Recent Episodes
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A Jewish Paradigm for Caring for the Sick – with Sara Labaton
May 6, 2025 – 42:13 -
Naomi Shemer’s Soundtrack of Israel at 77 - with Moti Zeira
Apr 29, 2025 – 56:16 -
The Politics of Holocaust Memory in Israel – with Dani Dayan
Apr 22, 2025 – 42:00 -
Announcement: Passover Hiatus
Apr 16, 2025 – 00:13 -
How is this Seder Different from Other Seders?—with Dara Horn
Apr 8, 2025 – 54:57 -
Live at JFN: What Ails American Judaism? - with Franklin Foer and Sarah Hurwitz
Apr 1, 2025 – 42:44 -
Sources: Morality in Times of Fear – with Donniel Hartman
Mar 25, 2025 – 43:25 -
How Do You Raise a Jewish Adult? - with Stephanie Ives
Mar 18, 2025 – 56:12 -
Announcement: Purim Hiatus
Mar 11, 2025 – 00:45 -
A Critique of American Judaism with Joshua Leifer
Mar 4, 2025 – 52:29 -
Persuasive Leadership in Divisive Times
Feb 25, 2025 – 48:10 -
On Being Palestinian in Israel Today
Feb 18, 2025 – 56:44 -
The Red Cross: Mission Over Moral Red Lines
Feb 11, 2025 – 50:53 -
Educating in the Shadow of Grief
Feb 4, 2025 – 44:03 -
Ghosts of a Holy War
Jan 28, 2025 – 52:21 -
Presidents and Kings
Jan 21, 2025 – 53:19 -
Liberal Democracy as a Matter of National Security
Jan 7, 2025 – 44:06 -
Yehuda Kurtzer on Grappling with History and Memory
Dec 31, 2024 – 50:34 -
Christmastime for the Jews
Dec 24, 2024 – 59:33 -
Sources: On Jewish Leadership
Dec 10, 2024 – 55:13 -
Covenant, Compromise, Sacrifice, and Kindness
Nov 26, 2024 – 47:56 -
A Counterculture of Kindness
Nov 12, 2024 – 26:31 -
Rabbinic Identities/Rabbinic Crises –Spheres of Belonging
Nov 5, 2024 – 43:41 -
Rabbinic Identities/Rabbinic Crises – A Good Fit
Oct 29, 2024 – 46:14 -
Rabbinic Identities/ Rabbinic Crises – The Private and the Public
Oct 22, 2024 – 45:16 -
A Nation That Still Can't Sleep
Oct 7, 2024 – 48:07 -
Who by Martyrdom?
Oct 1, 2024 – 49:46 -
A More Perfect Union
Sep 24, 2024 – 52:53 -
The Centre Must Hold
Sep 17, 2024 – 42:27 -
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, z”l
Sep 4, 2024 – 33:42 -
Pride and Prejudice at Elite Universities (Re-Release)
Aug 27, 2024 – 47:14 -
Sources: Two Students Speak
Aug 20, 2024 – 27:54 -
TEXTing: A Foundation for Hope
Aug 13, 2024 – 37:31 -
All Eyes on Rafah (Re-Release)
Aug 5, 2024 – 58:01 -
Measuring the Crisis (Re-Release)
Jul 30, 2024 – 51:18 -
The Roots, Values, and Crises of Liberalism
Jul 23, 2024 – 44:07 -
Our Golden Age
Jul 16, 2024 – 48:54 -
The Rise and Fall of Jamaal Bowman
Jul 9, 2024 – 52:18 -
Disaster from the North
Jul 2, 2024 – 53:05 -
Meeting the Moment: A Sources Interview
Jun 25, 2024 – 47:03 -
Reflections on the Israeli Left (Re-Release)
Jun 18, 2024 – 54:41 -
Stewarding Torah
Jun 11, 2024 – 56:01 -
All Eyes on Rafah
Jun 4, 2024 – 57:08 -
Measuring the Crisis
May 28, 2024 – 50:31 -
The Kurtzer Family’s Legacy of Service
May 21, 2024 – 40:28 -
Two Teens and their Fearless Interventions
May 14, 2024 – 47:33 -
The Role of Hillel on Campus
May 1, 2024 – 54:36 -
Enacting Redemption
Apr 16, 2024 – 49:09 -
Echoes of History at the National Library of Israel
Apr 9, 2024 – 42:35 -
Alone, Adjacent, and Among
Apr 2, 2024 – 46:04
Recent Reviews
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MarylandTransplantProgressive, pluralistic ZionismI wish I had found this podcast sooner! The topics are great and incredibly timely. The host is so thoughtful and does a great job to ground all discussions in shared humanity of all people and also deep love of Israel. His guests are wonderful.
