We Are Family: Ep. 105

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox: We recap the Butnick-Cohen nuptials (mazel tov!), Liel has a big reveal, and our guests wrestle with complicated legacies—both personal and political. Our first Jewish guest is Annabelle Gurwitch, the author of Wherever You Go, There They Are, a funny, wise memoir about the families we’re born into—and the families we choose. She talks about growing up with a fabulist father, becoming a drug mule for her elderly mother, her colorful Southern Jewish clan, and the various tribes she’s joined over the years in her quest for belonging. Our gentile of the week, director Dylan Kussman, comes with a bonus Jewish guest—actor/writer Aaron Davidman. They’re the creative duo behind Wrestling Jerusalem, a new film adaptation of Davidman’s one-man play that explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of 17 characters from a range of religious, political, and ethnic backgrounds. Kussman explains what attracted him to a story about one of the world’s most controversial conflicts, and Davidman tells us how he recovers from his marathon stage performances. Wrestling Jerusalem is showing at Symphony Space in New York City through September 17. We love hearing from you! Email us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we’ll share our favorite notes on-air. Follow us on Twitter: @tabletmag, @markopp1, @liel, and @stuffism. This episode is brought to you by Harry’s. Get a free trial shave set (including razor handle, blades, and gel) valued at $13 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 Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?
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0:23.3	and use the code unorthodox at check out. That's artisan books.com discount code
0:28.6	unorthodox all caps. Hey J crew this episode is being hosted by three Jews still a little bit hung over from the wedding of the century.
0:39.0	Our minds are a little bit foggy and we have no idea what we might say.
0:42.0	It might be a little bit inappropriate, and so this is your obscenity
0:46.2	warning.
0:47.2	Yeah, I mean, your grandmother might have had sex for the first time on her wedding night.
0:50.4	I mean, there's lots of things about your grandmother right you know I hope she did I mean I hope
0:55.2	she had you know now I don't want to think about that.
0:58.6	Hello Jake crew this is unorthodox the world's leading podcast. I am your host Mark Oppenheimer.
1:05.0	Just back from the Wedding of the Century, I am joined this week by tablet senior writer Leel Leibowitz.
1:11.0	Don't talk so loud, still hung over.
1:13.0	Sorry, I'll try to dial it back.
1:16.0	And substituting for the honeymooning Stephanie Butnick is our executive producer,
1:21.6	Alyssa Goldstein. Hello, Alyssa. Hello. Hello. Goldstein. Hello, I'm so happy to be here and to be promoted to executive
1:27.0	producer. It's very exciting. I promoted you a few weeks ago.
1:29.8	Yeah, yeah, I'm thrilled. My parents love it.
1:32.9	If you want another title, I mean, you know, these things are all, they're flexible.
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