#42: The First 100 Days – and the Last 1,400

#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

#16: The State of Jewish Journalism: This episode features Jodi Rudoren (Forward), Philissa Cramer (JTA), and Yehuda Kurtzer. by Identity/Crisis

48 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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#9: Homeland at Home: Featuring Tomer Persico, Sigalit Ur, and Yehuda Kurtzer. by Identity/Crisis

43 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

#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

#32: Post-Election Torah: In the liminal space between the US election and the declaration of a result, Yehuda Kurtzer and Shalom Hartman Institute Director of Faculty Elana Stein Hain discuss the right relationship between religion and politics, the necessity and limits of political pluralism, and what Torah they're learning for this moment. by Identity/Crisis

50 min listen

#36: Politics, Pandemic, and Podcasting: 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. by Identity/Crisis

38 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

#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

45 min listen

#42: The First 100 Days – and the Last 1,400: ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt joins host Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss Jewish perspectives on the emerging Biden administration, what was “good for the Jews” and what was “bad for the Jews” about the Trump administration, and most importantly, how American Jews can strengthen the precious “software” of the American government. by Identity/Crisis

47 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

#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

#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

#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

#31: What the Future Holds: 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. by Identity/Crisis

41 min listen

#34: The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: Lila Corwin Berman (Temple University) joins host Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the ways in which America has shaped philanthropy, and the ways in which philanthropy has shaped the American Jewish community, over the last thirty years. This episode was recorded live as part of the Judaism, Citizenship, and Democracy symposium hosted by the Hartman Institute from October 19-30, 2020. by Identity/Crisis

44 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

#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

46 min listen

#53: The Archvillain of the American Jewish Experience: Bernie Madoff died in prison last week. In this week’s episode, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Felix Salmon (Axios, Slate Money) and Ben Sales (JTA) about his crimes and victims, and with Alicia Jo Rabins about her recent film, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff. by Identity/Crisis

51 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

#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

43 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

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