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Jewish Ethics in a Time of Power

How do we help people see democratic values as endemic to Judaism? How do we make Jewish values an integral part of Zionist governance?
Yehuda Kurtzer, Mikhael Manekin

Yehuda Kurtzer

Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute and a leading thinker and author on the major challenges facing the Jewish people. He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, the co-editor of The New Jewish Canon, and the host of the Identity/Crisis podcast. Under his leadership, the Shalom Hartman Institute has grown significantly as a leading think tank and educational center for the North American Jewish community,

Mikhael Manekin

How do we help people see democratic values as endemic to Judaism? How do we make Jewish values an integral part of Zionist governance? At the intersection between Judaism and politics, author Mikhael Manekin (Alliance for Israel’s Future) and Yehuda Kurtzer offer a virtue ethics for Judaism in a time of power.

This episode is the second in a series offering new perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Identity/Crisis: The Ideas Behind the News is a podcast of the Shalom Hartman Institute.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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Launched in early 2020, Identity/Crisis is a weekly roundtable podcast that explores the ideas behind the news hosted by Shalom Hartman Institute of North America President Yehuda Kurtzer. Episodes cover a wide range of topics and feature experts and content related to news and current events.

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