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Identity/Crisis

Who's a Bad Jew?

Oct 25, 2022
44:52

Why do Jews call one another (and themselves) "bad Jews?" What does it mean to be "not Jewish enough?" Emily Tamkin, US Senior Editor at the New Statesman and author of Bad Jews joins Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the problematic idea of a "good Jew," what it means to be Jewish amidst the current political and existential turmoil, Bernie Madoff and tropes about Jews and money, and being on the outside.


Additional reading:

Is Jewish Continuity Sexist? On Jewish Values and Female Bodies by

Mijal Bitton

https://www.sourcesjournal.org/articles/is-jewish-continuity-sexist

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