Identity/Crisis
Shalom Hartman Institute
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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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
Mar 5, 2020 • 36min
#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
