Top Shelf: Ep. 250

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we remember Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who died this week at 72. He first visited the show in December 2018, and he returned in September 2020 to discuss his most recent book, “Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.” May his memory be a blessing. Our Gentile of the Week is Tom Colicchio, head judge on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and founder of Crafted Hospitality. He shared his love of whitefish in Tablet’s “100 Most Jewish Foods” book, and he joins us to talk about his first Passover Seder with his now-wife’s family, proposing to her over pastrami at New York’s 2nd Ave Deli, and his heightened awareness of anti-Semitism as he raises Jewish children. Our Jewish guest is Temple University professor Lila Corwin Berman, who spoke with us about her new book, “The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution.” Let us know what you think of the show! Send us comments and questions at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Sponsors: The Great Courses Plus offers thousands of online classes on hundreds of topics, all taught by professors and experts in their fields. We’re currently streaming the course on “Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century.” Start your free trial at thegreatcoursesplus.com/unorthodox. Kol Foods Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Order your delicious, ethically raised Glatt Kosher turkey at kolfoods.com and use the code UNORTHODOX1120 to save 10% off your order. Harry’s is a great shave at a great price. Get a free Harry's trial shave set at harrys.com/unorthodox.

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0:00.0	This is going to be the greatest single presidential library in the history of the United States of America.
0:05.6	Trump's library? Dude, it's going to be like Hustler, like back issues from the 70s.
0:10.4	Like that's the whole thing. On 44th and 9th. It's only open from like 9 p.m. to like 4 a.m.
0:15.9	Are we ready?
0:18.7	This is unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast. I'm your host, Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by my fellow host. is at large Lealibovitz. Shalom to you.
0:33.4	Our Gentile of the week is Celebrity Chef Tom Calicchio,
0:36.2	or shall I say Great Chef Tom Calicchio,
0:38.7	who happens to be a celebrity.
0:40.3	He's the head judge on Top Chef
0:41.6	and he's the founder of Crafted Hospitality.
0:43.7	And our Jew this week is Professor Dr. Lila Corwin Berman who spoke with us about her new book,
0:49.2	The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex.
0:51.3	She had some really interesting things to say about the way that
0:54.0	money gets tossed hither and yon in Jewish communal life. But before we get to
1:00.1	those ace guests as well as a super hot trove of mail from our inbox. I mean it is the
1:06.4	inbox has been on fire this week. Before we get to that there's been some news in America
1:11.3	there's been you know some people went to some polls and you know they voted and stuff and
1:16.8	the most important thing we have to tell you is that...
1:20.4	And a week and a half later, we know some things.
1:23.0	The most important thing we have to tell you is that Abigail Spamberger and
1:26.2	Alyssa Slotkin have retained their seats in the House of Representatives.
1:30.7	John Osoff, another important member of the tribe, lives to fight another day down in Georgia,
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