The Hartman DVD Lecture Series brings an entire community together in MetroWest New Jersey

The MetroWest New Jersey community is the site of a unique adult education opportunity. Three local rabbis, all of whom have participated in a Shalom Hartman Institute rabbinic leadership program have teamed up to bring Hartman ideas to their congregations in the form of an eight session course based on the first volume of the [...]

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Hartman Highlights: Hanukkah Update

Get the latest SHI news on our Summer Programs for 2011, a new issue of Havruta: A Journal of Jewish Conversation, the Rabbinic Leadership Programs, and much more! Read the Shalom Hartman Institute Hanukkah Update

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Where do Haredim, multi-denominational rabbis, right and left wing Israelis, and girls that read from the Torah all come together? On the Shalom Hartman Institute “In the news” page

SHI has been in the news so often lately that it’s making our heads spin. And that’s not even counting all the attention garnered by SHI president Donniel Hartman’s recent piece, “Haredim and Mainstream Israelis Alike Must Rethink Their Roles,” which stirred fierce controversy and engendered 85 talkbacks on Ynet. What makes SHI so unique? [...]

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Reflections newsletter: Adultery and Messianism, Jewish dragons and more

Every month, we open the doors of our campus to the world—at least online— via the Reflections newsletter and share with you some of the ideas that have been percolating in the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought think tank. In Reflections #10 , SHI scholars bring into focus ideas, traditions, and texts that [...]

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Melamdim School for Teacher Education opens sixth cohort

October fourth marked the beginning of orientation for the members of the sixth cohort of the Shalom Hartman Institute Melamdim program–designed to develop a new generation of outstanding North American Jewish studies high school teachers. Ten exceptional graduate students were chosen from a highly selective pool of applicants, to undergo intensive training in the philosophical [...]

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The Shalom Hartman Institute Announces SHI North America– its Newest Division Set to Inspire and Enliven North American Jewish Leadership

At a time when a disturbing number of Jewish nonprofit organizations are cutting back on programming or closing their doors altogether, why is the Shalom Hartman Institute (SHI) dramatically expanding its reach?  “Precisely at this moment, one of the most important and challenging times in Jewish life, the Jewish community cannot afford to put its [...]

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“Engaging Israel”: Highlights from Yesterday’s Symposium

On Tuesday, August 24, Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman and Dr. Tal Becker of the Shalom Hartman Institute  ”Engaging Israel” project team participated in a symposium entitled “The De-legitimization of Israel: Threats, Challenges and Responses”  at the IDC Herzliya.  Tony Blair was the symposium keynote speaker and participants included Members of Knesset Tzipi Livni and Nahman [...]

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חידר משלך – רגע אחד לפני שיהי מאוחר מדי להצטרף

חנה פנחסי חשבתי שחודש אוגוסט יהיה שקט, מקומות עבודה שוממים, אמהות נסחבות בחום עם ילדים…והופתעתי: הרבה נשים פנו ל”חידר משלך”, בית מדרש חדש לנשים בנושא אשה ומשפחה  - זהות וקונפליקט, שיתחיל  במכון הרטמן אחרי החגים…כנראה שהרבה נשים חיפשו את המקום שייתן את הזמן לעצמנו כשיגמר הקיץ התובעני הזה, ונוכל שוב – אחרי החגים – לחזור [...]

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