Pathways to Hope in Israel – with Ayalan Dahan and Yonathan Machlis
Hope isn’t optimism—it’s the stubborn decision to keep building even when you can’t see the outcome. On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with alumni of Hartman’s Hazon leaders...
10 Feb 47min
America Betrays the Stranger
What happens when Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus” is no longer read as a civic creed, but as a provocation about who belongs—and what a democracy owes the vulnerable? In this episode, Yehuda Kurtze...
3 Feb 20min
Antizionism and the American Left’s Jewish Problem — with Shaul Kelner
Antizionism has become a badge of belonging—and a tool of exclusion. On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Shaul Kelner, professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology at Vanderbil...
27 Jan 49min
A Yiddish Renaissance: Language, Memory, and Modern Jewish Life — with Rukhl Schaechter
Did Yiddish ever really die? On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Yiddish Forverts, to explore the surprising renaissance of the Yiddish ...
20 Jan 44min
Power, Liberalism, and Moral Responsibility — with Shadi Hamid
What does it mean to defend liberal democracy in a world shaped by power, domination, and moral compromise? In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Washington Post columnist and...
13 Jan 50min
Reporting on Antisemitism When No One Wants to Listen — with Jesse Brown
Who pays the price for identifying antisemitism? In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with journalist and Canadaland host Jesse Brown about his recent series What Is Happening He...
6 Jan 51min
Live at Vilna Shul: Harvard, Leadership, and Free Speech – with Alan Garber
Why have universities become flashpoints for broader cultural and political battles and what can higher education do to repair a fractured public sphere? In a conversation recorded live at the Vilna ...
30 Dec 202546min
How Americans Reshaped Israeli Judaism — with Adam Ferziger
How do ideas travel—and what happens when they cross borders? In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with author and historian Adam Ferziger to explore how liberal and moderate f...
23 Dec 202550min
