Jewish in the Heartland
What can a small Jewish community in Omaha, Nebraska teach us about power, memory, and belonging? In this special monologue episode of Identity/Crisis recorded on the road in the American heartland, Y...
13 Mai 202525min
A Jewish Paradigm for Caring for the Sick – with Sara Labaton
What does it mean to care for the sick—not just medically, but morally and spiritually? In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer invites Sara Labaton, Director of Teaching and Learning at t...
6 Mai 202542min
Naomi Shemer’s Soundtrack of Israel at 77 - with Moti Zeira
What does it mean to keep singing when the world is broken? In this special Yom Ha’atzmaut episode of Identity/Crisis, host Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Moti Zeira — biographer of legendary Israeli m...
29 Apr 202556min
The Politics of Holocaust Memory in Israel – with Dani Dayan
Who gets to tell the stories of the past, and what influence do they have on the story of the present and the future? This week marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. In advance of Yo...
22 Apr 202542min
How is this Seder Different from Other Seders?—with Dara Horn
Take a great story from the past, add an obligation to live that story as though you’re in it, multiply by the complexities of your closest relationships, add wine, subtract food, and you have a seder...
8 Apr 202554min
Live at JFN: What Ails American Judaism? - with Franklin Foer and Sarah Hurwitz
The future of American Judaism is uncertain, some might even say at risk. In this special episode, recorded live at the Jewish Funders Network Conference in Nashville, Yehuda Kurtzer, Franklin Foer, a...
1 Apr 202542min
Sources: Morality in Times of Fear – with Donniel Hartman
During times of war, when fear and self-preservation are front of mind, how do we make room for ethics? On this episode of Identity/Crisis, guest host Claire Sufrin, editor of Sources: A Journal of Je...
25 Mar 202543min
How Do You Raise a Jewish Adult? - with Stephanie Ives
How do you prepare your children for becoming citizens of the Jewish people? On this episode of Identity/Crisis, recorded just ahead of their third child’s bat mitzvah, host Yehuda Kurtzer is joined b...
18 Mar 202556min
