President Obama’s speech in Cairo occurred more than a week ago, and Donniel Hartman’s commentary on the speech (“Are Jews Ready for Obama?“) also has been online for more than a week, but the debate – about the speech, and about Donniel’s commentary has yet to die down.
Several dozen comments have been published (and a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hamas’
Heated commentary on Donniel Hartman ‘blog’ about Obama’s Cairo speech
Posted in Donniel Hartman, North America, israel, jewish, politics, tagged hamas, israel, jewish, Jewish-people, Obama, Palestinian, president, war on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is time running out for a two-state solution for Israel, Palestinians?
Posted in Donniel Hartman, Israeli Army, Middle East, israel, politics, students, tagged Fatah, Gaza, hamas, israel, Palestinian, peace, PLO, rabbis, terror, terrorism, war on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A survey published on Ynet last week and recounted in the Jerusalem Post said 58 percent of Israeli Jews believe that “two states for two peoples” should be the basis of any agreement with the Palestinians. Thirty-seven percent disagreed, and 5 percent said they didn’t know.
So, there is a majority support for a two-state solution. [...]
David Hartman on future of Israeli-Palestinian matters
Posted in David Hartman, Halakha, Israeli Army, Middle East, Zionism, israel, jewish, politics, tagged israel, soldiers, Palestinian, Maimonides, war, Rambam, Gaza, hamas on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We don’t get enough of David Hartman on our main website (mea culpa). But we have a new and, as usual, provocative, piece from Rabbi David on the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He says it far better than I can.
If we allow the God of Creation to channel our particular religious traditions, the future [...]
Hamas war follow-up, looking ahead
Posted in Donniel Hartman, Israeli Army, Zionism, israel, jerusalem, torah, tagged Gaza, genesis, hamas, IDF, jerusalem, Jewish-people, Palestinian, soldiers, torah, war on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza seems to be over (for now), but there is still food for thought on the Hartman Institute website on the subject, with more (related) items to come.
Donniel Hartman’s follow-up to his powerful essay on the war’s morality, Fighting a just war against Hamas justly, the succinctly titled, Gaza War: [...]
The War Against Hamas In Gaza Is Justified
Posted in Diaspora, Halakha, Israeli Army, North America, israel, 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, Israeli Army, Videos, israel, 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.
Ethics, war, Gaza, IDF action, morality, and world opinion
Posted in Audio/podcast, Donniel Hartman, Israeli Army, israel, politics, tagged force, Gaza, hamas, IDF, moral, morality, Palestinian, proportion, soldiers, violence, war, war crimes, west bank on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The debate over Israel’s actions in Gaza is heating up worldwide. As I write this, the media, from the New York Times to Al-Jazeera are discussing whether the war is moral, defensive, and “proportional.” This article, ”Israelis United on War as Censure Rises Abroad” from the Times’ Ethan Bronner, “gets” the conflict from the Israeli [...]
Morality of war, morality in war
Posted in Audio/podcast, Donniel Hartman, Halakha, Israeli Army, israel, lectures, tagged Gaza, hamas, human rights, IDF, israel, jewish, law, moral, morality, proportion, war on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There has been and continues to be a great deal of talk about whether Israel is acting properly, morally, in its current proecution of the war against Hamas in Gaza. The UN Human Rights Council condemned Israel’sactions in Gaza on Monday. Thousands have rallied around the world, and many governments have separately criticized Israel harshly.
Is [...]


