Identity/Crisis
by Shalom Hartman Institute
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From 22 epsHosts
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Feminism, Jews, and the Legacy of Gloria Steinem—with Judith Rosenbaum
Sep 15, 2026
48m 46s
Don't Believe in God? Try It Anyway – with Noa Kushner
Sep 8, 2026
44m 39s
Where Criticism Ends and Antisemitism Begins — with Dara Horn
Sep 1, 2026
1h 03m 07s
Who Is American Jewish Literature For? – with Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen, Naomi Firestone-Teeter, and Lauren Wein
Aug 25, 2026
29m 35s
People of the Shuk – with Adeena Sussman
Aug 18, 2026
53m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/15/26 | Feminism, Jews, and the Legacy of Gloria Steinem—with Judith Rosenbaum | What does it mean to plant seeds for a future you may never see? Following the death of Gloria Steinem, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Judith Rosenbaum, educator, historian, and CEO of the Jewish Women's Archive, to reflect on Steinem’s legacy, the power of feminism, and the long arc of social change. Together, they explore how Jewish women helped shape the feminist movement, how feminism transformed Jewish life, and why movements must balance urgency with patience. As a new generation inherits this work, they talk about what it takes to sustain change, resist backlash, and build a future beyond one's own lifetime. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Here’s more from the Shalom Hartman Institute this week: Learn about the scholars and the work of our Kogod Research Center. | 48m 46s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | Don't Believe in God? Try It Anyway – with Noa Kushner | What might happen if, instead of demanding certainty, we allowed ourselves to "pretend" belief and see where the journey leads? Ahead of the High Holidays, Yehuda Kurtzer welcomes Rabbi Noa Kushner, founder of The Kitchen, a synagogue and institute in San Francisco, and the author of Pretend That You Believe: How To Enter Religion, to explore what faith means in a skeptical age. Through a conversation about holiness, awe, humility, and religious imagination, they challenge the consumer mindset that often influences contemporary spirituality. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS | 44m 39s | ||||||
| 9/1/26 | Where Criticism Ends and Antisemitism Begins — with Dara Horn | In the face of rising antisemitism, what does courage look like? Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with author Dara Horn about her new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living, and the intense experiences that led her to write it. Together, they examine antisemitism on college campuses, the limits of Holocaust education, the meaning of Jewish peoplehood, and the challenge of distinguishing legitimate criticism of Israel from hate movements that seek to exclude Jews from public life. At the heart of their conversation is a question about what this moment demands: more knowledge, or the courage to speak out and act. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Here’s more from the Shalom Hartman Institute this week: Register for The Road to the Israeli Elections on September 8. | 1h 03m 07s | ||||||
| 8/25/26 | Who Is American Jewish Literature For? – with Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen, Naomi Firestone-Teeter, and Lauren Wein | What does today’s Jewish literature tell us about this moment? Identity/Crisis is excited to present a special audio version of a conversation that first appeared in print in the Summer 2026 issue of Sources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas. It’s moderated by Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen, host of the podcast The Five Books, with guests Naomi Firestone-Teeter, CEO of Jewish Book Council and Lauren Wein, Vice President and Editorial Director of Avid Reader Press at Simon & Schuster. They address the introspection and urgency driving Jewish writers to navigate questions of identity, trauma, Zionism, and community in the years since October 7. From Philip Roth to Taffy Brodesser-Akner, they discuss what Jewish books reveal about the ever-changing American Jewish experience. Claire Sufrin, editor of Sources and Hartman’s Director of Research and Publication, introduces and frames this episode. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Here’s more from the Shalom Hartman Institute this week: College students, apply now for the 2026 Edward Fein Winter Student Seminar! | 29m 35s | ||||||
| 8/18/26 | People of the Shuk – with Adeena Sussman | Can a bite of food transport us across time and place? After a walk together through Tel Aviv’s Shuk HaCarmel, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with extraordinary chef and cookbook author Adeena Sussman to discuss the relationship between food, memory, and the influences that shape contemporary Israeli cuisine. From Shabbat tables to Tel Aviv restaurants, they explore how ordinary acts of gathering, cooking, and eating can become sources of resilience and connection. Their conversation traces the journey of ingredients, recipes, and culinary ideas across borders and generations, while grappling with the complexities that often surround them. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS | 53m 29s | ||||||
| 8/11/26 | The Jewish Politics of Self-Destruction—with Amotz Asa-El | Could lessons from ancient politics help shape Israel’s future? As Israel heads toward its October 2026 election, Yehuda Kurtzer talks with author and historian Amotz Asa-El to explore what ancient Jewish political failures can teach us about Israel’s current crossroads. Drawing on Asa-El’s book, The Jewish March of Folly (newly out in English), they examine the dangers of tribalism, the challenges of democracy, and the question of whether Jewish politics can balance power with moral purpose. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Here’s more from the Shalom Hartman Institute this week: Watch select sessions from our summer learning in Jerusalem. | 46m 55s | ||||||
