Rabbinic leadership alum named head of Reform rabbis

Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus of B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom in Homewood, Illinois, and a Fellow of the Hartman Institute’s first Rabbinic Leadership Initiative program in 2001-2004, will be installed as president of the New York-based Central Conference of American Rabbis during a conference in Jerusalem in February.
“It’s a huge honor to be chosen by my [...]

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Shalom Hartman Institute introductory video

Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem, Israel, brings you video lectures and other programs featuring scholars of Jewish life in Israel, Jewish life in the Diaspora, Jewish education, Jewish leadership, Zionism, Israeli-Palestinian politics and more.

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Donniel Hartman: Foundations of the Ethical and Moral in Judaism (Pt. 1 of 2)

Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, talks about, “Who Determines the Good,” Abraham, Isaac, Genesis, Bereishit and different types of Jews and different views of Judaism stemming from Genesis 18 and 22 with Christian clerics from the Hartman Institute’s Christian Leadership Initiative.

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Some rabbinic thoughts on next week’s US presidential election

We mentioned Rabbi Sam Gordon’s involvement with the “Rabbis for Obama” group in a recent post. Here is an adaptation of a sermon he gave last summer in which he brings together the Israelites’ 40 years in the wilderness with the 40 years between the death of Robert F. Kennedy and the nomination of Barack [...]

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Celebrate diversity with David Hartman

It is a privilege and great opportunity to work alongside Rabbi David Hartman. My office is adjacent to his, and so I blessed by his sunny disposition and optimism  whenever he comes in. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t relish a good fight. He almost always asks if his latest entry on the Hartman Institute [...]

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Noam Zion: Sarah, Hagar and Abraham

Noam Zion, Director, Tichom Program for North American Jewish Educators, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, delivers a scorching lecture about the limitations and failings of the Jewish patriarch Abraham (Avraham) and the two women in his life, Sarah and Hagar to members of the Hartman Institute’s Lay Leadership Program in Jerusalem during Summer 2008

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Rabbinic Leadership fellows well represented on Hartman website

It has been gratifying to begin receiving contributions for the Hartman Institute website from fellows of the Rabbinic Leadership Initiative’s current class. These gifted rabbis are thoughtful, articulate and deeply involved in Jewish life. Here are their contributions:

Remembering Yizkor’s two types of tears – Steven Moskowitz
Israel: Happiness built on ruins – Steven Moskowitz
How is this [...]

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Rabbinic Leadership Initiative seeking new candidates

The fourth three-year cycle of the Hartman Institute Rabbinic Leadership Initiative begins in 2010, and now is the time to prepare applications. Please note that these items are required to be considered for the program:

Short statement about why you would like to participate in the program
Curriculum Vitae
Copy of one of your publications, articles [...]

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Hartman Rabbinic Leadership Initiative member cited as key influencer in presidential race

This came in a few days ago – OK, we were out for Sukkot: Haaretz reports that American rabbis are coming out publicly for the two U.S. presidential candidates in record numbers this year – the early ones for Barack Obama, with a Rabbis for McCain coming soon, as well.
One of the Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic [...]

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Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi: Preparing for Yom Kippur

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Hartman Institute Center for Lay Leadership Education Director, talks in this interview on IBA Israel English TV about how to prepare for Yom Kippur and why it is something we should do all year-round.

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