Rabbi Norman Lamm was the longtime leader of Yeshiva University who championed the idea that Orthodox Jews could maintain their faith while engaging with modern society. Guest host Elana Stein Hain is joined by Michael (Avi) Helfand, Hartman Senior Fellow and Professor of Law at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, Shlomo Zuckier,  David Hartman Center Fellow and Research Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion, and Tova Warburg Sinensky, Frisch School faculty and Rabbi Lamm’s granddaughter, to discuss the life of Rabbi Lamm, the value of secular learning in a religious Jewish context, and how to actualize his legacy today.

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

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In a frenzied media cycle, Identity/Crisis delves into the big ideas behind the news from a uniquely Jewish perspective. Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events effecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world, revealing the core Jewish values underlying the issues that matter to you.