The Promise and Peril of Jewish Power — with Zachary Truboff
About this episode
Yehuda Kurtzer and Zachary Truboff discuss the moral and political questions facing Israel and the challenges of Zionism in the wake of recent events.
Can Zionism survive a crisis of its own making? In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Zachary Truboff, director of the Institute for Agunah Research and Education at the International Beit Din, to discuss the moral and political questions facing Israel after October 7. As Israelis grapple with war, trauma, and the responsibilities of power, they explore whether Zionism has adequately reckoned with its own vulnerabilities, assumptions, and failures. Their conversation examines the tension between victimhood and agency, the demands of collective responsibility, and what it would mean for Zionism to undergo a process of teshuvah of its own. 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 our summer live streams HERE
People in this episode
Host: Yehuda Kurtzer
Guest: Zachary Truboff
Topics covered
- Zionism
- Israel
- war
- trauma
- collective responsibility
- teshuvah
Keywords
- Zionism
- Israel
- war
- trauma
- collective responsibility
- teshuvah
- October 7
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Institute for Agunah Research and Education, International Beit Din
Places: Israel
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