#31: What the Future Holds

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#31: What the Future Holds

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Nov 2, 2020

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On the eve of the 2020 US election, Yehuda Kurtzer talks about the future of America, Judaism, and American Judaism with Dahlia, Leah, and Tyler - three teenage alumni of Hartman's Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Thought Leaders from around the country.

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Nov 2, 2020

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In a frenzied media cycle, Identity/Crisis delves into the big ideas behind the news from a uniquely Jewish perspective. From the Shalom Hartman Institute, host Yehuda Kurtzer invites leading thinkers to unpack current events effecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world, revealing the core Jewish values underlying the issues that matter to you.

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#7: No mosque for Ramadan, no church for Easter, no shul for Passover. Now what?: Featuring Rev. Laura Everett (Massachusetts Council of Churches), Maggie Siddiqi (Center for American Progress), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Shalom Hartman Institute). Mentioned in this episode: https://religionnews.com/2020/04/09/a-holy-week-disrupted-by-death-answered-by-an-honest-easter/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/opinions/coronavirus-faith-leaders-showing-the-way/index.html by Identity/Crisis
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#10: The Hasidim of Netflix and the Israelis of HBO: Featuring Joseph Cedar (HBO's Our Boys, Footnote), Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto), and Shayna Weiss (Brandeis). Mentioned in this episode: Naomi's review of Netflix's Unorthodox: https://bit.ly/2YIryQv Shayna's review of One of Us: https://bit.ly/3ba9Vf7 Article on the growth of Israeli TV in America: https://bit.ly/2zhsuRa by Identity/Crisis
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#3: How to be a good leader in the middle of a pandemic: Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. The story about Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai mentioned in the first segment can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.33b.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en The sermon of Rabbi Nissim of Gerona can be found here: http://static.hartman.org.il/dev/uploads/2020/03/Derashot-HaRan-11.pdf by Identity/Crisis
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#13: Joshua Foer on the Future of Digital Judaism: Mentioned in today's episode: https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do?language=en Sukkah City https://forward.com/articles/132454/forward-50-2010/ Moonwalking https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301277/moonwalking-with-einstein-by-joshua-foer/ For more information on all of Hartman's digital summer programming, go to bit.ly/HartmanSummer by Identity/Crisis
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#1: Jews and the Presidency: Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. Links from this episode: Michael Walzer: https://www.resetdoc.org/story/citizenship-pluralism-and-political-action/ Mishnah Bava Batra 1:5: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Bava_Batra.1.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en by Identity/Crisis
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#17: Mikvah, Fertility, and the Pandemic: Featuring Ruth Balinsky Friedman (Ohev Sholom), Carrie Bornstein (Mayyim Hayyim), Rachel Rosenthal (JTS), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Shalom Hartman Institute) To register for Hartman's summer programming, go to https://www.hartman.org.il/ by Identity/Crisis
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#9: Homeland at Home: Featuring Tomer Persico, Sigalit Ur, and Yehuda Kurtzer. by Identity/Crisis
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#24: Gender, Power, and Covid-19: This week's guests are Sheila Katz (National Council of Jewish Women) and Shira Berkovits (Sacred Spaces). The episode was guest-hosted by Sarah Mulhern (Shalom Hartman Institute). by Identity/Crisis
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#21: One Month, 20,000 Hours of Jewish Education: Featuring Yehuda Kurtzer, Rachel Jacoby-Rosenfield, Lauren Berkun, Justus Baird, and Justin Pines. To watch classes from All Together Now, go to summer.hartman.org.il by Identity/Crisis
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#6: Cooking for a different kind of seder: Mentioned in this episode: Joan Nathan cookbooks: https://amzn.to/39JoGon Adeena Sussman's braised cabbage: https://bit.ly/2V7RDF4 Huevos haminados: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haminados Story about Todos the Roman: https://bit.ly/2yBfAND by Identity/Crisis
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#11: Being home: Featuring write and journalist Elissa Strauss and Aliza Kline of OneTable. Mentioned in this episode: https://onetable.org/soloshabbat by Identity/Crisis
