Sounds of the Season: Ep 376

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🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re continuing our journey through the Hebrew month of Elul up to the High Holidays by focusing on music. Rabbi Josh Warshawsky returns to the show to walk us through the melodies of the High Holidays, plus he shares his new version of Hineni. Then, we’re re-airing a segment with Ladino singer Sarah Aroeste, who shares her musical tribute to the lost Sephardic community of Monastir. We’re also bringing you our latest installment of The Archive, our series exploring the collections of the National Library of Israel. This week, we dive into the library’s music collection and sound archive. We love to hear from you! Send us emails at [email protected], or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Check out our Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at [email protected]. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS: Hadassah is hosting “Inspire Zionism: Tech, Trailblazers and Tattoos,” a two-day online event featuring panels with inspiring Zionist women, hosted by our own Stephanie Butnick. To join the conversation October 25 and 26, register at go.hadassah.org/inspire. Cutting Edge Foods is a family business that has been producing premium kosher meats for over four decades. Get 10% off your order at cuttingedgefoods.com with the code UNORTHODOX. NLI, the National Library of Israel, proudly supports our series The Archive. Discover the treasures, collections, and stories of the National Library of Israel here.

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0:00.0	This is Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:06.7	I'm your host, Joshua Molina, and I am flying solo today.
0:10.8	That's right.
0:11.8	Liel and Stephanie have left me with the keys to the plane.
0:14.8	That's how planes work, right?
0:16.4	Keys?
0:17.4	Anyway, today I bring you the second of four special episodes dedicated to the month of Elul.
0:23.8	On this one, we'll be talking about music.
0:26.7	When it comes to music, generally, I personally find it so powerful, so capable of evoking strong
0:32.3	emotion in me that I sometimes avoid it.
0:35.0	Don't get me wrong, I love music, but I am easily overwhelmed.
0:39.4	I'm the kind of guy who tears up at the overture of a musical.
0:42.6	So depending on my mood, if I'm in a fragile state, for instance, I have to be very careful
0:47.1	about curating my playlists.
0:49.6	As a subset of music, Jewish tunes have an even higher likelihood of hitting me in the
0:54.0	Kishkas, hearing Hatikfa or Anima Amin knowing that it was sung by many of my fellow Jews
1:00.3	as they marched to their demise.
1:02.6	These pieces of music knock me out, and that goes for liturgical pieces, too.
1:07.8	If the text of Unitana Tokef doesn't scare you, the tune should do the trick.
1:12.6	It does for me, anyway.
1:14.1	And so for the next hour or so, I hope you'll join us as we focus first, very specifically
1:19.1	on the music of the high holidays, and then gradually we'll widen our lens to include
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