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Relatively Speaking

Episode 109: Live from the JCC Manhattan, A.J. Jacobs on his new book about genealogy, and actor Kobi Libii on playing Cantor Duvid on Amazon’s ‘Transparent’

By Unorthodox · October 30, 2017
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Master and Commander

Episode 93: Actor Jonathan Frakes, better known as Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Toronto talk show host Fred Kuhr

By Unorthodox · June 8, 2017
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Book Reviews

Wall This Way

Episode 91: Novelist Ruth Gilligan on writing the Jews of Ireland, and Yascha Mounk on rising populism in Europe and the U.S.

By Unorthodox · May 25, 2017
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What’ll Drake’s 26th Tattoo Be? Celine Dion’s Face, Apparently.

At the Billboard Music Awards, Drizzy bowed to Queen Celine, cementing the Canadian royal ranks once and for all

By Jonathan Zalman · May 23, 2017
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The Juice on Jewcy: Punk Pesach With Ice Cream

Applying that 10 plagues-themed makeup? Our sister site has just the playlist for you.

By Gabriela Geselowitz · April 13, 2017
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Mash-up of Alex Trebek Rapping Drake (and Desiigner and Weezy and Kayne) Lyrics Will Make You Smile

Trebek spits hot fiya—about starting from the bottom, buying choppers, and pandas

By Jonathan Zalman · February 21, 2017
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Nice Jewish Boy? Please. Drake’s a Tycoon.

Champange Papi and Jenny from the Block are apparently an item

By Rachel Shukert · December 29, 2016
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It’s Drake’s World and We Just Listen to It

America’s favorite Canadian Jewish rapper is once again the year’s most streamed artist on Spotify (and probably at bat mitzvahs too)

By Daniela Tijerina · December 5, 2016
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Music

Views From the 6

Live from Toronto’s Beth Tzedec Congregation, Unorthodox talks to novelist David Bezmozgis and opera singer Julie Nesrallah

By Unorthodox · November 23, 2016
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‘Jeopardy!’ Host Alex Trebek Spits Drake Lyrics On-air, Makes the World a Better Place

What is, ‘How can I book Trebek as a bar mitzvah singer?’

By Jonathan Zalman · October 27, 2016
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Jewish Rap Kingpins and the Politics of Musical Identity

Campus Week: Your guide to today’s leading Jewish rappers, and where they started from, and now they’re here

By Jesse Bernstein · September 22, 2016
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Drake Is Playing Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Kol Nidre

What would Sandy Koufax do?

By Stephanie Butnick · September 8, 2016
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Is Drake Opening a Strip Club in Houston?

And other things the world’s greatest Jewish rapper posts on Instagram

By Jonathan Zalman · September 6, 2016
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Cry No More, Drake

In Rihanna, Drake has finally found the counterpart to quell his years and years of loneliness

By Daniela Tijerina · August 30, 2016
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Give Eminem’s ‘My Name Is’ a Jewish Neuroses Grammy

Sorry, Drake, Eminem isn’t the greatest rapper of all time. But he did write one of the most neurotic hip-hop songs in history.

By Armin Rosen · August 22, 2016
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I Got Ripped Off By Drake’s Pop-Up Shop, and I Liked It

What it’s like to overpay for the rapper’s tour merchandise, now available in New York City

By Daniela Tijerina · August 8, 2016
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Drake Pens Open Letter About Alton Sterling Shooting

In what appears to be a first, Drake posted a heartfelt note on Instagram voicing his concern for police brutality against ‘black and brown communities’ in America

By Daniela Tijerina · July 7, 2016
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A Tablet Reader To Celebrate Canada Day

Selections from our coverage of the Great White North

By Jesse Bernstein · June 30, 2016
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Sports

Cult Following

This week on Unorthodox: Drake plays house, plus Jewish Baseball Museum founder Jeff Aeder and writer and performer Carrie Poppy

By Unorthodox · June 2, 2016
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Sarah Silverman and the Jewish Mother Fantasy

Drake Instagrammed a photo of Silverman, a comedy ‘Mom’ who knows she’s ‘appealing.’ What does this say about the maturation of Jewish men?

By Rachel Shukert · June 1, 2016
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It’s Good To Be Drake 

He keeps runnin’ through the 6 with no woes

By Jonathan Zalman · May 2, 2016
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United States

Free Agents

This week on Unorthodox, ‘The Bridge Ladies’ Author Betsy Lerner and CNN political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson

By Unorthodox · April 28, 2016
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Sporting Goods

This week on Unorthodox: ‘Sports Illustrated’ Editor L. Jon Wertheim and Princeton professor Imani Perry, plus our very own Jewish name generator

By Unorthodox · March 31, 2016
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Brand Awareness

This week on Unorthodox: Drake does bat mitzvahs, plus the designer behind Bernie Sanders’ campaign logo and Whit Stillman’s most memorable on-screen WASP

By Unorthodox · February 25, 2016
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With a Bat Mitzvah Performance, Drake Makes a Young Girl’s Dreams Come True

Drizzy continues to melt hearts

By Jordana Narin · February 22, 2016
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Hanukkah: The Festival of Pop Parodies

Watch me spin my drey-drey

By Hannah Vaitsblit · December 3, 2015
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Drake Enjoys Drake at Drake Night at Toronto Raptors Tilt

Drake sits next to his mom, treats fans to some pre-Thanksgiving ‘Hotline Bling’

By Jonathan Zalman · November 30, 2015
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Drizzled in Dough: Drake’s Latest Album Goes Platinum

Sales of If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late arch over one million copies in the U.S., a first for a record in 2015

By Jonathan Zalman · August 12, 2015
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Drake Dedicates New Toronto Club to Bubbe and Zayde

And Drizzy got the money, so Drizzy gonna pay it

By Stephanie Butnick · May 11, 2015
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Jewish Megafights We Want To See

Fantastical title fights inspired by boxing’s ‘Fight of the Century’

By Jonathan Zalman · May 1, 2015
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