Hartman Virtual Summer Symposium 2021
Even in the most challenging times for the Jewish people, scholars at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel and North America push themselves to think about what could be and to focus on a Torah of Possibility.
At our Summer 2021 Virtual Symposium we explored what the Jewish future could look like through public lectures, deep conversations, study seminars, and intimate learning opportunities. Videos from many of the sessions are below.
Oct 7, 2024
Robert P. Kogod Annual Lecture features Donniel Hartman and Abigail Pogrebin discussing the need for non-partisan moral discourse as an element of Jewish identity and Zionism.
Oct 7, 2024
Two-part beit midrash putting poetry from different sides of Israeli society into dialogue with each other to understand differing viewpoints.
Oct 7, 2024
Yossi Klein Halevi offers his thoughts on the possibilities and challenges of the new Israeli government.
Jul 15, 2021
Rivka Press Schwartz examines what lies beyond meritocracy for the United States and for American Jews.
Jul 15, 2021
Elana Stein Hain explores disagreements within the American Jewish community and what they mean for the future of Jewish peoplehood.
Jul 15, 2021
Mijal Bitton and Elana Stein Hain discuss the recent Pew Research Center study on Jewish Americans in 2020
Jul 14, 2021
What does it mean to be in a relationship with Israel that engages both the imagined and real Israel, the familiar and the foreign?
Jul 14, 2021
Explore the history behind the new coalition government and what it could mean for the future of Israeli-Jewish identity.
Jul 13, 2021
What could a future resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict look like, and what would it mean for the lives of Israelis and Palestinians?
Jul 13, 2021
Mishael Zion revisits the dilemmas we faced and mines those experiences as inspiration for the future.
Jul 13, 2021
Yossi Klein Halevi offers his thoughts on the possibilities and challenges of the new Israeli government.
Jul 12, 2021
Yehuda Kurtzer and Yossi Klein Halevi take a different type of deep dive into antisemitism in North America: what is different now, and why it matters.