Schools, Shuls, and Hillels, Two Years Later

Rabbi Barry Dov Katz, Tilly Shemer, and Stephanie Ives revisit their conversation from a year ago with Yehuda Kurtzer.

As we approach our third pandemic Passover, how has Jewish communal life fared? Rabbi Barry Dov Katz (Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, NY), Tilly Shemer (Hillel at University of Michigan), and Stephanie Ives (Beit Rabban Day School) revisit their conversation from a year ago with Yehuda Kurtzer, and reflect on how COVID-19 has impacted their institutions, their leadership, and their mindset about the future. 

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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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.

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