A Hollywood Midrash: The Making of The Prince of Egypt
Published: March 31, 2026
Duration: 54:07
Can a Hollywood blockbuster be the most important piece of Passover liturgy produced in a generation?
On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer sits down with Rabbi Professor Burt Visotzky, Appelman Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary and a lead consultant to the makers of The Prince of Egypt. Together they examine the 1998 DreamWorks film as both cultural artifact and sacred text. They unpack the film's interpretive choices — from casting the voice of God to the rewriting of an Oscar-winning lyric — and ask why this movie has quietly entere...