Much Ado About Diaspora While Stephanie is off hanging with baby Edith, Mark and Liel are taking a serious look at the relationship between Israeli Jews and the American diaspora. Massachusetts-born-and-raised Mark digs deep into Liel’s perspectives about the United...
Investigating Histories Because the destruction of the ancient Temples can seem a bit, well, distant, the Ninth of Av has become in recent years a kind of catchall day for Jewish mourning: a commemoration of all the historic suffering we’ve faced as a people.Today...
Headspace This week on Unorthodox, we explore the role Jews played in the American psychedelic movement of the 1950s and ’60s, and learn why some rabbis and spiritual leaders today are advocating for using psychedelics to unlock Jewish spiritual experiences.First, we...
The Big Pictures Our first guest is return Gentile of the Week John McWhorter, linguist and host of the Lexicon Valley podcast. John was a guest on the show back in 2016, and then we did an Unorthodox/Lexicon Valley crossover episode the following year. He returned to...
Tour Guides This week on Unorthodox, we puzzle over swastika jewelry and celebrities saying anti-Semitic things. We also hear from Zach Banner, the Pittsburgh Steelers player who spoke out against anti-Semitism. Read his full interview with Tablet’s Yair...
