The Path to ‘Heretic in the House’
Naomi Seidman discusses her remarkable new podcast that explores various ways those who have left Orthodox Jewish communities see themselves.
What happens when one grapples with their Jewish identity? How does this impact their relationship with self, family, and community? Yehuda Kurtzer is joined by Naomi Seidman, professor, author, and Hartman Fellow to discuss Heretic in the House, a new limited podcast series from the Hartman Institute that explores various ways that those who have left Orthodox Jewish communities see themselves and what their journeys can reflect about belonging, otherness and communal relationships.
In the episode, Yehuda and Naomi unpack why so many Jews—not just those who have gone “Off the Derekh”—struggle with the notion of a static Jewish identity and how making choices about how to live Jewishly impacts one’s idea of self and relationships with others. Listen here:
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