Violence, Recovery and Modern Jewish Life with Mark Oppenheimer
Deep Background with Noah Feldman
Pushkin Industries
4.4 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Writer Mark Oppenheimer spent the last few years documenting the recovery of Pittsburg's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a historic Jewish neighborhood and site of the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue mass shooting. Oppenheimer discusses the history of Squirrel Hill, the lasting impacts of the attack, and what it means for American Jewish life today.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:08.9 | Hey there, it's Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite, The Big Short, Moneyball, and Liars Poker. |
| 0:14.2 | On the latest season of my podcast, Against the Rules, I'm exploring what it means to be a sports fan in America, and what the rise of sports betting is doing to our teams, our states, and ourselves. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm heading to Las Vegas and New Jersey and beyond |
| 0:27.7 | to understand America's newest form of legalized gambling. |
| 0:31.3 | Listen to Against the Rules on America's number one podcast network, iHeart. |
| 0:35.2 | Open your free IHart app, search against the rules, and start listening. |
| 0:42.0 | Hi, I'm Mo, the producer of Deep Background. You're probably wondering why you're hearing from me. |
| 0:47.4 | Well, Noah woke up this morning with laryngitis. Don't worry, he's fine. He just lost his voice. |
| 0:52.7 | Today's episode of Deep Background is with Mark Oppenheimer. |
| 0:56.5 | Mark is a fantastic writer and journalist who spent the last few years documenting the recovery |
| 1:01.0 | of Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Squirrel Hill is a historic Jewish neighborhood |
| 1:06.5 | and was the site of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in 2018. |
| 1:11.4 | Oppenheimer's upcoming book is called Squirrel Hill, |
| 1:13.6 | The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting, |
| 1:15.3 | and the soul of a neighborhood. |
| 1:17.1 | And it comes out next Tuesday, October 5th. |
| 1:19.8 | This episode is a really great one, |
| 1:21.6 | and I know it's close to Noah's heart. |
| 1:23.6 | The interview was taped a while back, |
| 1:25.1 | so I'll let Noah take it from here. |
| 1:34.9 | Mark, thank you so much for being here. |
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