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#5: Can the Jewish social safety net adapt?: This episode features Yehuda Kurtzer of Shalom Hartman, David Rosenn of the Hebrew Free Loan Society, and Joanna Samuels of the Manny Cantor Center. Texts and articles discussed in this episode: Dahlia Lithwick in Slate: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-will-supercharge-american-inequality/608419/ Derek Thompson in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-will-supercharge-american-inequality/608419/ Talmud Ketubot 67b: https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.67b.2?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en by Identity/Crisis
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#46: What is at the Center of American Religion?: During the Truth, Difference, and Loyalty interfaith symposium, Ross Douthat (The New York Times) joined Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the role of faith in presidential politics, the possibility of political but not partisan religion, and what if anything remains at the religious center of America. by Identity/Crisis
49 min listen
#29: Praying for the Welfare of This Government: In episode #29 of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous (IKAR) and Rabbi Elie Kaunfer (Hadar) about whether and how one should pray for the welfare of a government and president to which one is opposed. Mentioned in the episode: - Jewish Prayers for the United States Government: A Study in the Liturgy of Politics and the Politics of Liturgy by Jonathan Sarna (https://bit.ly/2Idue2f) - Identity/Crisis #7: https://www.hartman.org.il/identity-crisis-7-no-mosque-no-church-no-shul-now-what/ by Identity/Crisis
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#8: Teaching Judaism at home is hard. Here's what you can do.: Featuring Rabbi Ethan Tucker (Hadar), Stephanie Ives (Beit Rabban Day School), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Hartman). Mentioned in this episode: Shalom Hartman Institute's online iEngage class: http://static.hartman.org.il/dev/uploads/2020/03/iEngage5-_Online-learning-flyer-0320_final.pdf?mc_cid=a64a52da4b&mc_eid=18e469e147&mc_cid=a090cea215&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d by Identity/Crisis
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#4: The Jewish funding crisis is here: Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. For the first segment, we discussed these articles in eJewishPhilanthropy: https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/courageous-leadership-now-an-urgent-agenda-for-the-jewish-community-and-its-institutions/ https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/major-jewish-organizations-form-emergency-pandemic-coalition/ The pieces discussed in the second segment were: Brief Filed by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-1717/82310/20190130151739894_17-1717%2018-18%20bsac%20Jewish%20War%20Veterans.pdf Brief of the National Commission on Law and Public Affairs and Other Orthodox Organizations by Identity/Crisis
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#2: Coronavirus and Community: Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. The responsum referred to in this episode is Tzitz Eliezer, Vol. 20, §19. An audio recording of the translation can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u16hsy6uk0r92oh/AAApC39Pi0IuA-XC2fCji-gTa/Recording%202020.03.12/Tzitz%20Eliezer/ZOOM0009?dl=0&preview=ZOOM0009_Tr2.WAV&subfolder_nav_tracking=1 by Identity/Crisis
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#19: The Rise of Alternative Jewish Learning Spaces: Featuring Benay Lappe (Svara), Arielle Korman (Ammud), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Hartman) by Identity/Crisis
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#18: The New Jewish Political Canon: Featuring Julie Cooper (Tel Aviv University) Shaul Magid (Shalom Hartman Institute / Dartmouth University), Daniel Kurtzer (School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University), Sara Hirschhorn (Northwestern University), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Shalom Hartman Institute). To purchase The New Jewish Canon: https://www.amazon.com/New-Jewish-Canon-Emunot-Philosophy/dp/1644693607 by Identity/Crisis
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#15: Facing Annexation: This episode features Tamara Cofman Wittes (Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution), Michael Koplow (Israel Policy Forum), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Shalom Hartman Institute). by Identity/Crisis
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#49: PJ Library: Children's Books, Grown-up Opinions: Guest host David Zvi Kalman asks Meredith Lewis (PJ Library) about how PJ Library works, how the organization is responding to criticism, and what the future of Jewish children's literature might look like. by Identity/Crisis
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#23: Free Speech and Authoritarianism with Jeffrey Goldberg: Featuring Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic) and Yehuda Kurtzer (Hartman) Mentioned in this episode: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ by Identity/Crisis
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#28: Jews, Catholics, and American Life: Malka Simkovitch (Catholic Theological Union) and Zev Eleff (Hebrew Theological College) join host Yehuda Kurtzer to explore the history and present of the relationship between Jews and Catholics through the lens of the Supreme Court and their respective communal roles in American politics. by Identity/Crisis
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#31: What the Future Holds

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