http://www.hartman.org.il/shibookshelf_list_eng.asp Hartman News http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=207 Whether Obama wins or McCain, whether it is a Democrat or Republican Congress, we know that the baton is being passed. Obama’s nomination was, for some , the end of 40 years in the wilderness Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=126 The firing of Rabbi Druckman is a wakeup call to all Jews, religious and non-religious alike, to recognize the Jewishness of Israel and its policies are in serious danger because of ultra-Orthodox arrogance and political power Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=238 The haredi rabbinate in Israel pushes stringencies in the law beyond what is necessary and the tendency of Israel is to accept decisions that have created a moment in Jewish history where our values are being destroyed and our people are being torn asunder Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=239 Jerusalem must be a divided city - divided among all aspects and ideologies of Israeli society, for only as a divided city can it be united as the capital of all Israelis Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=404 ‘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 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=365 If Jerusalem is going to belong to and unify us all, it must be a place that Shabbat observers, non-observers, or those who observe Shabbat in non-halakhic ways all feel at home Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=102 As we stand between the ancient Holiday of Freedom and the modern Day of Independence, we must remember that our freedom commits us not only toward God, but toward one another as well Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=37 Arab national regimes, once quite content to allow radical Islam to spearhead their war against Israel for them, now find themselves within fatal range of the nuclear monster they’ve helped create Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=313 The deepest challenge to Judaism is that we have given up on the belief in the rational capacity of human beings to build a decent life Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=289 Text of a video presentation by Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi honoring Dr. Eugene Borowitz on his 85th birthday, February 17, 2009 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=167 Israel is not the fulfillment of our messianic dreams of a just society overcoming greed and corruption, but an opportunity to translate Judaic values into reality Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=65 The ethical code integrates proportionality and restriction into IDF operational policy, our attempt at maintaining moral integrity in way we handle conflict militarily Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=66 Generalization of one horrible incident to inspire total hatred of entire Arab population in Israel is in opposition to deepest principle of Judaism, that God waits for a person to repent, discover new ways to live until day of death Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=142 On Shavuot we learn that God is not a super daddy who will necessarily protect us under all situations. Covenant is not an infantilizing experience, but rather an empowering one Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=285 Prayer is a natural and praiseworthy response to crisis. And yet, as Moses discovered, crisis calls for decisive human action. Keep moving. Get on with your life. Confront lifes challenges and move forward Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=188 The language of the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayers is not meant to terrorize us into self-negating submission. The stark, evocative imagery of the liturgy is aimed primarily at shattering complacency Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=407 A state governed by Jewish law is a not a state where all Jews can live in. God made room for the world through self-contracting. We must cease yearning for the day in which all of our ideological realities will prevail Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=118 Sixty years after Jews transcended their denominational divides to proclaim the establishment of a state “for the benefit of all its inhabitants,” have we succeeded in fulfilling their legacy of pluralism and tolerance? Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=86 As long as every political, religious and ethnic subgroup in Israel may assert its presence in the public sphere, the Arab sector must be allowed to do so, too Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=257 It is difficult for Israeli parents to send our children to war. Some might see this as a great weakness; I see the new ethos as the source of strength Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=26 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 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=380 We need to develop a new Jewish conversation in Israel, one which religious, traditional, secular, and all others in between can participate in together Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=346 In a world where all Jews are Jews by choice we will be sustained only if we field a religion filled with ideas and values that inspire commitment and give meaning to belonging Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=40 People who speak in the name of God, with great certainty as to how God acts in history, are expressing a vulgarity of arrogance, of presuming to understand how God acts in history - an understanding all of us know we clearly lack Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=297 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 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=169 For some, shooting of Palestinian prisoner by IDF soldier is a moment to close ranks; for others it is a moment for finger-pointing. I believe it is an opportunity for education and growth Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=417 Should Jewish Studies strive to affect public discourse or should it focus only on research? Do the high standards that must be met for good research stifle philosophical creativity? And is it possible that scientific discourse is itself, this fact being the source of its power? Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=418 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 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=372 Jerusalem is not just the place where rabbis of all types convene; it is the place that enables the convention. It is in this capacity that I experienced the holiness of Jerusalem Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=324 I am arguing for the proud and vocal adoption of the two-state solution. To do so is to maintain Jewish values. To fail to do so is would damage the moral and Jewish fiber of Israeli society Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=276 As Israelis who yearn for peace for ourselves and our neighbors, we would love this war in Gaza be the ‘end of the beginning.’ As we have learned from the Bible, such moments only occur tomorrow - never today Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=17 The decision of the Jewish people to return to nation building, as expressed in the rebirth of the State of Israel, has created two core challenges and raised question of survival for what? Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=267 The war against Hamas is justifiable as long as the threat still exists, and only so long as further operations can have an effect on this threat Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=463 The Jewish community and Israel have failed to develop a new Jewish narrative for the Jewish people around the world on which to base their relationship with Israel Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=406 I want to change the world, to amend it. And there is also what to amend in the cemetery as in life. Our society, in this matter, is tarrying Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=212 In writing to you, I am making no claim as to Israels significance to the future of America. Rather I am writing because I believe in the significance of your actions for the future of Israel Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=396 Israel is a society of deep differences. When each sector becomes defensive at its own moral challenges, we have institutionalized moral mediocrity and failings. We can harness our differences into a powerful force for improvement if we build a healthy and vibrant culture of dialogue, respectful debate and mutual criticism Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=440 A kibbutz funeral where a Rolling Sones song is played provides a glimpse of how Israel should embrace an expansive view of pluralistic Judaism Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=405 Our enemies may interpret the price we pay as weakness. We know it is not that we ignored the price but rather that it is our greatest strength Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=83 There are no questions that may not be asked, no doubt that may not be raised - as long as the true motive for the question is a genuine desire to learn Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=171 Not to build a fence and expose ourselves to evil and cowardly acts buries our dreams; yet we cannot live without our dreams. That is one of the most beautiful aspects of Israeli society Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=97 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 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=256 Whether it is on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Israel or throughout the world, whether it is for those suffering in Darfur, whether it is in our own neighborhood for people who need assistance and support, we can make a difference Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=206 To be able to hear the validity and power of those who don’t agree with you is the surest way to develop your own convictions, which are yours Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=341 Women’s reading of the megilla is not bound by a halahkic obligation or restriction. However, this new and exciting Jewish experience can provide a rich religious and spiritual experience Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=432 A standstill must not be all that we yearn for. If we lower our expectations they will be fulfilled Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=363 What would have happened if women, rather than men, had been sent to spy out the land of Canaan? Would we then have been spared 40 years of wandering in the wilderness? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=454 “As a community, we will have to pay a heavy price: To give up some respect for the rabbis and to be more critical of them. Authority and charisma, accompanied by spiritual and religious power, create an opening for sexual abuse.” Channa Pinchasi offers her thoughts on the Rabbi Elon affair. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=254 The alliance is between radical Israeli settlers and the vast majority of Israelis, whose hopes for peace in the near future were shattered as a result of the Intifada Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=408 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? Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=272 ’Tell me, what am I supposed to think?‘ Words to that effect from the Old Country have been sailing into my email inbox for the past few weeks Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=176 Israel needs an education system that will create knowledgeable people who know Judaism is a source of values and ideas. It is not enough to have it in the air Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=68 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 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=93 Fight over chametz sales at Pesach in Israel raises question of legislating religious principles, but freedom of religion or non-religion is an option that should be decided by individual and not Knesset Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=187 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 2000 years ago Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=30 Rather than worry about the religious intention of the would-be convert, the rabbis ought to concern themselves with the future of his children Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=183 One of the core features of the Jewish people is that we have always defined our own standards and fought for our right to live by them. The State of Israel is the product of this history and this people can afford to do no less Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=353 U.S. President’s speech spoke of hope and morality of aspirations. Can Jewish world embrace Obama vision for Middle East, Jews, Israel, and Islam? Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=199 On the Days of Awe everything, all that we own and all that we are, hangs in the balance. Here today, gone tomorrow Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=179 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 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=240 In the beginning the Torah lay bound up in a corner, and whosoever desired would come and claim her… Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=198 A Jewish society is one which understands that to be fully human is not to accept our failings; to be fully human is to aspire to overcome them Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=236 I thought I knew who the Jewish people were when I was a rabbi for 19 years and taught philosophy and created a Jewish Studies program at McGill University. But then I came here and I found, really, who are the Jews Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=237 Rabbi Samuel Gordon was deeply involved in building Jewish support for the candidacy of Barack Obama for president. This piece offers insight into Obama and fascinating details about Obama’s ‘Jewish history’ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=113 Israel must be that which remembers, and through that memory constantly commands itself to be worthy of the price paid, to embrace life, and to live it to the fullest Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=14 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 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=311 The antidote to burnout is engaging in something that nurtures the soul; Torah learning with colleagues who care deeply about one another feeds and nurtures the rabbi’s soul Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=286 New environmental-Jewish party did not win enough votes for Knesset representation but is encouraged for the future Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=422 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 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=144 There may very well be untold ruins below our feet. But there is no ruin in the air. Jerusalem is happiness built on ruins. 60 years later Israel waves a finger at fate. Israel writes Jewish history each and every day Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=354 This 42nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Six-Day War - source of our great pride and ongoing frustration - is a good moment to affirm that the historical justice and necessity of the sovereign Jewish state are indeed more deeply rooted than Obama noted in his speech Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=27 We can maintain the supremacy of the ethical without denying the deep quest for an intimate relationship with God, which is symbolized by prayer Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=28 Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi: Confronting these challenges is in fact deepening the interpretation of our tradition by ensuring that all Jews - regardless of family status - can be present at the ongoing revelation and interpretation of Torah Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=74 It is a travesty that one cannot convert into being a Reform, Conservative, traditional or secular Jew in Israel. As long as conversions are limited to the Rabbinate, most people will stay outside Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=319 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? Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=116 Placing Yom Hazikaron – the day of remembrance - and Yom Haatzmaut – the day of our independence as a state - together reveals a profound characteristic of the Israeli psyche and value systems Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=401 One of the objectives of the ‘Spirit of the IDF’ document is to block the attempt by terrorists to undermine the moral values of Israeli society. Israel needs to determine whether from this point of view the behavior of its soldiers during Operation Cast Lead gave terror a victory Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=315 As is evidenced over the last four weeks of Netanyahu’s coalition discussions, it is clear that there is no right-wing majority within Israeli society Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=458 Let us make sure that our rabbis are neither viewed nor view themselves as prophets who own the word of God, and who are the sole communicators of this word to a disempowered people Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=21 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. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=204 I stood with a kippah on my head and a shofar in hand before 700 Roman Catholics assembled for their annual meeting. They were knights and ladies of the Western USA Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=397 Religious Zionism must decide if commitment to holiness of Land of Israel overrides other concerns; if so, they must declare conscientious objection to serving in IDF Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=287 It will not serve their parties or Israels democracy to have a protracted process of posturing and mutual denigration. Tzipi and Bibi sit down together now. We all know that you know you have no choice Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=251 In the United States, a church can help sustain a synagogue. Christians can say to Jews, “Come, fill our home with your melodies” Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=370 Watching Cellcom’s new pastoral, jovial, disturbing commercial about a soccer ball kicked over the Separation Fence I fear Israel may have lost too much in its wayward quest for fun Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=32 If we insist that all of our friends adopt but one position, we are creating a standard of loyalty for friends much narrower than the standard we are applying for ourselves Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=63 We can feel outrage at the ignorance and one-sidedness of Ban Ki-moon and his friends, but deep down, we should thank them: their outrage leads to our way out Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=155 One life has infinite value, and as such there can be no disproportionate payment. If one of our children comes home there is no price, there is no numerical equivalent we have to worry about Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=329 Political parties in Israel use the government to satisfy their particular constituencies and ignore the larger community. As long as this continues, we will never build a healthy nation Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=304 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 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=141 Never has a city been so beautiful and so blemished, so revered and so reviled, so easy to love and so hard to live in Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=283 Our total commitment to resolve the tragic conflict with the Palestinians will be the finest expression of our loyalty to a tradition which seeks to unify solidarity with all of humanity and gratitude for the gift of Judaic particularity Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT