Guilt by Identification: Jewish Pride in a Hostile Environment – with Daniel Held

Faced with rising antisemitism and anti-Zionism, many Jews are confronting difficult choices when they find themselves outside of Jewish spaces: conceal their identity, or risk harassment, and in some cases, violence.

In this episode, Elana Stein Hain and Daniel Held, Chief Program Officer at UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, turn to the Talmud to grapple with Jewish identity and Jewish pride in a hostile environment. How can we engage with moral complexity as proud Jews, and how do we model this for our children?

We are grateful to the Walder Charitable Fund and Micah Philanthropies for their generous support of TEXTing.

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