
Non-Jewish in the Shadow of the Synagogue — with Christine Hayes
Who gets to decide someone’s Jewish status, and what happens when that status comes into conflict with someone’s identity? This week on Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Christine Hayes, ...
2 Sep 202553min

Live at JFN: What Ails American Judaism? with Franklin Foer and Sarah Hurwitz (Re-Release)
This episode was originally released on April 1, 2025 The future of American Judaism is uncertain, some even might say at risk. In this special episode, recorded live at the Jewish Funders Network Co...
26 Aug 202543min

Future Tense: What Comes Next? with Yehuda Kurtzer
This week, Identity/Crisis is excited to share Hartman’s newest podcast, Future Tense, where rising Jewish leaders drive conversations with scholars from the Shalom Hartman Institute on the most press...
19 Aug 202552min

Genocide and the Burden of History
What happens to the credibility and power of scholarship when practitioners abandon careful methodology in favor of rhetorical certainty? In this special episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer e...
12 Aug 202546min

Concerning Camp Communities – with Adina Frydman
What can Jewish summer camps teach us about building stronger, more inclusive Jewish communities? On this episode of Identity/Crisis, guest host and editor of Sources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas, Clair...
5 Aug 202553min

Holding it Together – with Donniel Hartman
What does it mean to be “okay” when your community is not? What is the role of an educator in times of moral emergency? And how can we resist turning loyalty into a litmus test for empathy? In this ...
29 Jul 20251h 2min

Journalism in the Fog of War – with David Horovitz
Who should we trust when the truth is unknowable? On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz for a candid conversation about journ...
22 Jul 202553min

Disagreeing without Baseless Hatred — with Daniel Taub
What does it mean to build a culture of argument that strengthens rather than weakens us? As Jews around the world mark the somber weeks between the 17 Tammuz and Tisha B’Av — a period our traditio...
15 Jul 202554min



















