Nov 19, 2024
With the 2024 presidential election behind us, where are American Judaism and the American Jewish community heading? Long-developing polarization and hyper-partisanship, amplified by local discourse around October 7 and the Israel-Hamas war, have led many to wonder if liberalism, American Jewish values, and Zionism are truly compatible, and if the Jewish community can survive as a collective enterprise.
Join Shalom Hartman Institute president Yehuda Kurtzer as he reflects on the post-election moment and offers a new framework for how American Judaism might continue to thrive in the future.
This program is the final in a three-part series, Heading to the Polls: American Jewish Civics in a Post-October 7 World. Across the political and religious spectrum, American Jews have felt deeply unsettled by events in Israel and America. Like all Americans, we are affected by the all-time high levels of polarization pervading this contentious presidential election. Simultaneously, since the Hamas attack on October 7 and throughout the ensuing months of war, we have been concerned about Israel and rising anti-Zionism and antisemitism in America.
Join Shalom Hartman Institute scholars for this series exploring the implications of this defining moment on American Jewish civic identity.
