Heated commentary on Donniel Hartman ‘blog’ about Obama’s Cairo speech

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 [...]

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Donniel Hartman comments on President Obama’s speech in Cairo

UPDATE: Yes, Donniel’s post is already online, and has been so for several days. Sorry it took a while to get back to this post. See Donniel’s post here: “Are Jews Ready for Obama?“:
While President Obama’s speech in Cairo was also about settlements, and about the Road Map, in essence it was about neither. It [...]

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Obama’s ‘tough love’ for Israel: Did he read Donniel Hartman column?

Last November, a few days before the 2008 election that brought Barack Obama into the White House as the 44th US President, Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman wrote what we called a “Letter to the new American President.” We didn’t know who would be elected, Obama or Sen. John McCain, but Donniel wanted to write the [...]

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Is time running out for a two-state solution for Israel, Palestinians?

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. [...]

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David Hartman on future of Israeli-Palestinian matters

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 [...]

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Hamas war follow-up, looking ahead

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: [...]

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The War Against Hamas In Gaza Is Justified

Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute, talks why Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza is both justified and moral

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Is the war against Hamas in Gaza justified?

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.

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Donniel Hartman: Israel’s struggles in Gaza to fight a just war in a just method

Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, talks about the way Israel is fighting a just war against Hamas in Gaza, but that the nature of the war may require immoral methods. Nevertheless, the war must be fought. The final question of justice: When to end the war. See a complete video lecture on [...]

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Ethics, war, Gaza, IDF action, morality, and world opinion

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 [...]

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