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From weekly series examining unique angles on Jews’ place in the world, to inquiries into the details of Jewish text and tradition, Tablet Studios podcasts bring you insight and inspiration for the modern-day Jew. Our shows include How to Be a Jew, Unorthodox, Rootless, Re-Form, and more to come.

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573 episodes
Updated July 17

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Mar 20, 2025 · 38 min
How Universities Lost Their Way, With Cary Nelson
The academic and writer joins Liel to discuss how universities abandoned free inquiry, how antisemitism took root on campus, and what can be done to restore intellectual integrity.
Mar 19, 2025 · 10 min
How to Be a Jew ... At the World Championships
AJ Edelman is back with a short update from the World Bobsled Championships
Mar 13, 2025 · 45 min
Why Dual Loyalty is Good for the Jews, with Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
The rabbi and author joins Liel to argue that American Jews ought to be loyal both to the United States and to Israel, and that each loyalty only strengthens the other
Mar 12, 2025 · 32 min
How to Be a Jew ... And an Accidental Gunslinger
Filmmaker, author, and Accidental Talmudist Salvador Litvak on his new movie, Guns and Moses, and the state of Jewish film.
Mar 12, 2025 · 16 min
Why Trump’s Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil is Perfectly Legal, with Ilya Shapiro
The Manhattan Institute Scholar helps Liel make sense of immigration law and the justification for booting out Hamas-supporting foreign nationals
Mar 6, 2025 · 52 min
What to Do in Ukraine, and in Gaza? With Eli Lake
The journalist and podcaster talks to Liel about the Oscars, about that disastrous meeting between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky, and about Israel’s options moving forward
Mar 5, 2025 · 31 min
How to Be a Jew … like a Shtisel
After three seasons of worldwide streaming hit Shtisel, the Shtisel family is back … in Antwerp. Hadas Yaron— Libbi in the original series—and now in the prequel, joins us to talk growing up Shtisel
Feb 26, 2025 · 47 min
How to be a Jew … Like Dara Horn
Author and fan of all Jews Dara Horn joins us to talk about Jewish narratives in a post-October 7th world and her new graphic novel about a lost afikomen and a time traveling goat.
Feb 20, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
Can Orthodox Judaism Be Reformed? with Rabbi Irving Greenberg
The iconoclastic rabbi talks to Liel about God and the Holocaust, women and the rabbinate, and whether it’s time to rethink some of Orthodoxy’s most vaunted traditions
Feb 19, 2025 · 50 min
How to Be a Jew ... Like Olympian AJ Edelman
Israeli-American Olympic Bobsledder AJ Edelman on the importance of Jews in sports, his unorthodox journey to the Olympics, and representing his country
Feb 13, 2025 · 49 min
Is This the End of Woke Capitalism?, With Jennifer Sey
The maverick CEO talks to Liel about building truly great American brands, being called transphobic, and the effort to protect women athletes
Feb 12, 2025 · 42 min
How to Be a Jew … Among Friends
Journalist, author, and unofficial friendship correspondent Anna Goldfarb talks about her book, Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections
Feb 5, 2025 · 27 min
Are We Really About to Empty Gaza of Palestinians?, with Tony Badran
Tablet’s news editor talks to Liel about President Trump’s latest proposal and its meaning
Feb 5, 2025 · 39 min
How to be a Jew ... who claims Israel
Author and proud Scottish Jew Ben M. Freeman joins us to talk about his latest book, which explores the millennia-long history of Jews’ ties to Israel
Jan 30, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min
Are Science and Religion Mutually Exclusive? With Spencer Klavan
The writer and classicist talks to Liel about artificial intelligence, about the perils of the new dogma of scientism, and about why new developments like quantum physics promise to make the universe more human-friendly again.
Jan 29, 2025 · 23 min
How to be a Jew … Like Lisa Edelstein
Actor and Artist Lisa Edelstein joins us to talk about her latest, very Jewy exhibition of paintings inspired by family photos.
Jan 23, 2025 · 49 min
Saving Western Values: Rotherham and the Perils of Multiculturalism with Melanie Phillips
The journalist and commentator discusses the dangers of indiscriminate multiculturalism in light of the resurfacing of a decade-old scandal.
Jan 22, 2025 · 36 min
How to be a Jew … and a pragmatist
Rabbi Marc Katz joins us to discuss his new book Yochanan's Gamble: Judaism's Pragmatic Approach to Life.
Jan 16, 2025 · 33 min
Is the Hostage Deal a Disaster? with Gadi Taub
The Israeli journalist and podcaster talks to Liel about the possible consequences of Israel’s emerging deal with Hamas, about what might’ve driven Bibi Netanyahu to sign it, and about whether or not this means Trump moving away from supporting Israel
Jan 15, 2025 · 37 min
UPDATE: How to Be a Jew … in Los Angeles right now
An updated version of our dispatch from Los Angeles. AAs wildfires sweep America’s second largest city, Los Angeles-based Rabbi Beau Shapiro joins us to discuss how to deal with such tremendous loss and support those in need.