Identity/Crisis - Podcast Rankings and reviews

If this isn’t the smartest podcast on contemporary Jewish life, I can’t imagine what is. Yehuda walks his pluralistic talk, inviting dialogue and debate from all corners, while readily disclosing and dissecting his own views with an intellectual honesty that few are capable of in public. Much to admire in the podcast, the sponsoring organization and the leader of both.

This is the first episode I’ve listened to of this show, and wow - THANK YOU! I found it it after listening to For Heaven’s Sake which I enjoy a lot.

There are so many topics in this episode that I resonate with, and have not known how to articulate. As an American woman in my late 30’s who attended a liberal California University, I could not relate more to the issues you bring up here about liberal education, politics, identity. So much has come to the surface since the war started and I know for myself it has felt isolating. I always considered myself liberal and now have been questioning everything I know, from groups I associated with to friends I had. Thank you all for covering this topic in this period. I hope others found it as useful as I did!

I wish I had found this podcast sooner! The topics are great and incredibly timely. The host is so thoughtful and does a great job to ground all discussions in shared humanity of all people and also deep love of Israel. His guests are wonderful.

What a meaningful episode.

Yehuda ties together his own son leaving for a year in Israel, and Hersh‘s death.

It’s about the challenges that committed Jewish parents have in this moment who balance transmitting a love for Israel and understandable fears For our kids safety. And, it addresses the generational divide between what we are concerned about and what our kids are focused on.

This one really spoke to me.