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Unorthodox Celebrates Hanukkah Ep. 18

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're, we’re ringing in the Festival of Lights with a special episode filled with Unorthodox holiday cheer, Adam Sandler’s updated “Hanukkah Song,” and a whole lot of latkes. We’re joined by Jewish competitive eater Don Moses Lerman, who comes out of retirement to see how many Russ & Daughters potato latkes he can eat in five minutes on the air. Tablet columnist Marjorie Ingall, who previously gave us a crash course in pre-Yom Kippur apologies, stops by with some advice on how not to make Hanukkah all about the presents for kids, and recommends the best new Jewish children's books. Tablet’s art director Esther Werdiger also returns this week with a tale of Hanukkah Down Under—where the holiday falls smack in the middle of summer, and instead of snowflakes and fireplaces there are arbecues and beach parties. We're recording a live show December 15 at 7 p.m. at the Washington DC JCC in Washington, D.C. You can buy tickets here: http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=151257&view=Detail. Let us know what you really think of Unorthodox! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com. You can sign up for our weekly newsletter at http://bit.ly/UnorthodoxPodcast. For more about Don Lerman, check out his website: http://www.donmoseslerman.com/. You can find Marjorie Ingall's list of the best children's books of 2015 here:http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/195314/best-jewish-childrens-books-2015.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?

0:07.0

It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home,

0:10.0

and it covers everything from Jewish history, pop holidays and of course food all with our trademark irreverence and love

0:16.8

Our publisher is offering a special 20% discount on newest Jewish and their entire Hanukah shop. So head to artisan books

0:23.3

and use the code unorthodox at check out. That's artisan books.com discount code

0:28.6

unorthodox all caps.

0:31.6

Hey have you heard the message?

0:34.0

It's an original science fiction podcast from Panoply

0:36.0

and GE Podcast Theater, a little collaboration, if you will.

0:40.0

All of season one is available now,

0:41.0

so go listen and find out why a 70-year-old alien recording seems

0:44.6

to be killing people. Search for the message on iTunes.

0:50.9

Welcome to Unorthodox, a weekly podcast from tablet magazine.

0:54.0

I'm Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by deputy editor Stephanie Butnick.

0:58.0

Hi. Hi.

0:59.0

And senior writer Leel Leibowitz.

1:00.0

Hug someer.

1:01.0

Haag someer to you.

1:02.0

Coming up, competitive eating champion Don Lerman will tackle 20 latches

1:06.2

here in our oh so fragrant studios Marjorie Engel will talk about Hanukkah gift giving and we will ask a few people what's Hanukah like in Australia when it's summer in December.

1:16.0

But first, Jews, how was Thanksgiving?

1:19.0

It was really fun. I had that song from our last episode in my head the entire time.

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