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Judaism and Modernity

No. 61: What is Jewish Studies For?

Shaul Magid and Pamela Nadell join Yehuda Kurtzer to take a broad view of the academic field of Jewish Studies, it's origins and challenges.
Yehuda Kurtzer, Shaul Magid, Pamela S. Nadell

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,

Shaul Magid

Pamela S. Nadell

Shaul Magid (Dartmouth College) and Pamela Nadell (American University) join Yehuda Kurtzer to take a broad view of the academic field of Jewish Studies: its origins, its uneasy relationship with the community and philanthropy that enable it, and its problematics.

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

The 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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