The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: Ep 198

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, our guide to all things Jewish (and Jew-ish), is here! To celebrate, we put together a very special episode featuring some familiar voices. Get a taste of the book from its contributors and hear about famous Jews, favorite holidays, and beloved Jewish foods from Mario Cantone, Corey Feldman, Tovah Feldshuh, Bethenny Frankel, Gilbert Gottfried, Steve Guttenberg, Tone Loc, Jon Lovitz, Pauly Shore, The Sugarhill Gang, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, and even Margaret Thatcher. Thanks to Gary Greengrass, Jordan Hoffman, Wayne Hoffman, Lisa Ann Sandell, Marc Tracy, and Alana Newhouse. Special thanks to our producer, Josh Kross, for putting together this wild episode. Like the book? Leave us a review! (Amazon or Goodreads). Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. See us on tour! Liel Leibovitz will be at Arts Matter Shabbat in Boston, MA on October 25 at 6 p.m. (details here), and Stephanie Butnick will be at the Jewish Book Festival in Tampa, FL, on October 29 at 7 p.m. (details here). Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. This episode is brought to you by Harry’s. Get a free trial shave set when you sign up at Harrys.com/Unorthodox.

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0:00.0	What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the newest Jewish
0:06.2	Encyclopedia?
0:07.2	It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home, and it covers everything
0:11.3	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 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.
0:32.3	I read the book and I'm ready.
0:34.0	This is unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:38.0	I am Mark Oppenheimer.
0:39.0	Joined today by my co-host tablet senior writer Leo Leibovitz,
0:42.0	Shalom, and deputy editor Stephanie Butnik.
0:44.4	We have a book.
0:45.6	This week a very special episode dedicated
0:47.7	to our brand new book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia,
0:50.5	which is all the Judaism twice the page count.
0:53.0	It is a large book with little vignettes in it
0:56.2	to give you a sense of what this book is all about.
0:58.6	3,000 years of Jewish history
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