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Judaism and Modernity

No. 20: Idealized American Pasts, Utopian Israeli Futures

Yehuda Kurtzer and Rivka Press Schwartz discuss state-toppling and reconciliation with history, followed by Anshel Pfeffer on one- and two-state visions for Israel’s future.
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute. Yehuda is a leading thinker on the essential questions facing contemporary Jewish life, with a focus on issues of Jewish peoplehood and Zionism, the relationship between history and memory, and questions of leadership and change in the Jewish community. He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, the co-editor of  The New Jewish Canon, the host of the Identity/Crisis podcast, and

Rivka Press Schwartz

Anshel Pfeffer

Episode #20 of Identity/Crisis is a two-part conversation with host Yehuda Kurtzer about what happens when an idealized past and visions for the future disintegrate. First, Yehuda and Rivka Press Schwartz (Hartman/SAR) discuss state-toppling and reconciliation with history, followed by a conversation with Anshel Pfeffer (Haaretz) on one- and two-state visions for Israel’s future.

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Launched in early 2020, Identity/Crisis is the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America’s weekly roundtable podcast that explores the ideas behind the news.

Hosted by President Yehuda Kurtzer, episodes explore a wide range of topics and feature experts and content related to news and current events.

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