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J.J. and Dr. Aaron Koller tremble in fear of this awesome Biblical episode, but they still manage to discuss fascinating theological and historical interpretations of the story. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to sacrifice time on the altar of scrolling. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice!We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.orgFor more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcastsAaron Koller is professor of Near Eastern Studies at Yeshiva University. Aaron has held research positions at Cambridge University and in the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, he has been a visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and was a fellow at the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in East Jerusalem and the Hartman Institute in West Jerusalem. He is the author of Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and Unbinding Isaac: The Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought (JPS/University of Nebraska Press, 2020), among other books, the editor of five more, and is currently working on a cultural history of the alphabet. He lives in Queens, NY with his partner, Shira Hecht-Koller, and their children.

Guest Rabbi Mike Moskowitz's Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, December 7, 2024, introduced by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld. Rabbi Moskowitz explorex the verses that have historically been used to defend homophobia and transphobia, in the broader context of rabbinic sources and methodologies, as an introduction to the most frequently ask questions he receives at these intersections. Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world's largest LGBT synagogue. He is a deeply traditional and radically progressive advocate for trans rights and a vocal ally for LGBTQ inclusivity. Rabbi Moskowitz received three Ultra-Orthodox ordinations while learning in the Mir in Jerusalem and BMG in Lakewood, NJ. He is a Wexner Field Fellow, Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Hartman Institute, and the author of Textual Activism, Graceful Masculinity, and Seasonal Resistance. His newest book, Ancestral Allyship, is now available. Rabbi Moskowitz's writings can be found at www.rabbimikemoskowitz.com (Youtube) Special Guest: Rabbi Mike Moskowitz.

Send us a textHow does Israel explain itself to the Arab world? With so few official lines of communication in Arabic, one man has taken up the cause as a one man Arabic Citizen Spox, having participated in over 800 interviews since the start of the war. Rabbi Elhanan Miller lives in Jerusalem, graduated with a master's degree in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies from the Hebrew University. In 2019 he was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi at Beit Midrash Harel. Today, Miller divides his time between teaching, interviews and research at the Hartman Institute to run the "People of the Book" project , which aims to tell the Arab and Muslim world about Judaism and the Jews. Eylon sits down for a fascinating conversation about the future of relations across the Arab-Israeli world and how we are going to change narratives. Co-Creator and Host - Eylon LevyCo-Creator and Creative Director - Guy RossExecutive Producer - Asher Westropp-EvansDirector - Lotem SegevGraphics/Assistant Director - Thomas GirschEditor/Assistant Director - Benny GoldmanStay up to date at:https://www.stateofanationpodcast.com/X: https://twitter.com/stateofapodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateofapod/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/state-of-a-nation

In this episode of People of the Pod, Ambassador Michael Oren dives into Israel's escalating conflict with Hezbollah, which has turned Israel's northern border into a war zone and caused 60,000 to remain displaced from their homes. Oren emphasizes Israel's need to defend itself on multiple fronts, including threats from Hamas, the Houthis, and Iran, warning of the risk of all-out war. He also discusses the formation of the Israel Advocacy Group (IAG) to bolster Israel's media and diplomatic efforts and shares how his vision for Israel's future, as outlined in 2048: The Rejuvenated State, remains critical post-conflict. Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus:  Explore the untold stories of Jews from Tunisia, Syria, Yemen, and more. People of the Pod:  Paris 2024: 2 Proud Jewish Paralympians on How Sports Unites Athletes Amid Antisemitism The DNC with AJC: What You Need to Know about the Democratic Party's Israel Platform Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. __ Transcript of Interview with Michael Oren: Manya Brachear Pashman:  Michael Oren served as Israel's ambassador to the United States between 2009 and 2013. As ambassador, he was instrumental in securing US support for Israel's defense and upholding Israel's right to security. His current role isn't all that much different.  After October 7, he launched the Israel Advocacy Group (IAG), which has worked to strengthen diplomatic relations for the Jewish state and support Israelis during wartime. Ambassador Oren is with us now to explain the challenge Israelis are now facing. Ambassador Oren, welcome to People of the Pod. Michael Oren:  Good to be with you, Manya. Manya Brachear Pashman:  Ambassador, you are touring the US with residents of Northern Israel who've been displaced by near daily attacks from Hezbollah terrorists across the border with Lebanon. As we speak, Israel is conducting a military operation in Beirut. Can you tell us what is happening and why? Michael Oren:  Okay, let me begin by saying that Israel has not taken credit from the pager and walkie talkie attacks Has not. And so we want to avoid that type of symmetry, because on one hand, Hezbollah is very proud of the fact that they're firing hundreds of rockets and hundreds of explosive drones at civilians in Israel. Literally. Israel's not taking that credit. Okay.  