<b>This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar, and this episode is sponsored by <a href="https://dailygiving.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dailygiving.org</a>.</b><br /><b><br /></b>In this episode of the <i>18Forty Podcas</i>t, we talk to Tuvia Tenenbom, a formerly Haredi and now secular Jew and the author of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Careful-Beauties-Ahead-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9657801559/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=LTAj5&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_r=136-6473302-5522723&amp;pd_rd_wg=kcUhi&amp;pd_rd_r=20e0a85d-f786-42bc-961d-c64c074afb3a&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Careful, Beauties Ahead!</a></i>, about how he developed a new love for Haredi religious life.<br /><b><br /></b>When Tuvia Tenenbom wrote a book about Haredim in Mea Shearim, he found that all Jews—no matter how different their communities—are interconnected in more ways than we might think. In this episode we discuss:<b><br /></b><br /><ul><li>How did the Haredi community respond to October 7?</li><li>What do outsiders misunderstand about Haredi Jews?</li><li>Is humor the universal Jewish language? </li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about what it means to truly love the entirety of the Jewish family. <br /><br />Interview begins at 28:37.<br /><b><br /></b>Tuvia Tenenbom is an Israeli-American theater director, playwright, and author who is the founding artistic director of the Jewish Theater of New York. He authored several books that deal with themes of Jewish life, Jewish culture, antisemitism, and the Holocaust, including his well-known <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Jew-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9652297984" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Catch The Jew!</a></i>. He joins us to discuss the year he, a secular Jew, spent with the Haredi Jews of Mea Shearim. <br /><b><br />References:</b><br /><b><br /></b><i>18Forty Podcast</i>: “<a href="https://18forty.org/podcast/joshua-leifer-and-shaindy-ort-how-progressive-activists-rediscovered-traditional-jewish-life/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joshua Leifer and Shaindy Ort: How Progressive Activists Rediscovered</a><a href="https://18forty.org/podcast/joshua-leifer-and-shaindy-ort-how-progressive-activists-rediscovered-traditional-jewish-life/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Traditional Jewish Life</a>”<br /><br /><a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Tosafot_on_Pesachim?tab=contents" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tosafot on Pesachim</a><br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Careful-Beauties-Ahead-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9657801559/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=LTAj5&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_r=136-6473302-5522723&amp;pd_rd_wg=kcUhi&amp;pd_rd_r=20e0a85d-f786-42bc-961d-c64c074afb3a&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Careful, Beauties Ahead!</a></i> by Tuvia Tenenbo<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Jew-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9652297984" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Catch The Jew!</a></i> by Tuvia Tenenbom<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mr-Tuvia-Tenenbom/author/B006R1DTTK?ref=ap_rdr&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Works of Tuvia Tenenbom</a><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support</a>.

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Tuvia Tenenbom: How a Secular Jew Came To Love the Haredi World [Teshuva IV 3/5]

SEP 24, 202493 MIN
18Forty Podcast

Tuvia Tenenbom: How a Secular Jew Came To Love the Haredi World [Teshuva IV 3/5]

SEP 24, 202493 MIN

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<b>This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar, and this episode is sponsored by <a href="https://dailygiving.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dailygiving.org</a>.</b><br /><b><br /></b>In this episode of the <i>18Forty Podcas</i>t, we talk to Tuvia Tenenbom, a formerly Haredi and now secular Jew and the author of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Careful-Beauties-Ahead-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9657801559/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=LTAj5&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_r=136-6473302-5522723&amp;pd_rd_wg=kcUhi&amp;pd_rd_r=20e0a85d-f786-42bc-961d-c64c074afb3a&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Careful, Beauties Ahead!</a></i>, about how he developed a new love for Haredi religious life.<br /><b><br /></b>When Tuvia Tenenbom wrote a book about Haredim in Mea Shearim, he found that all Jews—no matter how different their communities—are interconnected in more ways than we might think. In this episode we discuss:<b><br /></b><br /><ul><li>How did the Haredi community respond to October 7?</li><li>What do outsiders misunderstand about Haredi Jews?</li><li>Is humor the universal Jewish language? </li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about what it means to truly love the entirety of the Jewish family. <br /><br />Interview begins at 28:37.<br /><b><br /></b>Tuvia Tenenbom is an Israeli-American theater director, playwright, and author who is the founding artistic director of the Jewish Theater of New York. He authored several books that deal with themes of Jewish life, Jewish culture, antisemitism, and the Holocaust, including his well-known <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Jew-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9652297984" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Catch The Jew!</a></i>. He joins us to discuss the year he, a secular Jew, spent with the Haredi Jews of Mea Shearim. <br /><b><br />References:</b><br /><b><br /></b><i>18Forty Podcast</i>: “<a href="https://18forty.org/podcast/joshua-leifer-and-shaindy-ort-how-progressive-activists-rediscovered-traditional-jewish-life/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joshua Leifer and Shaindy Ort: How Progressive Activists Rediscovered</a><a href="https://18forty.org/podcast/joshua-leifer-and-shaindy-ort-how-progressive-activists-rediscovered-traditional-jewish-life/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Traditional Jewish Life</a>”<br /><br /><a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Tosafot_on_Pesachim?tab=contents" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tosafot on Pesachim</a><br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Careful-Beauties-Ahead-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9657801559/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=LTAj5&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&amp;pf_rd_r=136-6473302-5522723&amp;pd_rd_wg=kcUhi&amp;pd_rd_r=20e0a85d-f786-42bc-961d-c64c074afb3a&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Careful, Beauties Ahead!</a></i> by Tuvia Tenenbo<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Jew-Tuvia-Tenenbom/dp/9652297984" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Catch The Jew!</a></i> by Tuvia Tenenbom<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mr-Tuvia-Tenenbom/author/B006R1DTTK?ref=ap_rdr&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Works of Tuvia Tenenbom</a><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support</a>.