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Speak Your Mind: Ep. 212

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

This week, we learn how to complain better. Our first guest is Amy Fish, the ombudsman for Concordia University in Montreal and the author of I Wanted Fries with That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need. She tells us what she learned working as “chief complaints officer” for a university (and before that a Jewish nursing home!), and shares a few simple tricks to help us all better ask for what we want—and get it. Then, Mark sits down with Carolyn Karcher, professor emerita at Temple University and the editor of Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism, a collection featuring 40 rabbis, activists, and writers. She explains how she came to oppose Zionism, and how she sees anti-Zionism functioning within the Jewish community today. Let us know what you think of the show: email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at 914-570-4869. Come see us on tour! Jan 26 – New York: Stephanie in conversation with David G. Marwell, author of Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death Feb. 6 – Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Book talk with Stephanie Feb. 9 – Wyomissing, Pennsylvania: Book talk with Mark Feb. 26 – Naples, Florida: Book talk with Stephanie and Mark March 12 – Boca Raton, Florida: Book talk with Stephanie and Liel Copies of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia will be sold and signed at each event. Like the book? Leave us a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram and join our Facebook group. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies here This episode is sponsored by a new podcast called Those Who Were There, presented by the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University. The Fortunoff Archive holds more than 4,400 testimonies recorded in over a dozen countries, and the first season of the podcast features 10 episodes drawn from the archive. In every episode, a survivor or witness shares their own story. For more visit http://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/podcast This episode is also sponsored by Harry's. New customers get $5 off any shave set with a 5-blade razor, weighted handle, foaming shave gel with aloe, and a travel cover when they go to Harrys.com/UNORTHODOX.

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.

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This is unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.

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I am Stephanie Butnik joined this week by only one co-host,

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Leah Leibowitz. But what a co-host, Leibowitz.

0:43.4

But what a co-host it is?

0:44.7

It's true, Mark Oppenheimer is in Pittsburgh

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reporting for his book about the aftermath of the Tree of Life

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Shooting.

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That guy is a real over-achiever.

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Or so he says.

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Mark Hoffman, it could be anywhere.

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Last week we brought you Lyle's interview with Donnie Diane.

0:58.0

He's Israel's Consul General in New York.

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