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Under the Stars: Ep. 381

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we’re celebrating Sukkot in style. We head to the Malina sukkah, where we hear from Joshua’s parents, Fran and Robert, about their family traditions. We’re also sharing the second installment of Beautifully Jewish, our series celebrating Jewish material culture, the ritual objects that inspire us, and the people who make them. Stephanie and Tanya explore how something as temporary as a sukkah can be a beautiful and meaningful structure, with the help of Rabbi Adam Baldachin of Shaarei Tikvah, artist Yaeli Vogel (Unorthodox listeners get 10% off using that link), and the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. You can see photos and more at tabletmag.com/beautifullyjewish. Then we’re bringing you the latest installment of The Archive, our series exploring the collections of the National Library of Israel. We learn how Napoleon left his comfort zone and ended up in Israel, a story that ends with the French giving away the Rosetta Stone in exchange for a ride home. And finally, we hear from producer Josh Kross, who never really connected with Sukkot until he moved upstate and reconsidered how his rural home is sort of like a permanent sukkah. Share your favorite beautifully Jewish things in our Unorthodox Facebook group, via email at [email protected], or on social media using the hashtag #beautifullyjewish. Leave a message on our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Special thanks to Josh Mack and Rebecca Frank of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The Aryeh Steinberger sukkah panels panel loan by Jehuda, George, Robert and Paul, sons of Jeno and Piroska Lindenblatt. Lower panel loan by Magda Tewner, granddaughter of Aryeh Steinberger. In addition, the Museum acknowledges with appreciation Irene White, and Richard and Alexander Platschek and Perel Rosenfeld, children of Andor Platschek Weiss. 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: Hadassah is hosting “Inspire Zionism: Tech, Trailblazers and Tattoos,” a two-day online event featuring panels with inspiring Zionist women, hosted by our own Stephanie Butnick. To join the conversation October 25 and 26, register at go.hadassah.org/inspire. NLI, the National Library of Israel, proudly supports our series The Archive. Discover the treasures, collections, and stories of the National Library of Israel here. American Jewish University (AJU) invites you to join them for their fall semester of online learning. To learn more and register, visit aju.edu/open and use code Unorthodox for a 10% discount.

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0:00.0

Stephanie here.

0:02.9

J. Crew, I am so excited to host an amazing online event featuring dynamic Zionist women.

0:09.2

We'll talk about everything from Israeli hip hop to the daily realities faced by LGBTQIA

0:14.4

Zionists.

0:15.6

Join me on October 25th and 26th for Inspire Zionism, Tech, Trailblazers, and Tattoos,

0:21.6

brought to you by Hadassah, the Women Zionist Organization of America.

0:25.8

You won't want to miss it.

0:27.1

To register, visit go.hadassah.org slash Inspire, and I'll see you online in October.

0:37.5

This is an Orthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast, I am LL Libowitz.

0:43.7

And today on the show, we are celebrating Sukot.

0:47.5

That's right.

0:48.8

We still have some apples and honey left over from Roche Shana, and we're still recovering

0:53.8

from the super intense experience that is Yom Kippur, and here we are again, celebrating

1:00.6

yet another big old Jewish holiday.

1:04.8

And Sukot, let's be honest here, is a sort of mystery.

1:09.1

When I celebrated it in my native Israel, it made sense.

1:12.8

We're commanded to sleep and eat all our meals in Arsoka, which in October in the Middle

1:18.3

East is a light jacket, super pleasant sort of affair.

1:23.3

But staying outside for prolonged stretches of time in mid fall in, say, upstate New York

1:30.2

or Michigan or Minnesota, yeah, that could be challenging.

1:35.9

To say nothing of trying to find a Sukha, when you live in Manhattan, which is not exactly

1:41.1

known for its abundance of readily available public outdoor spaces.

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