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Summer Breaks: Ep. 414

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show, we’re catching a wave.  Producers Courtney Hazlett and Elie Bleier head to Tel Aviv to learn about the history of Israeli surfing from surfer Arthur Rashkovan.  Accompanying Tablet’s just-published reflections from Jewish college students about a semester like no other, producer Josh Kross heads to the University of Chicago to catch up with one of the essay writers.  You’ll also hear from Stephanie and Liel about the Torah class they led in a local correctional institute, organized by the Aleph Institute.   Learn more about becoming a Tablet member at tabletm.ag/uomember. Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive Write to us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail on our listener line: (914) 570-4869.  Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS: Brandeis University offers an online master’s certificate in Jewish Professional Leadership, training creative and compassionate Jewish leaders on a flexible schedule. Learn more at brandeis.edu/hornstein. Emanu-El Downtown’s Religious School Lab opens this fall in Manhattan for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade, offering a welcoming community, pick-up from local schools, and one-to-one virtual Hebrew instruction. Visit EmanuelDowntown.org for more. Koren Jerusalem, the largest religious Zionist publisher in the world, has published roughly 1,500 titles in Hebrew and English over the last sixty years. You can pre-order the English translation of the bestselling book One Day In October, documenting the stories of the heroes of October 7, at korenpub.com.

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0:00.0

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

0:06.1

I am Stephanie Butnik and I'm joined in studio again by my two co-hosts, tablet,

0:10.9

editor at large, Leah Leibovitz.

0:12.6

Happy four full weeks of the omer to those who observed.

0:17.0

We did it.

0:18.1

And still here in New York City, Joshua Molina.

0:20.7

I'm at the tail end of my trip.

0:22.0

That means I'm wrinkled. I'm in the tail end of my trip that means I'm wrinkled I'm in a full body sweat I'm over tired

0:25.9

When you're in New York for prolonged periods of time yes what does that feel like is if it were to walk so much? No love it. I like the thrum of the city.

0:35.0

There's lots to do, lots to see.

0:36.5

The shuttered storefronts to my asthma of pot

0:39.5

every area walk here.

0:40.7

Yeah, okay.

0:41.2

I enjoy it. He's rather have what you have. What about my asthma? Oh, I've been treating my asthma. The pollen situation not great, but what is great is to be here with you both. Today on the show, we're bringing you two dispatches from the field.

0:55.7

As this episode is coming out,

0:57.4

tablet is publishing a series of reflections

0:59.6

from Jewish college students

1:00.9

about the end of a school year like no other.

1:03.0

Producer Josh Cross went to the University of Chicago to hear from one of those students

1:07.3

about her experience on campus this past year.

1:10.3

Then producers Courtney Hazlett and Ellie Blier take us to Tel Aviv to discover how surfing came to Israel.

1:16.0

We're also opening our mailbox and answering a lot of listener letters.

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