[7] On October 2, 2024, Leibovitz announced that Unorthodox was ending, and would be replaced as Tablet's main podcast by Rootless.

[14] He has been a news reporter, magazine writer, and essayist and has written six books, including Wisenheimer (about his years as a high school debater) and Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood.

The show is generally light hearted, but does cover difficult topics like the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

After sharing the episode on Facebook his ex-wife, Irene Sibaja, reconnected with him and they were remarried on December 6, 2018, at the Emanu-El Temple in Dallas Texas.

[27] The podcast did a live show at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on September 23, 2019.

[32] The show was included on Moment Magazine's list of the "Top Ten Jewish Podcasts".

[35] It is listened to in 11 countries with more than six million downloads; a fan Facebook page includes more than 6,000 members.