Identity/Crisis (OLD FEED)

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 ...more

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April 15, 2021 01:05:14
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#52: The Israeli Jewish Music Episode

Shayna Weiss (Brandeis University) and Joe Schwartz (Asif) join Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss Israeli music for this special Yom Ha'atzmaut episode, charting the 20th...

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April 08, 2021 00:44:06
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#51: Genocide, Antisemitism, and the Nomenclature of Hatred

James Loeffler joins host Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the development of the term "genocide," and the nuances of three newly-articulated, potentially competing, definitions of...

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March 22, 2021 00:55:06
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#50: The American Jewish Music Episode

Host Yehuda Kurtzer convenes a panel of guests to discuss the past and present of American Jewish religious music, from Mordechai Ben David to...

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March 15, 2021 00:35:01
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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...

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March 08, 2021 00:41:06
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#48: Why Wasn't There a Jewish Institutional Apocalypse?

Felicia Herman (Natan Fund, Jewish Commmunity Response and Impact Fund), Hindy Poupko (UJA Federation of New York), and Andres Spokoiny (Jewish Funders Network) join...

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March 01, 2021 00:46:53
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#47: Our Pandemic Year: The Inner Life of Jewish Spaces

Yehuda Kurtzer gathers Rabbi Barry Dov Katz (Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale), Tilly Shemer (Hillel at University of Michigan), and Stephanie Ives (Beit...

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