A controversial new book, The Invention of the Jewish People, by Tel Aviv University historian Shlomo Sand, is now in English, after kicking up a dust storm of controversy in its original Hebrew incarnation. This is a summary of the book’s thesis, as explained in a recent review on Tablet, an online Jewish cultural magazine:
Sand… [...]
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Comments on the news of the day: Jewish peoplehood, for one thing
Posted in History, Holidays/Festivals, holidays, israel, tagged Education, History, israel, jewish, Jewish-people, nation, people, peoplehood, sinai on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hartman Institute creates rabbinic students seminar in Jerusalem for 2009-10
Posted in David Hartman, Education, Hartman Institute, North America, jerusalem, lectures, students, ירושלים, לימוד, tagged conservative, Education, jewish, orthodox, rabbis, reform on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Come and study in Jerusalem at the Shalom Hartman Institute with your fellow rabbinic students from other movements in an open and supportive atmosphere.
Faculty
David Hartman
Melila Hellner-Eshed
Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
Rut Kaniel Kara-Ivanov
Israel Knohl
Micah Goodman
Topics
Reading the Zohar
The Soul of the Sinner: From Chet to Geulah
God After Auschwitz: Dilemmas in Post-Holocaust Theology
Morality in War
Where Do We Come From?
The Experience
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School year begins in Israel, at Hartman Institute High Schools
Posted in Education, Hartman Institute, Videos, students, לימוד, tagged Education, high school, students, study, talmud, teach on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
September 1 is the traditional opening day for schools in Israel, and this year, everything got going smoothly at the Shalom Hartman Institute High Schools – separate schools in two locations – for boys and girls from grades 7-12.
The public education system in Israel is under significant stress, but optimism at [...]
Quick report from Obama phone conference with rabbis
Posted in Diaspora, politics, tagged politics, rabbis, Obama, Education, reform, health care, Washington, phone conference, conference call, campaign on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From our colleague Rabbi Jonah Layman:
So I just hung up and I must say that President Obama is quite impressive. He framed his presentation around the “unetaneh tokef” prayer quoting who shall live and who shall die, etc. and the shofar blast. This season he says prompts serious reflection and debate about matters of life [...]
Two articles from new Havruta journal now online
Posted in Diaspora, israel, jewish, tagged articles, Education, Havruta, Jewish-people, Maimonides, postmodern, spirituality on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two articles from the third issue of Havruta, “The Spiritual Quest,” are now available online:
Beyond Maimonides: The search for God in postmodern America, by Alfredo Borodowski
A song for many voices: The soul of secular Israel, by Rani Jaeger
Here’s why Hartman Institute’s Be’eri program is so important:.Israelis’ low knowledge of Judaism
Posted in Education, Videos, israel, jewish, students, torah, לימוד, ספרים, tagged dati, Education, high school, hiloni, israel, jewish, judaism, reform, religion, religious, secular, students on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new survey reported here has found that the current generation of Israelis has a weak – to be charitable – knowledge of Judaism. According to the article:
The survey revealed that 80% of secular Israelis and 59% of Israelis overall define their level of Judaic knowledge and Jewish heritage as mediocre [...]
Hartman Institute creating ‘North American Scholars Circle’
Posted in Hartman Institute, North America, Videos, Zionism, לימוד, tagged Education, israel, Jewish-people, Judaic Studies, professors, universities on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a new program designed to draw 15-16 North American scholars out of their universities and into larger, deeper projects on top-level Jewish, Israeli, and continuity issues, among others. Invites are going out soon to potential participants. Details of the program here.
Shalom Hartman Institute honors veteran rabbis
Posted in Diaspora, Hartman Institute, Videos, israel, lectures, ירושלים, לימוד, tagged Education, israel, lecture, rabbis, study, talmud, torah on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
8 rabbis who have come to the summertime Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar at the Institute in Jerusalem for the last 10 years or more were given the honor of being named Senior Fellows for 10 years of participation in the RTS program: Robert Alpert, Howard Hoffman, Kenneth Emert, Frank Fischer, Pat Fischer, Garson Herzfeld, Chaim [...]
Donniel Hartman: Israeli Army commanders struggling with religious challenges
Posted in Donniel Hartman, Education, Halakha, Israeli Army, tagged israel, orthodox, soldiers, IDF, rabbis, Education, Halakha, ultra-Orthodox, Sephardic, chief rabbi, officers, obey, orders on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a lecture this week to rabbis at Shalom Hartman Institute for the annual summertime Rabbinical Torah Study Seminar, Donniel Hartman mentioned that he had just finished a session with senior IDF commanders attending an ongoing program at Shalom Hartman Institute, the Lev Aharon program.
This program teaches Judaism, Jewish moral philosophy, and other related matters [...]
Hartman Institute scholar in the news – Ariel Picard on ‘unorthodox’ marriage in Israel
Posted in Halakha, israel, politics, tagged Education, jewish, judaism, marriage, Noah, Noahide, orthodox, rabbis on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Haaretz reports on a conference on Judaism at Israel’s far north Kfar Blum, in which Shalom Hartman Institute scholar Rabbi Dr. Ariel Picard, director of the Institute’s Be’eri program of Judaic studies for secular Israeli high schools, offered an innovative way to break the deadlock for those Israelis who cannot marry under current rabbinical law [...]
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