Yom Ha’atzmaut: Between Redemption and Nakba

We must acknowledge the impact that establishment of the Jewish State had on the Palestinian and Arab population of that day and today.

Donniel Hartman

April 19, 2015

April 19, 2015

Donniel Hartman

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

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Between Redemption and Nakba: Living Within Two Competing Narratives

In this webinar for Yom Ha’atzmaut 5775 (2015) Donniel Hartman describes with careful nuance the need for Israelis and the Jewish people to acknowledge the impact that establishment of the Jewish State in 1948 had on the resident Palestinian and Arab population of that day and today.

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