So let's begin with this. October 8, a day after the horrendous Hamas assault on southern Israel. Hezbollah, out of a vowed desire to show solidarity with Hamas, opened fire on Northern Israel. To date, about 10,000 rockets, explosive domes, have been fired at Galilee. It began along the immediate border, some 18 communities along the immediate border, but it creeped downward. Creeped downward now where rockets are falling along the Sea of Galilee, which is in southern Galilee, and moving its way toward Haifa, nd the suburbs of Haifa, moving westward.  100,000 Israelis have been rendered homeless. 10s of 1000s of acres of farmland, forest land have been incinerated. 1000s of houses have been destroyed, and dozens of people have been wounded and killed, as well. Civilians, as well as military. The entire North has been transformed into a war zone. Cities that you know, like Kiryat Shmona, Metula, are ghost towns today.  One of the members of our delegation, Her home was rocketed in Metula yesterday. Is the 215th home destroyed by Hezbollah in that once beautiful, beautiful town of Metula. So that's the objective situation. Is it an utterly, utterly unprovoked attack on the land and the people of Israel. And Israel, of course, has to defend itself.  The great complaint among the people of the north, it is that the state has not done enough to defend the people of the north. And so any actions now taken, including last night, where Israeli warplanes were attacking Hezbollah emplacements and targets, not just in southern Lebanon, but throughout Lebanon, is very much welcomed by the people of the north. So they have yet to see how the state intends to return them and store them to their homes.  I'll just add one more point that is widely misunderstood in this country. There's a notion that somehow, if a ceasefire is attained with Hamas in Gaza, which is highly, highly unlikely, but if it is attained, then Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, said, he too will accept a ceasefire, but a ceasefire will restore the status quo of October 6. And Israelis simply won't go back to their homes if the situation that obtained on October 6 where Hezbollah was exactly on the opposite side of the fence, no one's going back to communities that are opposite side of the fence, because now we know what terrorists can do to Israelis on the other side of that fence, our side of the fence. So there is really no alternative but to drive Hezbollah back. It's to drive them back beyond the Litani River, which meanders opposite our northern border, between 13 and 20 kilometers. There's a diplomatic initiative by American Special Envoy Amos Hochstein to try to convince Hezbollah to retroactively implement Resolution 1701, of the Security Council. It's from 200. They called on his Hezbollah to withdraw north of the Litani River. Hezbollah never accepted it. Hezbollah violates it daily, flagrantly. I wish Mr. Hochstein all the best of luck. I don't know what leverage he can bring to bear to convince Hezbollah to implement 1701 but barring that, Israel will have absolutely no choice to push Hezbollah back physically from that fence.   Manya Brachear Pashman:  In fact, returning residents home, to their homes in northern Israel has become a war goal. The cabinet has just announced this week, right?  Michael Oren:  Well, it's about time. It's about 11 months too late. Manya Brachear Pashman:  So I guess, what does that mean? Does that mean that this conflict with Hezbollah or Lebanon could escalate? Michael Oren:  Oh, I would expect it would escalate. Yes, and that we have to prepare it for any scenario, including an all out war. Now, an all out war is no small thing. It's a war that's many times more severe than that, with Hamas in the South. First of all, Hezbollah is one of the largest military forces anywhere, not just in the Middle East. It's got upwards of 170,000 rockets hidden under villages, under hundreds of villages. It has a fighting force of terrorists that's three, four times that of Hamas. It has cyber capabilities. And it's not just Hezbollah. It's the Shiite militias that are backed by Iran and in Iraq and Syria, the Huthi rebels in Yemen. We know that they can fire Israel well. And there's Iran itself. Iran, which, on April 14, launched 315 rockets at Israel.  So the IDF estimate for rocket fire per day in any war with Hezbollah could reach as much as 10,000 rockets a day. And that will overwhelm our multi-tiered anti-missile system. We will require assistance from the United States, and even then, it will be quite a challenge. Manya Brachear Pashman:  As you mentioned, this is all happening simultaneously with the war against Hamas in Gaza. Yes, Houthis also are firing rockets, one of which, I think at least one reached, or almost reached, central Israel just this past week. And I mean, how many fronts is Israel fighting on right now? And could this escalate? Could, though, that number of fronts grow even more?  Michael Oren:  Well, right now we're at about seven fronts, according to the defense Minister's calculation. So what is it? It the North. It is the south. It is the Huthis, very much to the south, but are capable of firing into Tel Aviv. It is the Judean Samaria, the West Bank front, which is very severe indeed.  So that's just sort of the bottom line of the fronts we're firing. We're also fighting a front against Iran, more distantly, against the Shiite and militias in Iraq and Syria. So a multi, multiple front war. And make no mistake about it, this is an existential struggle for the State of Israel. Manya Brachear Pashman:  And you said that returning to October 6 or what the status was on October 6 is now not acceptable. I mean, was there a short window of time where that was, what the wish and the hope was? And that has shifted.? Michael Oren:  I think it was lost on October 7. So if you were to go to Metula on October 6, you could stick your hand through the fence, and I wouldn't recommend you do this. You could stick your hand through the fence, and you would touch Hezbollah. They're right there. And the people of Matula and other communities along that border simply won't go back under those circumstances. And you can understand why.  