| 8/4/26 | A Yiddish Renaissance: Language, Memory, and Modern Jewish Life — with Rukhl Schaechter (Re-run) | Did Yiddish ever really die? On this re-release of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Yiddish Forverts, to explore the surprising renaissance of the Yiddish language—from new dictionaries and online media to Duolingo learners and Hasidic vernacular. Together they discuss what is drawing people back to the language, how Yiddish carries culture across generations, and why so many Jews are using it to seek connections to their roots in a moment of renewed searching. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS | 44m 35s | ||||||
| 7/28/26 | The Right to Belong: A Palestinian Perspective - with Rana Fahoum | What happens when citizenship and identity point in different directions? In this episode, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Rana Fahoum, Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute and Director of Hartman’s Center for Shared Society, to examine the complexities of citizenship in Israel. Drawing on personal history, they reflect on belonging, collective rights, and the challenges of building Israel’s future for all its citizens. You can now sponsor an episode of Identity/Crisis. Click HERE to learn more. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Here’s more from the Shalom Hartman Institute this week: Learn more about our Wellspring programming for young Jews and the professionals who serve them. | 58m 22s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | Jewish communityantisemitism+4 | Barry Finestone | Jim Joseph FoundationShalom Hartman Institute | JerusalemNorth America | Jewish lifecommunity leadership+5 | — | 57m 21s | ||
| 7/14/26 | hip-hopprotest+5 | Shaanan Streett | Shalom Hartman Institute | IsraelPalestine | hip-hopprotest+5 | — | 43m 41s | ||
| 7/7/26 | ZionismIsrael+4 | Zachary Truboff | Institute for Agunah Research and EducationInternational Beit Din | Israel | ZionismIsrael+5 | — | 1h 05m 44s | ||
| 6/30/26 | Jewish wealtheconomic vulnerability+4 | Ilana Horwitz | Shalom Hartman Institute | — | Jewish wealtheconomic vulnerability+4 | Robert Kogod’s family | 49m 09s | ||
| 6/23/26 | Jewish historypolitical polarization+4 | Natalia Mehlman Petrzela | — | — | Jewish storieshistorian+4 | — | 52m 38s | ||
| 6/16/26 | polarizationJewish education+4 | Jonathan Kroll | SAR High School | — | Jewish educationpolarization+4 | — | 44m 26s | ||
| 6/9/26 | journalismmedia+4 | Abigail Pogrebin | Shalom Hartman Institute | — | journalismtruth+5 | — | 51m 04s | ||
| 6/2/26 | American Jewish historydual identity+3 | Nicholas Lemann | Shalom Hartman InstituteReturning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries | — | American Jewish storyidentity+3 | — | 51m 23s | ||
| 5/26/26 | Catholic faithAmerican political power+4 | Robert George | Princeton University | — | Catholicismpolitics+7 | — | 51m 41s | ||
| 5/19/26 | moral courageantisemitism+5 | Abe Foxman | ADL | — | moral courageantisemitism+6 | — | 50m 51s | ||
| 5/12/26 | U.S.–Iran–Israel relationsmilitary strategy+4 | Michael Koplow | Israel Policy ForumShalom Hartman Institute | United StatesIran+1 | TrumpNetanyahu+6 | — | 49m 50s | ||
| 5/5/26 | mysticismKabbalah+4 | Daniel Matt | ZoharOmer | Sinai | mysticismKabbalah+6 | — | 45m 44s | ||
| 4/28/26 | American-Jewish experienceantisemitism+4 | Jeffrey Goldberg | The AtlanticShalom Hartman Institute+1 | Washington, DCCapital Jewish Museum | American-Jewish powerantisemitism+5 | — | 50m 42s | ||
| 4/21/26 | antisemitismJewish identity+5 | Flora Cassen | Shalom Hartman InstituteForward+1 | — | antisemitismJewish past+5 | — | 52m 22s | ||
| 4/14/26 | prayerJewish spirituality+4 | — | Shalom Hartman InstituteThoughts & Prayers | — | prayerJewish identity+5 | — | 39m 19s | ||
| 4/7/26 | artificial intelligenceJewish wisdom+3 | David Zvi Kalman | Shalom Hartman Institute | — | AIJudaism+6 | — | 53m 19s | ||
| 3/31/26 | PassoverMidrash+4 | Rabbi Professor Burt Visotzky | Jewish Theological SeminaryThe Prince of Egypt | — | PassoverThe Prince of Egypt+5 | — | 54m 07s | ||
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Chart history for Identity/Crisis
Peaked at #2 in GR, top 10 in 7 of 33 tracked markets, currently #2 in GR.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| GR | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Spain | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| Denmark | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Finland | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Canada | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| MY | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| CO | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Brazil | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| Norway | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| United States | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| Australia | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| PE | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Italy | — | #32 | #32 | — |
| Ireland | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| PT | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| PL | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| AE | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| BE | — | #49 | #49 | — |
| CH | — | #52 | #52 | — |
Chart Positions
33 placements across 31 markets.
Chart Positions
33 placements across 31 markets.