The Name Game: Ep. 370

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Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re playing the name game. First, we’re re-airing a 2019 segment in which our former editor Noah Levinson investigates the real story behind the myth of name changes at Ellis Island. For more, check out A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America, written by Kirsten Fermaglich. We’re also bringing you a preview of our new Tablet Studios podcast, What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead. We’re joined by the podcast’s co-host, Tablet deputy editor Jeremy Stern, to discuss the show and play a segment. You can subscribe to What Really Matters on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We love to hear from you! Send us emails at [email protected], or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Check out our Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at [email protected]. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS The Lesson stars Doron Ben-David (Steve from Fauda) and just won Israel’s Best TV Drama Series award. The show is streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks, and you can get 40% off your new subscription by using the code LESSONPOD at checkout. Betrayal: The Failure of American Jewish Leadership is a new book edited by Dr. Charles Jacobs and Avi Goldwasser. Get your copy at Amazon and check out their movement to challenge Jewish leaders at jewishleadershipproject.org.

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0:00.0	This is Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:07.3	I am Stephanie butnik, and today it is just me, and I'm here to help you recover from
0:12.9	all those 4th of July barbecues.
0:14.9	I know no one has any idea what day it is this week, but it is Thursday.
0:18.9	And today we are bringing you two very special segments, something old and something new.
0:23.7	First, we're bringing you a piece we first ran back in 2019, and you know we very, very,
0:29.4	rarely rerun things on this show.
0:32.1	We like to keep things very, very fresh for you, but this segment seemed especially relevant
0:36.3	because of all the conversations we've been having about names and specifically Jewish
0:40.8	names.
0:41.8	It also felt very appropriate for this extended holiday week.
0:45.0	In this segment, our former editor Noah Levinson investigates the real story behind immigrant
0:50.0	name changes at Ellis Island.
0:51.6	We're also previewing a new podcast from this here tablet studios.
0:56.6	It's called What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead.
1:00.0	It's a weekly news show hosted by the aforementioned tablet columnist Walter Russell Mead along
1:04.9	with tablet deputy editor Jeremy Surn.
1:07.8	Consider this episode the final kosher pagan blanket on this holiday week.
1:20.2	We've been talking a lot about names here on Unorthodox, so we thought it would be a great
1:23.9	time to bring back one of my favorite segments we've ever run.
1:27.8	We've all heard the stories from our families about how names got changed at Ellis Island.
1:32.4	But did that really happen?
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