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With Quentin Tarantino’s war-fantasy film, “Inglourious Basterds” up for four Golden Globe Awards on January 17, 2010, including, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Best Director (Quentin Tarantino himself), and Best Screenplay (yup, Quentin Tarantino again),the controversial film is surely going to be the starting point for many conversations. The Jewish community has taken [...]

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The London Times (sorry, Times of London) is reporting that – according to Western intelligence sources – Iran has: perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first bomb Leaving aside whether we can actually believe that [...]

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Last week, we posted an article by Donniel Hartman on how the nine days from Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) through Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) mark the new “High Holidays” of Israel. Today, we would like to draw your attention to an essay by David Hartman on the day preceding Yom Ha’atzmaut, Yom Hazikaron, Israeli [...]

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As the siren rings throughout Israel on Monday night, take a moment to think about the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Commemoration of the Holocaust in Israel has a fascinating history and present. Read here how Donniel Hartman describes Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – as one of Israel’s new “High Holy [...]

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Purim arrives next week, and with it a week of costumes, fun, parties, drinking, and lots of noise. It is not unusual to see a gorilla crossing the street and a clown driving a car (well, a lot of drivers in Israel are clowns, the rest of the year, too). But what I mean is [...]

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Is there evil in the world? Many say yes. What is the Jewish response to it? The latest educational curriculum to be posted online on the Hartman website focuses on evil and Jewish responses to it – and is extensive. The Problem of Evil Part One The Problem of Evil Part Two 1 of 2 [...]

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David Hartman (Lindenbaum): How is it Possible to Speak of a Personal God after the Holocaust?, Dec. 8, 08, Pt.2 of 2

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David Hartman (Lindenbaum): How Is Prayer Possible After the Holocaust, Part 2 of 2. David Hartman of Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, completes this fascinating lecture.

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David Hartman: How Is Prayer Possible After the Holocaust, Part 1 of 2. First of the 2008-2009 Lindenbaum Lecture Series presentations, from Jerusalem, Israel. Nov. 10, 2008

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Click here – the vidcast begins at 5 p.m., Israel time, Nov. 17, 2008. That’s 10 a.m. in New York and 7 a.m. in Los Angeles. (Note: As is [frustratingly] usual from Israeli websites, the video webcast is viewable only with Internet Explorer, not Firefox or other browsers.) David Hartman’s award is for, “his life’s [...]

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