#36: Politics, Pandemic, and Podcasting

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#36: Politics, Pandemic, and Podcasting

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38 minutes

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Dec 7, 2020

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Guest host David Zvi Kalman (Shalom Hartman Institute) and Dovid Lichtenstein (The Lightstone Group, Headlines) discuss podcasting, politics, the pandemic, and halacha in the modern world.

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Dec 7, 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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#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
37 min listen
#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
36 min listen
#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
41 min listen
#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
48 min listen
#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
49 min listen
#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
38 min listen
#33: Remembering Erekat and Rabin: Host Yehuda Kurtzer is joined by Daniel Kurtzer (Princeton), a former US Ambassador to Egypt and Israel and longtime American negotiator in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. They remember Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, and reflect on the humanity and necessity of the peace process. Identity/Crisis is partnering with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. A full transcript of this episode can be found at: by Identity/Crisis
39 min listen
#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
31 min listen
#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
34 min listen
#9: Homeland at Home: Featuring Tomer Persico, Sigalit Ur, and Yehuda Kurtzer. by Identity/Crisis
43 min listen
#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
51 min listen
How Jews Talk About Abortion: As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the highest-profile legal challenge to Texas' new abortion law this week, Yehuda Kurtzer and Michal Raucher (Rutgers University) examine the Jewish communal conversation around abortion. Jews have historically been both pro-natalist and pro-choice. And that's not an obvious combination. How does this dichotomy manifest in attitudes, social policy, and legislation around issues of abortion in the U.S. and Israel? by Identity/Crisis
38 min listen
#23: Free Speech and Authoritarianism with Jeffrey Goldberg (Rerun): 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
42 min listen
#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
56 min listen
#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
47 min listen
#14: American Jewish Communities After George Floyd: Featuring Ginna Green, Isaiah Rothstein, and Yehuda Kurtzer. Mentioned in this episode: - Danielle S. Allen, "Our Declaration": https://www.amazon.com/Our-Declaration-Reading-Independence-Equality-ebook/dp/B00FPT5KYW - ‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests, in their own words: https://www.jta.org/2020/05/31/united-states/believe-us-black-jews-respond-to-the-george-floyd-protests-in-their-own-words by Identity/Crisis
49 min listen
#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
28 min listen
#30: The Future of Jewish Progressivism: In episode #30 of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Arielle Angel and Jacob Plitman of Jewish Currents about the history and future of Jewish progressive movements and the relationship between liberalism and Jewish tradition. Articles referenced in the episode: https://jewishcurrents.org/justice-you-shall-pursue/ https://jewishcurrents.org/a-pickle-shaped-void/ by Identity/Crisis
42 min listen
#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
50 min listen
#38: The Congressman from NY-16: Congressman-Elect Jamaal Bowman joins host and constituent Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss his campaign against 30-year incumbent Eliot Engel, the values he brings to the 117th Congress, and his message to the diverse communities he represents in the Bronx and Westchester County. by Identity/Crisis
36 min listen
#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
41 min listen
#20: Idealized American Pasts, Utopian Israeli Futures: Featuring Rivka Press Schwartz (SAR / Hartman), Anshel Pfeffer (Haaretz), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Hartman). Mentioned in this episode: Yehuda Kurtzer, "Memory Malpractice:" https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/memory-malpractice-beinart Anshel Pfeffer, "Peter Beinart's One State Solution Sounds So Perfect It's Practically Utopian:" https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-peter-beinart-s-one-state-solution-sounds-so-perfect-it-s-practically-utopian-1.8983601 by Identity/Crisis
48 min listen
#12: What Comes Next for Denominational Judaism?: A conversation between Rabbi Rick Jacobs (Union for Reform Judaism), Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal (Rabbinical Assembly / United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Shalom Hartman Institute). Register now for "The Revelation Will Be Digitized" on May 27, a virtual conversation about the future of online Jewish education. Joshua Ladon, Hartman’s Director of West Coast Education, will host Miriam Heller-Stern (HUC-JIR), Daniel Septimus (Sefaria), and Lisa Colton (Darim Online) to explore the questions that emerge for Jewish education in an era of COVID and Zoom. Register at https://updates.hartman.org.il/shavuot-2020.php by Identity/Crisis
52 min listen
#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
36 min listen
#19: The Rise of Alternative Jewish Learning Spaces: Featuring Benay Lappe (Svara), Arielle Korman (Ammud), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Hartman) by Identity/Crisis
49 min listen
#45: Does Antisemitism Need a Legal Definition?: Stacy Burdett joins host Yehuda Kurtzer to dig deep into the IHRA definition of antisemitism she helped craft, which is currently causing waves in the American Jewish community - what it is, what it isn't, and where it came from. by Identity/Crisis
50 min listen
#39: Mature Jewish Secularism: Shalom Hartman Institute Research Fellow Micah Goodman joins Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss Israeli secularism's renewed engagement with Jewish tradition, the different dynamics of change in Israel and the diaspora, and his new book, The Wondering Jew. by Identity/Crisis
43 min listen
#22: Israel After Annexation: A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi: To watch classes from All Together Now, go to summer.hartman.org.il by Identity/Crisis
78 min listen
#59: The Canadian Jewish Difference: Yehuda Kurtzer and David Koffman (York University) chart out the unique questions that face Canadian Jews as citizens of a binational, bilingual, self-described settler state, and the way those questions inform their communal Zionism, continuity, and scholarship. by Identity/Crisis
43 min listen
#35: Post-Election Politics and the Project of Diversity: Hartman Fellow in Residence Mijal Bitton speaks to Yehuda Kurtzer about diverse American Jews, politics, and the goals and problematics of the project of diversity. Mijal's article can be found here: https://www.jta.org/2020/11/19/opinion/many-jews-of-color-and-diverse-jews-are-politically-conservative-and-many-voted-for-trump by Identity/Crisis
39 min listen

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#36: Politics, Pandemic, and Podcasting

#36: Politics, Pandemic, and Podcasting

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