Identity/Crisis
In a frenzied media cycle, Identity/Crisis creates better conversations about the issues facing contemporary Jewish life. Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events affecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world, revealing the core Jewish values underlying the issues that matter most to you.JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS
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May 15, 2020 • 31min
#11: Being home
Featuring write and journalist Elissa Strauss and Aliza Kline of OneTable.
Mentioned in this episode: https://onetable.org/soloshabbat
May 7, 2020 • 50min
#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
May 1, 2020 • 43min
#9: Homeland at Home
Featuring Tomer Persico, Sigalit Ur, and Yehuda Kurtzer.
Apr 23, 2020 • 41min
#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
Apr 14, 2020 • 38min
#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
Apr 5, 2020 • 36min
#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
Apr 3, 2020 • 34min
#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
Mar 27, 2020 • 49min
#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
Mar 20, 2020 • 51min
#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
Mar 13, 2020 • 47min
#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
