Recent, upcoming and ongoing appearances by Hartman Institute scholars in North America

Noam Zion is in a “historic one-month scholar-in-residence program” at Congregation Shearith Israel, Dallas, Texas: “The Bernard “Beanie” Siegel Scholar-in-Residence Program – “GPS Judaism: Finding Your Place in the Jewish Tradition.” Click here to see the entire month-long program. More details here and here. Alick Isaacs spoke on the subject, “The Meaning of Israel in [...]

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Hartman Rabbinic Fellows heading home, blogging about their visit

Hartman Institute Rabbinic Fellows have concluded their Winter 2010 retreat at the Institute. They are nearing the end of their three-year program. Some of their comments from recent blog posts give you a sense of how highly they have valued the program: Rabbi Jonah Layman: “Another week of study at the Shalom Hartman Institute has [...]

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Hartman Boys HS wins national education award in Israel

The Shalom Hartman Institute is pleased to announce that the Charles E. Smith Experimental High School for Boys has won the National Education Award, one of the highest possible honors that can be conferred upon an academic institution in Israel. A number of schools are selected for the award in each category. The Smith High [...]

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School year begins in Israel, at Hartman Institute High Schools

September 1 is the traditional opening day for schools in Israel, and this year, everything got going smoothly at the Shalom Hartman Institute High Schools – separate schools in two locations – for boys and girls from grades 7-12. The public education system in Israel is under significant stress, but optimism at the beginning of [...]

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Shalom Hartman Institute honors veteran rabbis

8 rabbis who have come to the summertime Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar at the Institute in Jerusalem for the last 10 years or more were given the honor of being named Senior Fellows for 10 years of participation in the RTS program:  Robert Alpert, Howard Hoffman, Kenneth Emert, Frank Fischer, Pat Fischer, Garson Herzfeld, Chaim [...]

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Another blogger writes about Shalom Hartman Institute summer programs

Rabbi Jonah Layman, a Senior fellow of the Rabbinic Leadership Initiative on his current trip to the Jerusalem and the Shalom Hartman Institute: You know that this is something I look forward to – it’s an opportunity to study, to breathe the air of Jerusalem, to refresh my spirit.

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Bloggers at Hartman Institute summer programs

Summertime programs at Shalom Hartman Institute are well under way. We have hundreds of rabbis, community leaders, and others here for seminars, havruta study, lectures, tours, and more. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is on tap tonight for a private appearance. Israeli Education Minister Gidon Sa’ar was here the other night. So, with visitors, we also [...]

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‘Serving God’ video lectures available online soon

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.

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Shavuot learning at Hartman Institute focuses on war, ethics, and Judaism

The annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot lectures at Shalom Hartman Institute are one of the year’s most anticipated events. This year’s theme is, “Ethics, Judaism and War,” and features lectures in English and Hebrew from Hartman Institute faculty on issues both classic and contemporary. Shavuot evening, Thursday, 28 May, 2009 English/אנגלית 22.30-23.45 Rabbi Prof. David Hartman: [...]

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תיקון ליל שבועות Shavuot 5769 (2009) learning at Shalom Hartman Institute, May 28-29

תיקון ליל שבועות המוסר, היהדות והמלחמה Ethics, Judaism and War is the theme of this year’s Tikkun Leil Shavuot – evening of learning – at Shalom Hartman Institute.  Speakers are scheduled to include Rabbi Prof. David Hartman, Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, and others. Details on the program as soon as all speakers and topics are [...]

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