Planting Tolerance, Uprooting Prejudice in Israel: Tu B’Shvat Conference at the Hartman Institute

Shalom Hartman Institute will host an emergency conference on Thursday, January 20, to address the increasing prejudice against Arab citizens of Israel, promoted in the guise of Jewish tradition. This has become one of the most pressing challenges facing Israeli society today. In his recent article, “What No Rabbi in the World Outside Israel Would [...]

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Hartman Institute Scholars to Coordinate Knesset Conference on Jewish Identity in a Democratic State of Israel

The question of how to sustain and maintain Jewish identity in a democratic State of Israel will be the subject of a daylong conference at the Knesset, May 27, 2010, expected to draw more than 400 participants and leading rabbis from all streams of religious thought in Israel. The conference was set up by Kadima [...]

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Holy Living in Human Bodies: 2010 Edward Bronfman Family Foundation Annual Lecture

Holy Living in Human Bodies: 2010 Edward Bronfman Family Foundation Annual Lecture at Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel. Part of the 2010 International Theology Conference, January 2010. Speakers were Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed, Shalom Hartman Institute, Prof. Rusmir Mahmutehaji, University of Sarajevo, President, International Forum Bosnia, and Rev. David M. Neuhaus, SJ, Vicar for the Hebrew [...]

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Public invited to Hartman Institute lecture: ‘Holy Living in Human Bodies,’ February 16, 2010

The Shalom Hartman Institute is pleased to invite the public to attend The Edward Bronfman Family Foundation Annual Lecture on Religious Pluralism, “Holy Living in Human Bodies,” Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at 20:00 (8 PM). Speakers are Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed, Shalom Hartman Institute, Prof. Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, University of Sarajevo, President, International Forum Bosnia, and Rev. David [...]

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Kisufim a great literary conference in Jerusalem next month; Hartman scholars participating

Kisufim: The Jerusalem Conference of Jewish Writers and Poets, an annual literary conference in Jerusalem, is getting under way in two weeks. Several Hartman Institute scholars are participating. Senior Fellow Menachem Lorberbaum is hosting a session on poet Paul Celan, and participating in a video-enhanced seminar with Cynthia Ozick and others with the title of [...]

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Say hi to Hartman Institute at the UJC General Assembly in Washington, Nov. 8-10, 2009

Shalom Hartman Institute will be at the United Jewish Communities (soon to be Jewish Federations of North America) annual General Assembly from November 8-10, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Booth 311). First, and foremost, I invite you to stop by for a chat. I plan to have some goodies from Israel with me to entice people [...]

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Donniel Hartman speaking at panel on interfaith relations in Grand Rapids, Michigan

A high-powered panel of religious scholars and clerics, including Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, President of Shalom Hartman Institute, will be speaking at the Kaufman Interfaith Institute at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday, October 15, 2009. The theme: “Religion and the Challenge of Modernity.” Along with Donniel, the daylong conference and [...]

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More for you on Abraham Joshua Heschel conference at Shalom Hartman Institute

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בית-מדרש ללימוד כתביו של אברהם יהושע השל

וקול דממה דקה ישמע”?– בית-מדרש ללימוד כתביו של אברהם יהושע השל אברהם יהושע השל הוא מגדולי התיאולוגים של המאה העשרים. הגותו היא שילוב נדיר של פואטיקה ופילוסופיה, מודרנה והלכה, לימוד ומעשה. התשובות שנתן השל לשאלות הקיומיות שהעסיקו אותו, על היחסים בין אדם לאל ועל הקשר שבין אדם לחברו בעלות רלבנטיות רבה לימינו אלה ובעלות חיות [...]

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