Voices from Israel

How are Israelis grappling with the horrors of October 7 and its aftermath?  What sources are they turning to for perspective, solace, and inspiration? Over ten days, a minyan of Hartman faculty taught Jewish sources about loss, resilience, hope, and grief that illuminate their personal experiences during this unprecedented moment in Jewish history. 

Watch recordings of the full Voices from Israel series

Full series faculty and topics:

• CHANNA PINCHASI Israel at War: Reflections and Texts about Crisis and Resilience
• DANI SEGAL “Those Who Trust in God Shall Renew Their Strength”: Brit Bein Habetarim as a Model of Rebuilding
• RENANA RAVITSKY PILZER “When the Second House (Temple) was Destroyed”: Dealing with Crisis
• AVI DABUSH Caught Between the Heart of Howl and the Heart of Comfort 
• ABI DAUBER STERNE Our Changing Beliefs: Personal Wartime Reflections Meet Traditional and Contemporary Texts and Songs
• TOMER PERSICO Moral Luck and the Meaning of Tragedy 
• SHOSHANA COHEN Silence, Lament and Comfort – Three Theological Responses to Destruction
• SIGALIT UR Redeeming the Captives: Head and Heart; Nomos and Narrative
• ELHANAN MILLER “And the Ark was Captured”: The Book of Samuel and This Moment
• ARIEL PICARD Covenant of Fate and Covenant of Destiny: Rethinking the Categories