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loonydood555Moving and inspiringListening to such thoughtful rabbis reflect on their rabbinate, passion for Jewish learning and people was so powerful and inspiring and moderated so beautifully and sensitively by Yehuda.
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chicago-emaMeaningful conversation and reflectionsTimely, relevant and makes me think.
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DJSMD24Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Z”lWhat a meaningful episode. Yehuda ties together his own son leaving for a year in Israel, and Hersh‘s death. It’s about the challenges that committed Jewish parents have in this moment who balance transmitting a love for Israel and understandable fears For our kids safety. And, it addresses the generational divide between what we are concerned about and what our kids are focused on. This one really spoke to me.
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Whaaat?Very brave genocide apologia.Very brave genocide apologia. 26,000 Gazans are dead and the territory is destroyed, but yes, the more important thing for humanity is the feelings of American Ivy Leaguers.
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MollyemichelleThe Battle for Liberal Values on CampusThis is the first episode I’ve listened to of this show, and wow - THANK YOU! I found it it after listening to For Heaven’s Sake which I enjoy a lot. There are so many topics in this episode that I resonate with, and have not known how to articulate. As an American woman in my late 30’s who attended a liberal California University, I could not relate more to the issues you bring up here about liberal education, politics, identity. So much has come to the surface since the war started and I know for myself it has felt isolating. I always considered myself liberal and now have been questioning everything I know, from groups I associated with to friends I had. Thank you all for covering this topic in this period. I hope others found it as useful as I did!
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LKayKasThank you…For this important podcast.
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MRCMiamiVery thoughtfulI’ve only recently started listening and I find the pieces fresh and very thought provoking. I love “For Heaven’s Sake”, and Hartman has hit it out of the field again. Well done to Yehuda and his entire team.
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Rap herPretty good podcast but…Listening to the anti Zionism and Berkeley podcast today I was struck by the general ineffectual response to the issue on campus. Yes, you can have a symposium/course on Zionism and Israel. Who will you reach and how many? Or, you can work to have the university adapt the UN definition of antisemitism. Having that as a foundation, you can defund/prevent any campus group that is antisemitic/racist. It’s called nipping in the bud at its source instead of trying to shoot down all the chaff in the air. What I heard is a typical left response to a serious problem on college campuses. The other problem with this episode was there were no students interviewed, only faculty! Who spends more time on campus and are directly affected by this antisemitism? Crazy!!
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Meli SolomonEngaging and smartIdentity/Crisis delves deep into the complexity of Jewish life and identity. Each episode explores an aspect and does so with smart and engaging conversation.
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NDCARMIThe Oral Torah of todayAn opportunity to be a witness of the best Chavrutah discussions
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jfo_in_dcThe smartestIf this isn’t the smartest podcast on contemporary Jewish life, I can’t imagine what is. Yehuda walks his pluralistic talk, inviting dialogue and debate from all corners, while readily disclosing and dissecting his own views with an intellectual honesty that few are capable of in public. Much to admire in the podcast, the sponsoring organization and the leader of both.
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The Thinking MarketerIt’s become very goodYehuda Kurtzer makes the show very interesting by asking excellent questions and occasionally stepping out of the Hartman view of the world. If anyone besides Yehuda hosts I skip the episode.
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fuggget about itHonest and ThoughtfulI really appreciate the honest and thoughtful conversation, particularly in the episode about the occupation. It’s very hard to find perspective sometimes, given the polarization of most media on this issue and I am grateful for this dialogue.
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Caroline86431Great podcast!Yehuda and various scholars discuss a wide variety of current concerns in the Jewish community. Interesting and important content. Nice variety of guests.
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Dani.DogThoughtful ConversationsYehuda and occasional guest hosts ask big questions facing the Jewish community. The discussion is always nuanced, thought provoking, and approached with care. It’s a delight to listen to and to hear from the interesting people brought on as guests.
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סאם שיקגוWonderful pod - please fix sound qualityInaudible sometimes. Please fix the mics or mastering. Really not listenable sometimes and the content is too good to miss due to audio difficulties
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Shimon ben HannahIt’s amazingThere is nothing to listen to yet and it’s still the GREATEST PODCAST OF ALL TIME
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