Resilience and Ingenuity in Crisis
Ten days into a brutal new reality, much of Israeli society has picked itself up from the shock of the initial attacks and quickly mobilized toward helping the war effort, from donating medical suppli...
18 Okt 202335min
A Nation that Can't Sleep
Saturday, October 7 was the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust as a result of the brutal attack by Hamas terrorists. Israel has been at war since. Over the last few days, Jews all ove...
11 Okt 202341min
Yom Kippur in Dizengoff Square
On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Hebrew calendar, Israeli Jews in Tel Aviv clashed about what it means for Judaism to manifest in the public square, tensions that relate directly to recent politi...
4 Okt 202350min
Lessons on Housing Insecurity from Sukkot
Dwelling in temporary booths during the holiday of Sukkot reminds us of the Israelites wandering after their exodus from Egypt and inspires us to consider the vulnerability of housing insecurity. As w...
27 Sep 202352min
On Screaming - and Other Radical Ways of Showing Up
In response to the current political moment in Israel, the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America hosted a day-long virtual Teach-In on September 20. This episode is a recording of Yehuda Kurtzer's...
21 Sep 202357min
The Art of the Sermon
With Rosh Hashana right around the corner, Yehuda Kurtzer sat down with Rabbi David Wolpe, the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, to discuss the art of writing a rabbi's sermon. A...
12 Sep 202350min
Five Years of Reporting on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in October 2018 was the deadliest attack on Jewish people in American history. For Adam Reinherz, award-winning journalist and senior staff writer at the Pittsburgh J...
6 Sep 202339min
The Jewish Establishment and Its Critics
"The Jewish establishment" evokes images of a small group of insiders with some combination of power, affluence, and influence. This isn't necessarily wrong, but the power and purpose of that establis...
29 Aug 202359min
