Jewish Values vs. Jewish Interests: Preventing America from Becoming Merely “Diaspora”

With the elections over, where are American Judaism and the American Jewish community heading? Long-developing polarization and hyper-partisanship, amplified by local discourse around October 7 and the Israel-Hamas war, have led many to wonder if liberalism, American Jewish values, and Zionism are truly compatible, and if the Jewish community can survive as a collective enterprise.

Join Shalom Hartman Institute president Yehuda Kurtzer as he reflects on the post-election moment and offers a new framework for how American Judaism might continue to thrive in the future. Held at Congregation Rodeph Sholom (7 W. 83rd St.)

This is the final session of a series AC is co-sponsoring with neighboring synagogues and the Shalom Hartman Institute to explore the implications of this defining moment on Jewish civic identity. Join us at B’nai Jeshurun, Ansche Chesed, and Rodeph Shalom to hear from Shalom Hartman Institute scholars Yehuda Kurtzer, Elana Stein Hain, and Tamara Mann Tweel.

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