Jewish Ethics in a Time of Power

Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Yehuda is a leading thinker and author on the meaning of Israel to American Jews, on Jewish history and Jewish memory, and on questions of leadership and change in American Jewish life. Yehuda led the creation of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America in 2010 as a pioneering research and educational center for the leadership of the North American Jewish

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.