David Hartman, Founding President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, is a leading contemporary Jewish philosopher and internationally renowned author.  David has a doctorate in philosophy from McGill University and was ordained as a rabbi by Yeshiva University where he studied with Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik for many years.    He made aliyah in 1971 with his wife and five children. David Hartman founded the Shalom Hartman Institute in 1976. He received the Avi Chai Prize in 2000 and the Guardian of Jerusalem Prize on Shalom Hartman Institute’s 25th anniversary.   He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from American University in Washington, Yale University, Hebrew Union College, and the Weizmann Institute of Science, and is the recipient of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Samuel Rothberg Prize for Jewish Education.   His many publications include A Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism, and Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest, both of which received the National Jewish Book Award, Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis and Leadership, A Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices within Judaism, Love and Terror in the God Encounter: The Theological Legacy of Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and Israelis and the Jewish Tradition: an Ancient People Debating its Future.   David Hartman's pages on Wikipedia: English and Hebrew To watch videos of David Hartman's Lindenbaum and Pomrenze lecture series, click here.