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1:00.0	Hello Jews in 2017. This is unorthodox. I'm Mark Oppenheimer joined as ever by editor of the
1:06.8	deputy persuasion Stephanie Butnik.
1:08.8	Hi writer of the senior persuasion Leoitz.
1:11.8	Hulan what's the hulowitz. Our Jew of the week is H Allen Scott,
1:16.7	who is a Jew by choice and a Golden Girls fan by Calling.
1:21.4	Yeah, got that tattoo.
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