Identity/Crisis

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#46: What is at the Center of American Religion? Feb 22, 2021

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During the Truth, Difference, and Loyalty interfaith symposium, Ross Douthat (The New York Times) joined Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the role of faith in presidential politics, the possibility of political but not partisan religion, and what if anything remains at the religious center of America.

#45: Does Antisemitism Need a Legal Definition? Feb 16, 2021

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Stacy Burdett joins host Yehuda Kurtzer to dig deep into the IHRA definition of antisemitism she helped craft, which is currently causing waves in the American Jewish community - what it is, what it isn't, and where it came from.

#44: How California Jews Grappled with a New Curriculum Feb 09, 2021

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Sarah Levin (JIMENA) and Tye Gregory (JCRC of San Francisco) join Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the years of work that their organizations have done on the California Ethnic Studies model curriculum, and the controversy that erupted in the national Jewish press last week.

#43: Nostalgic Religion, Religious Nostalgia Feb 01, 2021

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Rachel B. Gross (San Francisco State University) joins Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss her new book, Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice, and its central argument: that foodways, children's literature, and Jewish nostalgia represent a defining feature of American Jewish religion today - and that that's not a bad thing.

#42: The First 100 Days – and the Last 1,400 Jan 26, 2021

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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.

#41: Vaccines and Politics Jan 19, 2021

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Journalists Isabel Kershner (The New York Times) and Ben Sales (JTA) join host Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the successes and failures to date of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Israel, Palestine, and the global Haredi community.

Articles mentioned in this episode: I attended an Orthodox anti-vaccine rally. Here’s what I saw. by Ben Sales in the Jewish Telagraphic Agency

Netanyahu's Two Israels by Yossi Klein Halevi the Times of Israel

Identity/Crisis is produced by the Shalom Hartman Institute in association with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency

#40: The American Idea, Tested Jan 08, 2021

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Host Yehuda Kurtzer and Yoni Appelbaum (The Atlantic) come together the morning after a mob breached the US Capitol for a conversation on the roots of the chaos of January 6, 2021, the youthfulness and fragility of American multiracial democracy, and the core idea of America that we can return to and build upon.

You can find a link to Yoni Applebaum's December 2019 essay, "How America Ends," here.

#39: Mature Jewish Secularism Jan 04, 2021

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Shalom Hartman Institute Research Fellow Micah Goodman joins Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss Israeli secularism's renewed engagement with Jewish tradition, the different dynamics of change in Israel and the diaspora, and his new book, The Wondering Jew.

#38: The Congressman from NY-16 Dec 21, 2020

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Congressman-Elect Jamaal Bowman joins host and constituent Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss his campaign against 30-year incumbent Eliot Engel, the values he brings to the 117th Congress, and his message to the diverse communities he represents in the Bronx and Westchester County.

#37: The Future of Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Dec 14, 2020

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Host Yehuda Kurtzer is joined by Muslim Leadership Initiative alumnae Inas Younis and Rabia Chaudry to discuss Muslim-Jewish relations during and after the Trump presidency, the nature of the Israel-Palestine conflict's impact on American interfaith cooperation, and the risks and rewards of speaking across difference.

Referenced in this episode: Muslims Not Only Survived, We Thrived by Zaid Jilani - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/muslims-survived-and-thrived

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