Yet another summertime blogger at Hartman Institute – Rabbi Dan Fink

Nice post here summarizing some of the lectures Rabbi Dan Fink attended as part of the Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar:
Rabbi (David) Hartman finished with an important charge, which I have been thinking about a great deal as this two week seminar draws to an end. The question, of course, is: how do we take the [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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: The Role of the [...]

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Melilah Hellner-Eshed: Ways of remembering Sinai – Part 2

Shalom Hartman Institute Fellow and Scholar Melilah Hellner-Eshed talks about how to remember the event at Sinai in which the Jewish people received the Torah, and what is Jewish memory, the how the transmission of the collective Jewish memory was through ritual and reciting. This is the second in a series of three classes given [...]

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Get ready to receive, study Torah

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi tells us how and why to make Torah study relevant and useful in our lives today in this great essay:
We must strive to establish the Torah for ourselves, our families and our communities as a vital, dynamic text – as relevant to our lives today as it was 2,000 years ago. [...]

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God Narratives in the Torah – Donniel Hartman

God Narratives in the Torah by Donniel Hartman. This special lecture is now available online for the first time. It was given July 10, 2008, at Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.

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David Hartman: The rise of religious extremism

David Hartman talks about how Jewish religious extremism, and even “mainstream” Orthodoxy have grown in modern times as more modern, rational movements have struggled.

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Evil and Jewish responses to it – educational curriculum for you

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
The [...]

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Invitation to Summer 2009 Rabbinic Study Seminar at Hartman Institute, Jerusalem

Rabbi Bill Berk, Director, Center for Rabbinic Enrichment, invites rabbis the world over to attend the Summer 2009 Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar at Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem

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