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Identity/Crisis

Identity/Crisis

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#8: Teaching Judaism at home is hard. Here's what you can do.

Featuring Rabbi Ethan Tucker (Hadar), Stephanie Ives (Beit Rabban Day School), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Hartman). Mentioned in this episode: Shalom Hartman Institute's online iEngage class: http://static.hartman.org.il/dev/uploads/2020/03/iEngage5-_Online-learning-flyer-0320_final.pdf?mc_cid=a64a52da4b&mc_eid=18e469e147&mc_cid=a090cea215&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d

Apr 23, 202041 min

#7: No mosque for Ramadan, no church for Easter, no shul for Passover. Now what?

Featuring Rev. Laura Everett (Massachusetts Council of Churches), Maggie Siddiqi (Center for American Progress), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Shalom Hartman Institute). Mentioned in this episode: https://religionnews.com/2020/04/09/a-holy-week-disrupted-by-death-answered-by-an-honest-easter/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/opinions/coronavirus-faith-leaders-showing-the-way/index.html

Apr 14, 202037 min

#6: Cooking for a different kind of seder

Mentioned in this episode: Joan Nathan cookbooks: https://amzn.to/39JoGon Adeena Sussman's braised cabbage: https://bit.ly/2V7RDF4 Huevos haminados: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haminados Story about Todos the Roman: https://bit.ly/2yBfAND

Apr 5, 202036 min

#5: Can the Jewish social safety net adapt?

This episode features Yehuda Kurtzer of Shalom Hartman, David Rosenn of the Hebrew Free Loan Society, and Joanna Samuels of the Manny Cantor Center. Texts and articles discussed in this episode: Dahlia Lithwick in Slate: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-will-supercharge-american-inequality/608419/ Derek Thompson in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-will-supercharge-american-inequality/608419/ Talmud Ketubot 67b: https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.67b.2?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

Apr 3, 202034 min

#4: The Jewish funding crisis is here

Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. For the first segment, we discussed these articles in eJewishPhilanthropy: https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/courageous-leadership-now-an-urgent-agenda-for-the-jewish-community-and-its-institutions/ https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/major-jewish-organizations-form-emergency-pandemic-coalition/ The pieces discussed in the second segment were: Brief Filed by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-1717/82310/20190130151739894_17-1717%2018-18%20bsac%20Jewish%20War%20Veterans.pdf Brief of the National Commission on Law and Public Affairs and Other Orthodox Organizations

Mar 27, 202049 min

#3: How to be a good leader in the middle of a pandemic

Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. The story about Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai mentioned in the first segment can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.33b.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en The sermon of Rabbi Nissim of Gerona can be found here: http://static.hartman.org.il/dev/uploads/2020/03/Derashot-HaRan-11.pdf

Mar 20, 202051 min

#2: Coronavirus and Community

Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. The responsum referred to in this episode is Tzitz Eliezer, Vol. 20, §19. An audio recording of the translation can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u16hsy6uk0r92oh/AAApC39Pi0IuA-XC2fCji-gTa/Recording%202020.03.12/Tzitz%20Eliezer/ZOOM0009?dl=0&preview=ZOOM0009_Tr2.WAV&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Mar 13, 202047 min

#1: Jews and the Presidency

Identity/Crisis is a production of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Music by SoCalled. Links from this episode: Michael Walzer: https://www.resetdoc.org/story/citizenship-pluralism-and-political-action/ Mishnah Bava Batra 1:5: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Bava_Batra.1.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

Mar 5, 202036 min