Identity/Crisis Wrapped
12/26/23 • 33 min
During this tumultuous and difficult year, what have we learned about how we relate to Judaism, the Jewish people, Israel, and the world? In this final episode of 2023, Yehuda Kurtzer uses selections from Identity/Crisis episodes over the past year to guide us through key moments and ideas. Beginning with concerns over Israel’s democracy, he explores what characterizes North American Judaism before delving into the devastation of October 7 and the subsequent war, ultimately reflecting on the lessons we have learned.
Previous episodes of Identity/Crisis mentioned in this episode:
Tehila Friedman, Hole in the Center of Israeli Society | January 17, 2023
Rana Fahoum, Envisioning Shared Society | January 10, 2023
Mishael Zion, How to Run a Seder | April 4, 2023
Matti Friedman, Zion’s Roads are in Mourning |July 27, 2023
Rachel Isaacs, Small Town American Judaism |June 19, 2023
Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, From Kharkiv to New York | February 27, 2023
Hannah Lebovitz, Lessons on Housing insecurity | September 27, 2023
Eliot Cosgrove, The Case for Commandments | May 9, 2023
Rabbi David Wolpe, The Art of the Sermon | September 12, 2023
Various voices, A Nation That Can’t Sleep | October 11, 2023
Shira Berkowitz, When Jews Show Up | November 28, 2023
Eric Fingerhut, The Jewish Establishment and Its Critics | August 29, 2023
Gali Cooks, The Jewish Leadership Pipeline Problem | July 17, 2023
Tal Becker, Fighting a Just War |November 14, 2023
During this tumultuous and difficult year, what have we learned about how we relate to Judaism, the Jewish people, Israel, and the world? In this final episode of 2023, Yehuda Kurtzer uses selections from Identity/Crisis episodes over the past year to guide us through key moments and ideas. Beginning with concerns over Israel’s democracy, he explores what characterizes North American Judaism before delving into the devastation of October 7 and the subsequent war, ultimately reflecting on the lessons we have learned.
Previous episodes of Identity/Crisis mentioned in this episode:
Tehila Friedman, Hole in the Center of Israeli Society | January 17, 2023
Rana Fahoum, Envisioning Shared Society | January 10, 2023
Mishael Zion, How to Run a Seder | April 4, 2023
Matti Friedman, Zion’s Roads are in Mourning |July 27, 2023
Rachel Isaacs, Small Town American Judaism |June 19, 2023
Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, From Kharkiv to New York | February 27, 2023
Hannah Lebovitz, Lessons on Housing insecurity | September 27, 2023
Eliot Cosgrove, The Case for Commandments | May 9, 2023
Rabbi David Wolpe, The Art of the Sermon | September 12, 2023
Various voices, A Nation That Can’t Sleep | October 11, 2023
Shira Berkowitz, When Jews Show Up | November 28, 2023
Eric Fingerhut, The Jewish Establishment and Its Critics | August 29, 2023
Gali Cooks, The Jewish Leadership Pipeline Problem | July 17, 2023
Tal Becker, Fighting a Just War |November 14, 2023
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Believe Israeli Women
Today’s episode involves discussion of sexual assault and other violent themes connected to the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Listener discretion is advised.
In the aftermath of Hamas’s heinous televised attack, Cochav Elkayam-Levy, law professor and expert on international law, human rights, and feminist theory, became the Chair of Israel’s Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children. One week after meeting with White House officials, she spoke with Yehuda Kurtzer about her work to compile a comprehensive accounting of gender-based violence committed by Hamas and the heartbreaking struggle for recognition that she is facing in the international arena.
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How do we address the devastating intersection of legitimate war and human rights catastrophe? Yehuda Kurtzer is joined by Yehudah Mirsky, professor, author, and former special advisor to the US State Department Human Rights Bureau, for a master class on the trajectory, impact, and underlying values of the human rights discourse. They explore what shapes our understanding and assumptions of human rights and where liberal, universalist ideals overlap with Zionism, Jewishness, and Jewish values on the world stage today.
Mentioned in this episode:
Hannah Arendt: The Rights of Man, the Political Community, Judgment and Recognition | SpringerLink By Hannah Arendt
Human rights died in Gaza - UnHerd by Yehudah Mirsky
Believe Israeli Women - Identity/Crisis | Podcast on Spotify
#51: Genocide, Antisemitism, and the Nomenclature of Hatred - Identity/Crisis | Podcast on Spotify
(PDF) The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn (researchgate.net)
(PDF) Durkheim's 'Individualism and the Intellectuals | steven lukes - Academia.edu
Why Hamas Killers Invoked God’s Name, Not the Liberation of Palestine - Israel News - Haaretz.com by Anshel Pfeffer (behind a paywall)
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