Rocky Mountain Chai: Ep. 253

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, one Mark Oppenheimer is not enough. Our first guest is Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who is the state’s first Jewish governor and the first openly gay governor in the U.S. He tells us about his Jewish upbringing, extolls the many virtues of the State of Colorado, and explains why he’s got his eyes on 2022, not 2024. Next we talk to the other Mark Oppenhemer: the South African advocate, podcaster (our own Mark Oppenheimer was a guest on his show, Brain in a Vat), and general Oppenheimer-about-town. He recalls the moment he first discovered that he wasn’t the only Mark Oppenheimer, explains his legal work surrounding free speech, and tells us about the South African Jewish community. Our third guest is Brian Hersch, the inventor of party games like Taboo, Jewish Taboo, and Super Scattergories. His latest game is Boom Again, a trivia game designed for Baby Boomers. He quizzes us on I Love Lucy and The Jetsons, and we find out that Liel might secretly be a Boomer. Celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with Stephanie, Mayim Bialik, and G.L.O.W. star Jackie Tohn at NuRoots’ “First Night” event, Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. P.S.T. Register at nuroots.org/firstnight. Let us know what you think of the show! Send us comments and questions at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Sponsors: The Other Israel Film Festival provides an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies through films and conversations. Films stream December 3 through 10, with daily Q&As and other live events; find the full schedule at otherisrael.org. Soom Foods’ tahini, chocolate sweet tahini, and silan date syrup are the perfect gift to give this holiday season. Head to soomfoods.com and use code UNORTHODOX to get 15% off your first order. American Jewish World Service is fighting poverty and pursuing justice in the developing world. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, AJWS is currently twice-matching all donations; find out more about the organization and make your donation at AJWS.org/unorthodox. Institute for Jewish Spirituality offers Jewish tools to help respond to the anxiety and stress of our times. Join them for ‘Rededication, Resilience and Renewal,’ a half-day online retreat Sunday, December 13. Learn more and register at jewishspirituality.org. Harry’s Holiday Shave Sets make the perfect gift this season. Get 5$ off a holiday shave set at harrys.com/unorthodox.

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0:00.0	This is Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:05.8	I am your host Mark Oppenheimer.
0:07.8	Joined as ever by tablet editor at large, Leah Leibowitz.
0:11.2	Hello to you.
0:13.0	And by tablet deputy editor Stephanie Butnik.
0:16.0	Is it Hanukah yet?
0:17.4	We're in the interregnum.
0:18.4	We're in ordinary time, as the Catholics would say.
0:21.3	We're in the three weeks.
0:22.3	Between the three weeks. We're in the three weeks. Between the three weeks.
0:25.0	Capital T, capital W.
0:26.5	Three interviews this week.
0:28.0	Jews everywhere.
0:29.0	First we spoke with Colorado Governor Jared Polis.
0:31.5	We traveled through the Jewie looking glass to speak with the other Mark
0:35.3	Oppenheimer. He's an advocate, which is sort of like being a barrister or a solicitor in
0:39.3	South Africa. He's the Mark Oppenheimer who gets my emails and I get his emails. He's squatted on the
0:44.9	Gmail of Mark.oppenheimer, gmail.com. He and I have been in each other's lives for years
0:49.2	And now the two of us shall meet and it was... Your are very confused your children don't even know what to do.
0:55.2	It was a lot of fun.
0:56.7	I don't want to say that's why you started a podcast but that is definitely not a bad
1:01.3	like a side effect to having a podcast like finding the other
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