All Eyes on Rafah (Re-Release)
This episode was originally released on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The whole world is watching Israel’s next moves in Gaza, particularly on the amplified information battleground of social media where im...
5 Aug 202458min
Measuring the Crisis (Re-Release)
This episode was originally released on May 28th, 2024. October 7th and its unfolding aftermath have triggered a seismic shift in Jewish communal life. In this episode, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with...
30 Jul 202451min
The Roots, Values, and Crises of Liberalism
With elections top of mind for Jews in the U.S, Israel, and around the world, growing threats to liberalism and the rise of religious fundamentalism, populism, and identitarianism pose the question – ...
23 Jul 202444min
Our Golden Age
At a time when it can be easy to focus on the threats to North American Jewish life, it’s important to remember that the current generation of American Jews benefits from more affluence, influence, po...
16 Jul 202448min
The Rise and Fall of Jamaal Bowman
The Democratic congressional primary in New York’s 16th District was one of the most closely watched this year and ended with Representative Jamaal Bowman losing to George Latimer. Yehuda Kurtzer and ...
9 Jul 202452min
Disaster from the North
With looming threats and escalating violence from Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel is being forced to shift its gaze to the North. In this episode, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with journalist and author Matti F...
2 Jul 202453min
Meeting the Moment: A Sources Interview
The latest issue of Sources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas, centers around Jewish life on university campuses, where anti-Zionism and antisemitism have become frighteningly visible. In this week’s episode...
25 Jun 202447min
Reflections on the Israeli Left (Re-Release)
This episode was originally released on November 7, 2023. Organizations and individuals throughout the world are responding to the October 7th massacre by Hamas, and Israel’s military response, in sh...
18 Jun 202454min
