Nationalism Has Corrupted Tradition

In an interview on Galei Tzahal, Israel’s Army Radio, Donniel Hartman responds to recent settler violence against Palestinians.
Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute and holds the Kaufman Family Chair in Jewish Philosophy. He is author of the Boundaries of Judaism and Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself. His latest book, who are the Jews and Who Can We Become, was a 2023 Jewish Book Council Award Finalist. Donniel is also the host of the award-winning podcast For Heaven’s Sake, together with his colleague Yossi

In an interview with Rino Tzror on Galei Tzahal, Israel’s Army Radio, Donniel Hartman responds to the recent settler violence against Palestinians and makes the case that they are distorting Judaism. In contrast, he asserts that Judaism could make nationalism more moral by upholding the principle that all people are created in the image of God. (Hebrew with English captions)

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