The JAP Show–Live: Ep. 144

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week on Unorthodox: Is it OK to say 'JAP'? We were joined by Odd Mom Out's Jill Kargman, Broadway legend Tovah Feldshuh, and Jewish Women's Archive director Judith Rosenbaum at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan last week for a lively discussion and debate about the Jewish American Princess stereotype–its origins, implications, and cultural staying power. We also screened a short film we made about the JAP stereotype, which you can watch here, and heard from audience members about what the phrase means to them. Let us know what you think about the JAP debate–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 listening, 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 $5 off a shave set from Harry’s with code UNORTHODOX at Harrys.com This episode is also sponsored by the 2019 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards. To learn more–and nominate a Jewish teen making a difference–check out dillerteenawards.org.

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0:28.6	unorthodox all caps. This week's episode of unorthodox pivots around a certain word and while the word itself
0:38.1	is not obscene according to say the FCC, it isn't necessarily a word that you want everyone to use.
0:46.3	So you might want to avoid this episode if you have sensitive years, and you might want to avoid
0:51.9	it because we might use some good old-fashioned real
0:54.4	swear words and obscenities. Before you dive into this week's episode, go to
0:58.2	YouTube and have a look at this video that we made. It's a documentary about the
1:01.9	word JAP for a Jewish American
1:03.4	princess and it was part of this project to investigate this word that also
1:07.1	included a live show at the JCC of Manhattan. The live show began with a
1:11.2	viewing of this documentary and then proceeded as a town hall
1:14.7	style discussion about whether or not it was okay to use the word. You should go to
1:18.5	YouTube just put into the search bar can I say jab and have a good watch.
1:23.0	Yeah.
1:25.0	Hello.
1:27.0	Hello.
1:28.0	This is unorthodox the world's leading Jewish podcast coming to you live from the Marlene Meerson, JCC, in Manhattan.
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