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Telling Truths: Ep. 137

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, Liel prepares for his role as honorary grand marshal at New York City's Celebrate Israel Parade on June 3. Our Jewish guest is Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and the author of 'Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor.' He tells us how he, as a religious Jew in Jerusalem, came to understand the Palestinian perspective, why he framed the book as a letter to an imagined interlocutor, and the crucial need to recognize that both sides have their own truths, and that respecting each of those truths is the first step towards any reconciliation. Our gentile of the week is Astead Herndon, who recently joined the New York Times as a national political reporter from the Boston Globe. He tells us about the challenges of covering the Trump administration, growing up as the son of two Pentecostal preachers, and the summer he spent as a JCC camp counselor in Chicago. We love hearing from our listeners! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. We may share your note on the air. If you like us, please consider leaving a review in iTunes. 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 Harry’s. Get a free trial shave set when you sign up at harrys.com/unorthodox.

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and use the code unorthodox at check out. That's artisan books.com discount code

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unorthodox all caps. Hi this is is Leah, a long-time listener from Cincinnati, Ohio.

0:36.0

Things got a little heated on the Facebook page this week,

0:39.0

so I'm here to remind you that when discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with your friends, it's best to start with a beer or a mixed drink,

0:48.0

review all the latest drama in your lives, catch up on your favorite television shows, have another drink, eat a cheeseburger,

0:55.5

remember why you are friends in the first place. Talk about why people put leashes on cats and

1:00.4

then Google memes on the subject. Drink more and enjoy the weekend.

1:04.0

Problem solved.

1:06.0

Whether or not Mark Leal and Stephanie are attempting to walk a cat on a leash

1:10.0

or facilitating a debate on the conflict in the Middle East there's bound to be

1:13.6

some swearing in this episode. This has been your obscenity warning. This is

1:18.7

embarrassing but I took a taxi here and I stole it from another person but I

1:22.3

was there first but you didn't know it.

1:24.0

So morning...

1:25.0

Of course you were there first.

1:27.0

It's your taxi.

1:28.0

It's your birthright.

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