http://www.hartman.org.il/shibookshelf_list_eng.asp Hartman News http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=242 Now on sale, the second issue of Havruta, a Journal of Jewish Conversation, with the theme, ‘Israel at 60: Judaism and Democracy in the Old-New Land’ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=149 The panel, set for June 24 at 8 pm at Beit Avi Chai in center city Jerusalem, includes Dr. Ariel Feldstein, Prof. Yedidya Stern and Prof. David Ohana and will be chaired by Dr. Moshe Gulchin. The academic discussion will be punctuated by dramatic readings by the actress Esti Zackheim Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=18 The beginning of 2008 sees the arrival of Shalom Hartman Institutes new English language series – the Kogod Library of Judaic Studies. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=175 The bestselling Shalom Hartman Institute curricula, used in middle schools and high schools throughout Israel, are now available for purchase on the Shalom Hartman Institute website Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=39 Series explores Jewish political thought from biblical times to present; texts and commentaries in Volume I address basic question of who ought to rule community Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=323 Goldman (1918-2002) was one of the most original and profound Jewish philosophers of our day. His work includes research and independent philosophic creation, and lays out a novel reading of Jewish sources in the light of contemporary philosophy Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=351 Eli Holzer explores the phenomenon of Zionism and militarism in his new book, ‘A Double-Edged Sword: Military Activism in the Thought of Religious Zionism,’ published as part of the Shalom Hartman Institute Israel and Judaism series Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=73 Book by Prof. David Ohana presents pioneering research that seeks to decipher the mythical order of the Israeli community of common experience Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=194 Hebrew books from Shalom Hartman Institute are now available for direct, secure, online purchase in Israel Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=19 Shalom Hartman Institute Senior Research Fellow Prof. Moshe Idel has been named winner of the prestigious 2007 Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award for Scholarship from the Jewish National Book Awards for his new book, Ben: Sonship and Jewish Mysticism. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=119 The extensive back publications catalogue of the Shalom Hartman Institute, including full-length works, collections, study guides and collected sources, can now be viewed online Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=429 Dr. Elie Holzer’s new book examines the attitude toward national military activism as it is expressed in the writings of thinkers, rabbis and public figures within the religious Zionist community and describes its development since the beginning of nationalist Zionism until the Disengagement in 2005 and events in Amona in 2006. Holzer’s research explains how Religious Zionism changed from being a staunch opponent to the use of military force to being a fervent supporter of the military ethos and describes the new trends in interpretation in the Religious Zionist camp as a result of the tension between the ideology that sanctifies the military and the fact that the IDF is subject to policy decisions that involve the evacuation of settlements Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=35 Theologian examines anthropomorphic evolution of Divine Image, from creator to father, husband, king, master Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=213 The new book, in Hebrew, is called Crossroads and deals with the journey to adulthood on the paths of Israeli culture. The book, divided into 13 chapters, symbolizing the age of bar mitzvah Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=44 Book is part of series of Judaic studies volumes aimed at secular school students in Israel Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=50 Havruta is an experiment in translation and adaptation, with articles written especially for it or adapted from scholarly books and journals Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=170 Donniel Hartman book deals with categories of inclusion and exclusion in Judaism. In fact, it deals with the ever-relevant question, ‘Who is a Jew?’ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=108 Chana Safrai died in early 2008, just as their book on women in midrash was released. Hartman Institute publications coordinator Laura Major spoke with Avital Hochstein about working with Chana Safrai and their book Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=253 Prof. Talmon has dedicated this collection of 10 000 books to the Hartman Institute in memory of his parents, Yom Tov Lipman and Hannah Zelmanowicz, and his sisters, Gerda-Leah and Regina-Rebekkah, who perished in the Holocaust Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=424 Has the sun always been large and dazzling and the moon smaller, waxing and waning each month? Or were the cosmos different at the dawn of Creation? Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=355 Havruta invites readers to examine diverse aspects of myth and spirituality and includes a roundtable on the topic of Jewish spirituality in America Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=444 The book reveals the character of the mesoratim as a modern identity structure that holds a fruitful dialogue, both critical and respectful, with the Jewish tradition, instead of either negating tradition or modernity Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=384 These lectures are part of ‘Leadership and Crisis: Jewish Resources and Responses,’ The Shalom Hartman Institute Lecture Series on DVD, Volume 1. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=90 Shalom Hartman Institute senior fellow Moshe Halbertal was interviewed recently on an Israeli TV program on the new Hartman Institute book, ‘The Personhood of God,’ by U.S. scholar Yohanan Muffs. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=91 Scholars of political leadership who have analyzed Jewish texts written since days of the Bible for book on Jewish political authority say national–religious publics repudiation of political leadership, extremists that sabotage possibilities for peace, and culture of frivolity are greatest threats to Israel. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=320 The book challenges you to look at Jewish life in the modern age both in a democratic State of Israel and in the Diaspora Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=259 More than 100 guests from all over Israel - academics, friends, and family - filled the new Shalom Hartman Institute to mark the inauguration of the Shemaryahu Talmon section of the Alvin Cramer Segal Library, December 29 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=24 New location of Segal library houses entire Institute collection of 40,000 volumes of Judaic studies, academic journals Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=125 Is there a Jewish political tradition? This is the question to be explored May 21 at a panel discussion in Tel Aviv Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=302 Morton Mandel was lauded as a man with a true love of learning and ideas at the dedication of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Beit Midrash at Shalom Hartman Institute. Watch a video of the ceremony Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=140 Two Shalom Hartman Institute curricula have been approved by the Israeli Ministry of Education as official school textbooks, while one more is pending approval Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=349 The Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at Shalom Hartman Institute is proud to announce the launch of Reshit, an online Hebrew language journal dedicated to contemplations in all aspects of Jewish culture Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT