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David Hartman 17/01/2010 - Cultivating a culture of innovative traditionalism Shalom Hartman Institute is dedicated to bridging tradition and modernity and confronts philosophical and theological questions that arise from the challenging reality of Judaism in the 21st century 09/09/2009 - Reflections on the existential rhythms of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 04/05/2009 - Parochial interests can destroy national consensus 27/04/2009 - Yom Hazikaron: Remembrance before celebration Donniel Hartman 29/07/2010 - The Willingness to Hear To hear another’s pain is not to legitimize it. It means one recognizes the other as a part of a world we share and that we can learn from hearing that voice 19/07/2010 - Relationship of Israel and World Jewry Depends on Meaning, Not Claims of Necessity 04/07/2010 - Dear Mr. Prime Minister, When You See Obama, Put Forth Ideas, Not Arguments 17/06/2010 - Haredi School Fight Undermines Israeli Democracy Yoske (Yosef) Achituv 22/12/2009 - Revenge and its place in the space between text and idea The Quentin Tarantino film “Inglourious Basterds” describes a Jewish campaign of revenge against the Nazis at the peak of World War II. Yoske Achituv examines these questions and describes how Jewish culture deals with the issue of revenge and its place in the space between the text and the idea, on the one hand, and the act and execution, on the other Adam Afterman 31/08/2008 - Beijing 2008: Where are all our medals? Israel can never expect any significant Olympic achievement until physical exercise and athletic prowess become as important on the football field as they are on the battlefield Mark Diamond 10/01/2010 - On Monday the Rabbi Went to the Movies Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ is a modern-day Midrash on the Purim story. I see the Biblical Book of Esther as an ancient Jewish fable of justice and revenge 11/02/2009 - A Time for Prayer, a Time for Action 20/10/2008 - How is this knight different from all other knights? Samuel Gordon 31/03/2010 - The Current Crisis in the Israel-United States Relationship President Obama wants what is best for Israel and the Middle East. He is fully in favor of the “Two State Solution” for the Israelis and the Palestinians - two states for two people 23/11/2008 - Obama and the Jews: An inside perspective 29/10/2008 - Forty years after RFK death, a new beginning? Tal Becker 09/06/2010 - After the Flotilla: Crisis and Opportunity We do ourselves a disservice when we avoid introspection in the absence of criticism for lack of cause, and equally avoid it when criticism is manifest for fear that we will be seen as susceptible to pressure Vernon Kurtz 30/04/2009 - Ritual creation for Yom Ha’atzmaut By creating mitzvot for Yom Ha’atzmaut, and placing it on religious calendar, we acknowledge ongoing responsibility to see it through lens of the Divine-human encounter on an ongoing basis 25/12/2008 - At Hanukkah, remember, each of us can make a difference 26/11/2008 - Conversion crisis a violation by haredim of God’s teaching Bill Berk 02/10/2008 - The financial meltdown and the fragility of the human condition On the Days of Awe everything, all that we own and all that we are, hangs in the balance. Here today, gone tomorrow Steven Moskowitz 15/12/2008 - Riches by the Pocketful In the United States, a church can help sustain a synagogue. Christians can say to Jews, “Come, fill our home with your melodies” 08/06/2008 - Israel: Happiness built on ruins Ari Elon 30/11/2008 - On Torah, Trenches and Trifles: A Modern Legend In the beginning the Torah lay bound up in a corner, and whosoever desired would come and claim her… Menachem Fisch 02/03/2009 - Video: Religious Tolerance, Real Pluralism and ’Holy Envy‘ In opening remarks at a recent public forum during the Shalom Hartman Institute annual Theology Conference, Prof. Menachem Fisch discussed the difference between tolerance and religious pluralism 23/04/2008 - Freedom: The forgotten obligation Micah Goodman 13/03/2008 - Breaking the chain of terrorism The army and Shin Bet, for all of their diligent work in preventing attacks, cannot put an end to terrorism; the true battlefield of terror is the human mind, and it is only there that it can be defeated Moshe Halbertal 12/03/2008 - War and ethics in the IDF ethical code The ethical code integrates proportionality and restriction into IDF operational policy, our attempt at maintaining moral integrity in way we handle conflict militarily 20/02/2008 - The Iranian bomb: bane or boon? Yossi Klein Halevi Alick Isaacs 30/03/2009 - Zionism Rebooted: The Case for Peace Why is the image of Israel as a source of a new vibrant Jewish culture or as the object of our critical engagement not enough to make its place in American Jewish life self-evident? Why is it these strategies have not cleared up the nagging question: Why Israel? Yair Lipshitz 25/11/2009 - Romance, masks and traditional texts in 16th century ‘Talmudic comedy’ ‘The Comedy of Betrothal,’ written in the 16th century in the style of Italian Renaissance comedy, is full of sexual innuendo and sophisticated plays on words, together with verse fragments from the Bible and Talmudic texts 13/07/2009 - Fun and Fences: The ethics and esthetics of neighborliness in a Midrash and Israeli commercial Menachem Lorberbaum 29/01/2008 - Moshe Rabbeinu and the Winograd Commission Our politicians would do well to learn a thing or two from Moshe: a man humble enough to listen to others, but not so humble that he can no longer lead Ariel Picard 15/02/2009 - Israel Not Ready for Green Message - Yet New environmental-Jewish party did not win enough votes for Knesset representation but is encouraged for the future 14/08/2008 - Israel needs school system that develops Jewish culture Channa Pinchasi 28/03/2010 - Hanna Rubina, the First Lady of Israeli Theater, and the Role of Women in the Seder This Passover, I want all of us - women everywhere - to be a real part of the seder. I look at Hanna Rubina and I recognize the new, yet ancient way in which women can and should lead the seder 18/02/2010 - No More Blind Faith in Rabbis 08/12/2009 - Women at a Funeral: The Last Act of Kindness 18/06/2009 - Send Women to Spy Out the Land Jennie Rosenfeld 24/02/2009 - The ‘Queer’ Orthodox Jew One factor which contributes to the pain of Modern Orthodox singles is their position within the broader Orthodox community: Rarely are singles simply accepted without any caveats, or without the ‘nebich’ factor Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi 07/05/2009 - Engage in Torah Study to Understand World Around Us 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 18/02/2009 - Freedom in Covenant: A Celebration of Eugene Borowitz’s Theological Quest 07/05/2008 - Take Israel’s Declaration of Independence off the wall 03/02/2008 - Ongoing tasks of liberal Judaism Avi Sagi 17/12/2009 - The IDF’s Moral Eclipse Assuming the Goldstone report is distorted and dripping with hatred for Israel, does that justify the lack of an investigation into what happened during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip? 23/11/2009 - The Spirit of the IDF Ethics Code and the Investigation of Operation Cast Lead 02/04/2008 - Make room for Israeli Arabs Stuart Schoffman 15/04/2010 - Israel at 62: The Limits of Debate Israel is both an ancient and post-modern text, to be argued over like a page of Talmud in the Beit Midrash. There are many ways to be pro-Israel, not one or two. The study hall should be big enough to accommodate a wide range of arguers 07/06/2009 - Beyond Left and Right in Israeli dialogue 15/01/2009 - Weapons of Outrage Gil Troy 05/07/2010 - In Creating a New Zionist Ethic History is Not Bunk From our history we understand our longstanding ties to our homeland, our collective rights to national self-determination, the cost of powerlessness over the years, and the tremendous opportunity we have in this generation to return to this land, both for self-defense and for self-fulfillment Dror Yinon 21/01/2008 - Unite Israel`s education system A unified state school system - where secular and religious children study together, eat lunch together, play basketball and go on field trips together - is the only way to secure our future as a people. Zvi Zohar 15/03/2010 - Jewish Respect and Admiration for Muslim Religiosity Has Long History It is important for both Jews and Muslims to become acquainted with these sources, and to consider their implications 07/02/2008 - ‘Like a newborn baby’: Intermarriage and conversion

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