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Our Cats, Our Horas Ep. 14

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, our Jewish guest is journalist Alyssa Katz, a member of the New York Daily News editorial board. Her new book, "The Influence Machine," is about the vast political influence—and lobbying money—wielded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She tells the panel what the Chamber of Commerce actually is and how it got so powerful, and explains why, in today's social media-filled political climate, newspaper editorials still matter. Our non-Jewish guest is poet and high-school English teacher Emily Moore, who discusses high schoolers, country camp music, and motherhood. She asks the panel whether there are various levels of horas danced at different types of Jewish wedding, and how American Jews get their other, Hebrew names. We love hearing from you. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com, and sign up for our weekly newsletter at http://bit.ly/UnorthodoxPodcast. For more about Alyssa Katz's book, see here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Influence-Machine-Commerce-Corporate/dp/0812993284. You can find Emily Moore's poetry here:"http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/emily-moore

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0:00.0

What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?

0:07.0

It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home,

0:10.0

and it covers everything from Jewish history, pop holidays and of course food all with our trademark irreverence and love

0:16.8

Our publisher is offering a special 20% discount on newest Jewish and their entire Hanukk shop. So head to Artisan Books.com

0:24.0

and use the code unorthodox at check out.

0:26.5

That's Artisan Books.

0:28.1

Discount code, unorthodox, all caps.

0:33.0

Hey, welcome to an Orthodox.

0:36.0

It's the weekly podcast from tablet magazine.

0:38.0

I'm your host Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by deputy editor Stephanie Butnick.

0:42.0

Hi. Hi. And senior writer, Lea. as ever by deputy editor Stephanie Butnick.

0:42.8

Hi.

0:43.2

Hi, Stephanie.

0:44.1

And senior writer Leiboviz.

0:46.1

Bookertovnaurs.

0:47.8

Later in the show we'll be talking with author and Jewishly named woman,

0:51.4

Alyssa Katz, and the non-Jewishly named

0:54.4

Jentile of the week is Emily Moore.

0:57.0

Just can you just drink in the non-Judism of that name?

1:00.1

The tranquility.

1:01.1

The goyish tranquility of Emily Moore.

1:03.7

It's like a sip of a Tom Collins at the club.

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