Rocking and Rolling

123 This week on Unorthodox, we’re getting jiggy with it.

Our Jewish guest is shlock star Lenny Solomon, frontman of the Jewish rock band Shlock Rock. He talks with us about what it takes to create a great parody song, the role of humor in music, and accounting. You can donate to his fundraiser for his musical Daniel in Babylon, here.

Our gentile of the week is professor and writer Devoney Looser, who teaches us about Jane Austen and roller derby, and the surprising ways in which these two subjects intersect.

Check out Tablet’s month-long interfaith project, The Tent, at welcometothetent.com.

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We’ve got events coming up!

April 7 — We’ll be doing a live show at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, hosted by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, with schmoozing and book-signing afterward. 7:30 p.m. EST; get your tickets here.

April 11 (virtual) — Stephanie Butnick will be in conversation with authors Lisa Bar­r (Woman on Fire) and James McAuley (The House of Frag­ile Things: Jewish Art Col­lec­tors and the Fall of France). 7 p.m. Eastern; register here.

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