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Genesis Covenant
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Shalom Hartman Institute
October 7 Attacks
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Columbia University
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In a frenzied media cycle, Identity/Crisis creates better conversations about the issues facing contemporary Jewish life. Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events affecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world, revealing the core Jewish values underlying the issues that matter most to you. JOIN... more

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Who pays the price for identifying antisemitism?

In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with journalist and Canadaland host Jesse Brown about his recent series What Is Happening Here and his decision to investigate the rise of ant... more

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Why have universities become flashpoints for broader cultural and political battles and what can higher education do to repair a fractured public sphere?

In a conversation recorded live at the Vilna Shul in Boston, Yehuda Kurtzer and Harvard preside... more

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How do ideas travel—and what happens when they cross borders? In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with author and historian Adam Ferziger to explore how liberal and moderate forms of Judaism, forged in North America, took roo... more

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This episode was originally released on December 24, 2024

The relegation of Hanukkah merchandise to a tiny corner of the grocery aisle can cause Jews to feel excluded or marginalized by the Christmas holiday season. But the impact of Jews on the his... more

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Recent Guests

Adam Ferziger
An intellectual and social historian focusing on Jewish religious movements and their responses to secularization and assimilation.
Bar-Elan University
Episode: How Americans Reshaped Israeli Judaism — with Adam Ferziger
Yehuda Kurtzer
Co-president of the Shalom Hartman Institute
Shalom Hartman Institute
Episode: Can the Jewish Big Tent Hold After October 7? with Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin
Terrence Johnson
Professor of African American Religious Studies and Director of Religion and Public Life
Harvard Divinity School
Episode: What Broke the Black–Jewish Alliance? with Terrence Johnson
Yair Rosenberg
Staff writer at The Atlantic, focusing on religion and politics
The Atlantic
Episode: Carlson, Fuentes, and the New/Old Antisemitism – with Yair Rosenberg
Tani Frank
Director of the Center for Judaism and State Policy at the Shalom Hartman Institute
Shalom Hartman Institute
Episode: Israel 2026: The Next Elections and What’s at Stake – with Tani Frank
Yossi Beilin
Former Israeli Minister and key figure in the Oslo Accords negotiations
Episode: Rabin, Oslo, and the Road Not Taken — with Yossi Beilin
Howard Wolfson
Former Deputy Mayor under Mike Bloomberg for Government Affairs, now directs the education program at Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Episode: The Jewish Paradoxes of Zohran Mamdani — with Howard Wolfson
David Zvi Kalman
Scholar, thinker, writer, and technology guru
Shalom Hartman Institute
Episode: Staying Human in the Age of AI — with David Zvi Kalman
Dr. Anita Friedman
The daughter of Holocaust survivors, a renowned leader in philanthropy, Holocaust education, and non-profit leadership, and the executive director of Jewish Family and Children's Services, San Francisco.
Jewish Family and Children's Services
Episode: Fighting Holocaust Fatigue — with Anita Friedman

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Yehuda Kurtzer
Host and president at the Shalom Hartman Institute, he explores contemporary Jewish life and identity through conversations with leading thinkers.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 294 ratings
  • Black-Jewish relations with Terrance Johnson

    I can’t thank you enough for taking on this topic—two communities that have had so much in common and yet have had different trajectories. The moral understandings of my early life in Detroit were in the shadow of the Holocaust (and earlier pogroms) and Jim Crow, and then the rising of both communities in the Civil Rights movement and the birth of the state of Israel. The break in our communities has been heartbreaking, I think, for ourselves and the American narrative. The moral understanding ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    womanbyherradio
    United Statesa month ago
  • Holding hope during a fragile peace

    Great discussion re the present ceasefire. Where there is no vision the people perish. Proverbs

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Faith, love and hope.
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Always enlightening

    Thank you Yehuda for your thoughtful, analytical and yet heartfelt observations. Much appreciated!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Suelass25
    Canada5 months ago
  • No evidence?!!!

    Can you have really just said, “no evidence“?!!

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    34@88//!
    Canada5 months ago
  • Spitalnick

    Disappointed on her take. Spin was predictable.

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    Hope 4 Future
    United States7 months ago

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Live at Vilna Shul: Harvard, Leadership, and Free Speech – with Alan Garber
Q: How can universities address rising anti-Semitism and foster a more inclusive environment?
Universities need to build empathy among students and teach them to communicate effectively, not merely regulate speech.
Live at Vilna Shul: Harvard, Leadership, and Free Speech – with Alan Garber
Q: How do you cultivate the good version of a free exchange of ideas and the space for student protest to take place in a way that won't pull the university apart?
It's important to balance the right to protest while preserving the rights of students to attend classes and for faculty to teach without disruption.
How Americans Reshaped Israeli Judaism — with Adam Ferziger
Q: Can you summarize the key ideas these American Jewish leaders brought into Israeli society?
Ferziger discusses how these leaders started educational institutions that attracted Israelis, creating a new moderate voice in Israeli Judaism.
How Americans Reshaped Israeli Judaism — with Adam Ferziger
Q: What motivates the arrival of this particular generation of immigrants to Israel?
Adam Ferziger explains that many were religious Zionists who wanted to be part of the great experiment of Israel, particularly during the times of social change in America.
Can the Jewish Big Tent Hold After October 7? with Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin
Q: Why should someone stay in a community they feel alienated from?
They should consider if their needs, like warmth and support, are being met even if they disagree with the community's political positions.

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2. Yehuda Kurtzer
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