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Out of Bounds: Ep. 163

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We're closing out 2018 with two interviews with people who stand up—quite literally—for what they believe in. First, we sit down with formerly Hasidic comedian Leah Forster, who has traveled the world performing for religious Jewish audiences, but whose recent gigs were cancelled after religious authorities found out she was gay and threatened to pull the kosher certifications of venues who hosted her. You can follow along with Leah on Instagram. Then, Mark talks to Presbyterian minister Jeff Hutchinson, who shares the harrowing tale of what happened when he dared to confront white supremacists at a nearby church in Black Mountain, North Carolina—a story that doesn't end until Hutchinson finds a new church 1,000 miles away. We're hitting the road in 2019! Come see us January 15 at Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington, D.C. It's free—register here. We'll be at the Stroum JCC in the Seattle area February 2 for a special live show with Dan Savage of the Savage Lovecast. Tickets here. We love to hear from you: Send comments and questions for Unorthodox to [email protected] or leave a message at our 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. This episode is sponsored by JChef, the new kosher meal kit. Go to Jchef.com/unorthodox and use coupon code Unorthodox30 to get 30 percent off your first order.

Transcript

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What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the newest Jewish

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Encyclopedia?

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It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home, and it covers everything

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from Jewish history, pop culture, holidays, and of course food,

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all with our trademark, irreverence, and love.

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Our publisher is offering a special 20% discount on newest Jewish and their entire Hanukkah shop.

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So head to Artisan Books.com

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and use the code unorthodox at check out.

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That's Artisan Books.com, discount code,

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unorthodox, all caps.

0:36.4

For our last episode of 2018, we've brought out all the stops. We've unplugged all of our holes and we will be saying really, really rude things.

0:41.4

So this has been your obscenity warning. This is Mark Oppenheimer,

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host of unorthodox, the podcast of 2018, according to the International

0:52.0

Secretariat of Jewish Podcast.

0:53.4

Yes, they awarded us Podcast of the Year title.

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You can go find it online.

0:57.3

Leel and Stephanie are not here with me today.

0:59.3

They are off drinking their eggnog and singing carols somewhere in Israel in Long Island I have no idea

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but I'm alone in the basement studio today that doesn't mean we don't want all of

1:10.5

you to have some unorthodox for this week off between Christmas and New

1:14.1

years, perhaps the children are home, perhaps you have some time off from work, and we want to be here

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with you.

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