Israel – parts of it at least – promotes itself as the most tolerant country in the Middle East. Gays and lesbians have a freedom to live openly unheard of in the Arab world. Transsexual singer Dana International is a popular entertainer and TV personality. Yet… Yet… Late Saturday an unidentified shooter opened fire in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Halakha’
Shooting of gay teens in Tel Aviv, Israel, a shocking attack
Posted in Donniel Hartman, Education, Halakha, jerusalem, jewish, Middle East, tagged gay, Halakha, hate speech, homosexual, incitement, israel, jerusalem, Jewish-people, lesbian, Shas on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Donniel Hartman: Israeli Army commanders struggling with religious challenges
Posted in Donniel Hartman, Education, Halakha, Israeli Army, tagged chief rabbi, Education, Halakha, IDF, israel, obey, officers, orders, orthodox, rabbis, Sephardic, soldiers, ultra-Orthodox 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 [...]
‘Serving God’ video lectures available online soon
Posted in David Hartman, Donniel Hartman, Education, Halakha, israel, lectures, students, torah, Videos, לימוד, tagged bible, genesis, Halakha, lecture, philosophy, rabbis, study, video on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four lectures about Serving God in the Jewish tradition by leading scholars of Jewish studies from the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel, pluralistic Jewish learning and leadership training. Soon on the Shalom Hartman Institute website.
Children, parents, and God: Assymetrical obligations, by Vered Noam
Posted in Education, Halakha, Hartman Institute, lectures, Videos, tagged children, commandments, Gemara, Halakha, Mishna, obligations, parents, talmud on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Children, Parents & God: Assymetrical Obligations, by Vered Noam, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
David Hartman: The rise of religious extremism
Posted in David Hartman, jewish, lectures, North America, students, torah, Videos, tagged chabad, conservative, Halakha, jewish, Jewish-people, judaism, kollel, lakewood, lubavitch, orthodox, rabbis, racism, reform, torah on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
David Hartman talks about how Jewish religious extremism, and even “mainstream” Orthodoxy have grown in modern times as more modern, rational movements have struggled.
Invitation to Summer 2009 Rabbinic Study Seminar at Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
Posted in Diaspora, Education, Hartman Institute, israel, jerusalem, North America, Videos, ירושלים, לימוד, tagged bible, Bill berk, conservative, Halakha, israel, jerusalem, jewish, jewish study, judaism, orthodox, rabbi, rabbis, reform, seminar, study, summer, summer 2009, torah, video on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rabbi Bill Berk, Director, Center for Rabbinic Enrichment, invites rabbis the world over to attend the Summer 2009 Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar at Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar in Summer 2009 – a special message
Posted in Diaspora, Education, Halakha, Hartman Institute, israel, jerusalem, jewish, lectures, North America, ירושלים, לימוד, tagged Education, Halakha, israel, jerusalem, jewish, Jewish-people, judaism, lecture, rabbis on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Special note from Bill Berk, Director, Hartman Institute Center for Rabbinic Enrichment, regarding Rabbinic Torah Study Summer 2009 program: “We are responding to the unprecedented economic, political, and social changes taking place. We are well aware that the ground is shifting underneath us and we are asking the great scholars of the Hartman think tank [...]
The War Against Hamas In Gaza Is Justified
Posted in Diaspora, Halakha, israel, Israeli Army, North America, torah, tagged Gaza, Halakha, hamas, IDF, israel, Palestinian, philosophy, soldiers, war on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute, talks why Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza is both justified and moral
Is the war against Hamas in Gaza justified?
Posted in Halakha, israel, Israeli Army, Videos, tagged Gaza, Halakha, hamas, IDF, israel, Palestinian, philosophy, soldiers, מוסר on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman talks about why Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza is both justified and moral – and how to end the war in a moral fashion.
More for you on Abraham Joshua Heschel conference at Shalom Hartman Institute
Posted in David Hartman, Education, Halakha, israel, tagged Abraham Joshua Heschel, conference, Halakha, Heschel, philosophy on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

