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Rabbinic Torah Study Seminar 2018

Derech Eretz: Building Character and Building Society

The 2018 Hartman Rabbinic Torah Study Retreat drew 170 participants from the US, Canada, Israel, Europe, and Latin America.

Summer program participants conducted a timely exploration of character development and ethical leadership in the Jewish tradition at a time of the demise of civil discourse, widespread cynicism about democratic principles, and misbehavior by flawed leaders.

Topics included how Jewish values help us to inculcate virtue in ourselves, in our leaders, and in our society and how religion can contribute to confronting current challenges?

Activities included lectures, seminars, day trips, and evening entertainment. Many of the programs were recorded and are available to view on video.  

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Videos

July 3, 2018

• Donniel Hartman –  Derech Eretz Kadma l’Torah: From Common Sense to Common Decency  

July 4, 2018

• Orit Avnery –  Derech Eretz and Biblical Leadership

July 5, 2018

• Micah Goodman – Character and Leadership: Rise and Fall of Saul

July 6, 2018

• Christine Hayes –  Derech Eretz of Civil Discourse

July 8, 2018

• Melila Hellner-Eshed –  Derech Eretz and the Charismatic Leader

July 10, 2018

• Rachel Korazim – Messages from Sinai – Learning from Auschwitz: Building Character in Modern Israeli Poetry
• Micah Goodman and Yehuda Kurtzer – Derech Eretz, Media, and Technology   

July 11, 2018

• Elana Stein Hain – On Gender, Sexuality and Derech Eretz

July 12, 2018

• Yehuda Kurtzer – Derech Eretz in Public and Private
• Lauren Berkun, Elana Stein Hain, Donniel Hartman, Yehuda Kurtzer – Closing Panel

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