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The Cat’s Meow: Ep. 97

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Hey J-Crew: Before you do literally anything else today, buy a ticket to our next live show in NYC on July 25! This week we talk Birthright, Hobby Lobby, and Jay-Z—oh my. Our Jewish guest is historian Jenna Weissman Joselit, whose latest book is Set in Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments. She tells us how the Ten Commandments, which have become so politicized, were actually once a unifying force in America, and dishes on the 19th century drama over a Lower East Side synagogue’s stained glass depiction of the decalogue. Plus she tests us to see if we can list all ten commandments from memory. Our gentile of the week is cat therapist Carole Wilbourn, who co-founded the first veterinary hospital exclusively for cats, and who has treated behavioral problems in more than 13,000 felines. She brings motorized cats that coo at us while she explains the Wilbourn Way, which incorporates feline Reiki, and is designed to treat both the animals and their guardians. She also helps Stephanie with her problem cat, Cat Stevens. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we may read your note on air. Follow us on Twitter: @tabletmag, @markopp1, @liel, @stuffism. This week’s sponsors are: Harry’s: Go to Harrys.com and enter code UNORTHODOX at checkout to get a free post shave balm. Hello Fresh: For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com and enter code UNORTHODOX30.

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0:00.0

What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?

0:07.0

It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home, and it covers everything from Jewish history, pop culture, holidays, and of course food,

0:14.9

all with our trademark, irreverence, and love.

0:17.5

Our publisher is offering a special 20% discount on newest Jewish and their entire Hanukkah shop.

0:22.4

So I head to Artisan Books.com

0:24.0

and use the code unorthodox at check out.

0:26.5

That's Artisan Books.

0:28.2

Discount code, unorthodox, all caps.

0:40.0

Hi, my name is Ellie Oppenheimer and I'm just warning you that this week my daddy and his friends might swear. So if you don't like swearing, then get the hell out of here.

0:44.4

Hamotsi Lehemian Aar

0:47.0

Aarit.

0:48.0

A- Main!

0:50.0

You get the first piece.

0:51.0

You get the first piece.

0:52.0

Grab it. Oh, it looks so good.

0:53.0

Ellie loves her carbs.

0:55.0

We need to carload because we got, you know, recording an episode today.

0:58.0

I said two donuts this morning and it's only 852. I like your style. metric you throw at us, we win. I am your host Mark Oppenheimer, back up to three children at home,

1:15.6

one came back from camp. And I'm joined as ever by Stephanie Butnik.

1:19.3

Hello. Hello, and Lial Leibowitz.

1:21.3

I'd like to wish you a happy you designed butamoo's fasting.

1:25.0

Right, that's right the rabbi I was actually at Minion last night and the rabbi mentioned that and then he mentioned that it's a long fast because days are long.

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