What Jewish Food Is
What counts as Jewish food? Does it count if a Jew makes it? Is kosher food Jewish Food? Shannon Sarna is the editor of the popular Jewish food website, The Nosher, and author of The Modern Jewish Bak...
7 Sep 202240min
The Canadian Jewish Difference (Re-release)
Yehuda Kurtzer and David Koffman (York University) chart out the unique questions that face Canadian Jews as citizens of a binational, bilingual, self-described settler state, and the way those questi...
30 Aug 202243min
A Musical Journey with Joey Weisenberg (Re-release)
Where does song end and prayer begin? Joey Weisenberg, founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute and author of The Torah of Music and Building Singing Communities joins Yehuda Kurtzer to d...
23 Aug 202250min
The Peculiar Power of Jewish Food Influencers (Re-release)
Something to nosh on as we go inside the world of Jewish food influencers. Kosher food influencers can often create a platform where niche religious content has an appeal beyond its immediate circle. ...
16 Aug 202247min
The Hilltop Youth and Jewish Terrorism (Re-release)
Anti-Palestinian violence committed by disaffected young Israelis increased by 50% in 2021. Why do the IDF, the police, and society turn a blind eye towards these Jewish terrorists? Who is responsible...
9 Aug 20221h 1min
The Torah of TikTok (Re-release)
Miriam Anzovin is a millennial TikToker who is transforming Talmud study for the social media age. Her “hot takes” on Daf Yomi, where a person learns one page of Talmud every day, have drawn viral att...
4 Aug 202247min
The "Secular" Rabbis of Israel
Israel is experiencing a non-Orthodox religious renaissance that is redefining Judaism and secularism in Israel. Rabbi Noga Brenner Samia, Executive Director of Hillel Israel and alumna of Hartman's B...
26 Jul 202242min
Questions for the US Ambassador to Israel
Thomas R. Nides, United States Ambassador to Israel, joins Yehuda Kurtzer for this special Identity/Crisis to discuss the hopes and expectations from the Biden administration's trip to Israel, how thi...
21 Jul 202228min
