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Yehuda

Kurtzer

President, Shalom Hartman Institute

Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute. 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 community, and teaches in its many platforms for rabbis, lay leaders, Jewish professionals, and leaders of other faith communities. He is the co-creator of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s iEngage Project, which seeks to bridge between Israel and world Jewry through content, curriculum, and cutting-edge educational programs. Additionally, he is the host of Hartman’s Identity/Crisis podcast which can be found at identitycrisispod.com.

Yehuda received his doctorate in Jewish Studies from Harvard University and an MA in Religion from Brown University, and is an alumnus of both the Bronfman Youth and Wexner Graduate Fellowships. Previously Yehuda served as faculty member at Brandeis University, where he held the inaugural Chair in Jewish Communal Innovation.

He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, which offers new thinking to contemporary Jews on navigating the tensions between history and memory; and the co-editor of The New Jewish Canon, a collection of the most significant Jewish ideas and debates of the past two generations.

He lives in New York with his wife Stephanie Ives and their three children.

Mar 19, 2024

The organized Jewish community has to open a wider lane than what now exists for political progressives to stay engaged with Israeli policy.

Mar 19, 2024

Partisan actors are using Israel to divide Black and Jewish voters. Let’s not let that happen in Georgia.

Mar 19, 2024

Exploring the relationship between liberalism and pluralism.

Mar 19, 2024

Exploring what it means for Jews to be American and investigating the nature of our civic obligations to others.

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Jan 29, 2024

We must continue to support Israel’s war — and honestly grapple with tough questions from critics.

Jan 18, 2024

Yehuda Kurtzer on Israel's Kan 11 discussing American Jewry and antisemitism

Dec 14, 2023

Panel conversation hosted by Pepperdine School of Public Policy

Dec 13, 2023

Yehuda Kurtzer, Josh Shapiro, Sarah Hurwitz

Yehuda Kurtzer in conversation with PA Governor Josh Shapiro, moderated by Sarah Hurwitz

Nov 30, 2023

The Zionist left is reengaging to broaden the establishment’s big tent — and the anti-Zionist left is staying far outside

Nov 21, 2023

Yehuda Kurtzer speaking at Temple Emanuel in Newton, MA

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