New Year, New You? Ep. 107

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we're all about 5778. Our guest this week is Rabbi Shai Held, president and dean of the continuing education institute Mechon Hadar, and the author of The Heart of Torah, a new two-volume book of essays about each weekly Torah portion. He tells us why he dreaded tackling Leviticus but learned the most from it, explains why he's optimistic about the future of Judaism, and gives us some useful advice for the new year. Come see us live on October 25 at the Manhattan JCC! Get your tickets here. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! And email us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we’ll share our favorite notes on-air. Follow us on Twitter: @tabletmag, @markopp1, @liel, and @stuffism. This episode is brought to you by Harry’s! Get a free trial shave set (including razor handle, blades, and gel) valued at $13 when you sign up at Harrys.com/Unorthodox.

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0:00.0	What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?
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0:23.3	and use the code unorthodox at check out. That's artisan books.com discount code
0:28.6	unorthodox all caps.
0:31.6	Hey J crew it's 5778, which means Leel's promise not to swear for the rest of the year has expired.
0:38.0	So cover your ears.
0:40.0	This has been your obscenity warning.
0:41.0	And we can take these in any order you like, Mrs. Butnik, Cohen.
0:44.4	You're going to let me get away with that, butnik Cohen?
0:47.9	Mrs. Butnik Cohen.
0:49.6	Does that, okay?
0:51.1	Okay.
0:52.1	I was going to say, Mrs. ButCohan is my mother-in-law.
0:54.3	Is that how that joke works?
0:56.3	Yes.
0:57.3	Hello J crew, this is unorthodox, the world's leading Jewish podcast and we're together again.
1:04.0	They knew. Together, I can.
1:08.0	Together.
1:09.0	Oh, you went Rick Asphly at 8.35 in the morning at Argo Studios.
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