Identity/Crisis
Shalom Hartman InstituteIn 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
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 301 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Religion & SpiritualityNewsNews CommentaryJudaism | |||
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Money shapes who can access Jewish life—and who gets left out. In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with sociologist Ilana Horwitz about the overlooked reality of a quarter of American Jews living in economic vulnerability, chall... more
This episode of Identity/Crisis was originally released on Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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In a polarized age, how do we raise young Jews who can think deeply—and listen across disagreement?
In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer talks with principal of SAR High School Jonathan Kroll about his recent commencement address to SA... more
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In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with journalist Abigail Pogrebin to explore how media, a... more
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- Please stop with the divisive domestic politics
Lowered my review based on the most recent episode about US domestic immigration policy. This topic is obsessively covered by the MSM and other liberal podcasts. I don’t need to hear more of the same but from a “Jewish” perspective. I subscribe to this podcast to hear subjects that I don’t hear anywhere else—this ain’t it. As a community we need to stop trying to universalize everything if we want to see the next generation of American Jews live proudly and freely as Jews. Also, framing the immi... more
Apple Podcasts2CuckerQatarlson
United States4 months ago - not good
Responding to a recent episode which I endured, called "America Betrays the Stranger"… while I happen to disagree with the esteemed podcasters on the central issue (I mean, why is every other country on the planet free to enforce their borders but not America?), that is not the real problem here… the real problem is telling people how they should be thinking on a given subject based on their ethnicity. If you are someone who thinks a Jew needs to hold this or that political opinion based on the ... more
Apple Podcasts1DareBoBearUnited States5 months ago - Interesting discussions.
Mostly an interesting podcast with well thought out debate. I do question a lot what you say about genocide. If decades of oppression and bias, and then such extreme cruelty and killing was done to Jewish people, you would speak so differently. it doesn't diminish the horror of the terrorism against the Jewish people, to say that what has been done to the Palestinians is categorically wrong. The extreme and inhuman violence done to them is on an incomparable scale. If the positions were reversed... more
Apple Podcasts33.Elena
United Kingdom5 months ago - The presenter
He is utterly predictable and boring, tikkum olam’ish wokish bore.
Apple Podcasts1Crataegus101United Kingdom5 months ago - 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 Podcasts5womanbyherradioUnited States7 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #18 | United States/Religion & Spirituality/Judaism |
Apple Podcasts | #50 |  Canada/Religion & Spirituality/Judaism |
Apple Podcasts | #75 | United Kingdom/Religion & Spirituality/Judaism |
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Apple Podcasts | #41 |  Italy/Religion & Spirituality/Judaism |
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What is Identity/Crisis about and what kind of topics does it cover?
This show centers on nuanced conversations about contemporary Jewish life, exploring how global events, policy decisions, and cultural shifts intersect with Jewish identity, values, and communal action. Across episodes, guests—from scholars and rabbis to journalists and activists—offer historical context, analytical frameworks, and personal narratives to illuminate complex topics such as religious pluralism, anti-Semitism, immigration, Zionism, and the evolving role of Jewish communities in North America and Israel. A notable strength is the willingness to engage challenging ideas with care and intellectual honesty, often foregrounding moral responsibility, pluralism, and democratic values in discussions that span academia, public life, and... more
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3. Nicholas Lemann
4. Robert George
5. Daniel Matt
6. Jeffrey Goldberg
7. Flora Cassen
8. Dr. Sarah Labaton
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