Race and Us: Jewish Identity in the American Context

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Race and Us: Jewish Identity in the American Context

Two leading thinkers discuss questions of Jewish identity in the American context, from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Yehuda Kurtzer, Yavilah McCoy

November 14, 2019

November 14, 2019

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,

Yavilah McCoy

Judaism and Modernity, Video, Jewish Identity, Community

Race and Us: Conversation with Yavilah McCoy and Yehuda Kurtzer

Presented in partnership with the Race And Us Initiative at B’nai Jeshurun in New York.

In the first of this public lecture series at B’nai Jeshurun, two leading thinkers discuss questions of Jewish identity in the American context, from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
November 13, 2019, New York