I don't know if you have young children, I don't think you put your children in a house that's looking at Hezbollah across from a fence. Now we know what terrorists can do to Israeli families, civilians, women, babies, who are on the other side of the fence. And a fence is no guarantee against any assault.  The people from the north also believe that there are still tunnels under that fence that we haven't discovered all of the Hezbollah tunnels. There are people in our delegation from the north who believe that Hezbollah still has tunnels that have not been detected under that fence, because Hamas digs tunnels in sand, Hezbollah digs tunnels in rock, and they're deeper and harder to detect. Manya Brachear Pashman:  You said that you wondered, if I have small children, I do. I have two small children. We go to well, they're not. They're getting less small by the day. But it made me think of a column that you wrote back in March for The Forward about how Jews are cursed to be a lonely people. And I actually gave a speech to our synagogue congregation just last week, talking about how I was so grateful to be part of a congregation on October 6, celebrating Simchat Torah when I woke up on October 7, because otherwise I would have felt and my children would have felt so alone. And I am curious where you were on October 7, and how you have combated that loneliness, that lonely feeling. Michael Oren:  Hm. Well, I had an unusual experience. On October 5, I was giving a speech in Dallas, Texas, and the speech was interesting, because at the end of my remarks, I told the audience that I believe that Israel would soon be going to war. And everyone gasped, and I'd actually been briefing foreign diplomatic personnel about this for about two weeks.  And the reason I thought Israel was going to war was because of the divisions within Israeli society, the divisions within American societies, that Iranians were following very, very closely. But the most important point was that the United States was trying to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and as part of that deal, Saudi Arabia was going to get nuclear power. And my line was that if anybody thought that the Iranians would sit quietly while the Saudis got nuclear power, they were kidding themselves, and the Iranians would start a war. All right, I had other information, but that was the major thrust. So two days later, I was coming back to Israel. I was stopping off at my mother's house in New Jersey, woke up to the messages you never want to receive on your cell phone, which is, are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay? And learned about this. Now for many years through the generosity of the Singer Foundation. Whenever there's a national emergency, I'm immediately put on television. So starting on the morning of October 7, I was on CNN, MSNBC throughout the day, called some friends in ElAl and got myself on the first flight out of Newark that night, and landed in a war zone the next morning and went immediately to work.  So around a small kitchen table in my house, a group of volunteers together formed an emergency NGO called the Israel Advocacy Group, because what can I say, the state wasn't doing a particularly excellent job in defending itself in the media and other forums. And what began as a small sort of a ma and pa operation around the kitchen table has now become the Israel advocacy group, IAG, dealing with international media, mainstream, non mainstream, and with track two diplomacy.  So track two diplomacy is what we're doing in Washington now by bringing the delegations to the hill. We've had meetings on the hill with both parties, both houses, and today we're in the White House. So we've gone to the White House twice with these delegations. That's tracked two diplomacy and so it's a big undertaking.  So my way of dealing with the loneliness is certainly joining with other people, especially young people, who are committed to defending Israel in every possible form. I'm very blessed because I'm a member of a community in Jaffa, a kehilla, which is just wonderful and, of course, the family, the family, the family. Tammy, my, my beloved and children and grandchildren, 6.5 and counting.  Manya Brachear Pashman:  You are heading up this Israel advocacy group that's post October 7. But before October 7, you had started a think tank. I don't know if you would call it an advocacy group. I've been calling it a think tank. Called Israel 2048. You also wrote a book titled 2048: The Rejuvenated State.  It was published in one single volume in English, Hebrew and Arabic, very, very symbolically. And I'm curious if this vision that you laid out for the next century of the Jewish state, is it stalled by all of this? Michael Oren:  So first of all, 2048 it was a project that grew out of my time in Knesset, and I was the deputy in the prime minister's office, and sort of realizing that Israel is so bogged down in its daily crises, little do we know what a daily crisis was, that we never really think about our future. And the goal was to envision the Jewish state on its 100th birthday. Our 100th birthday would be 2048, and how can we assure a second successful century? What changes had to be made in the State of Israel? And they're pretty big, far reaching changes.  And it began as a discussion group online. We had a 2048 seminar at the Hartman Institute with Natan Sharansky for about a year, then covid hit and retreated to the room and wrote this book. It's an 80 page manifesto that covers 22 aspects of Israeli society. Its educational policy, social policy, health policy, foreign policy, America-Israel diaspora relations, of course, the US relations and the peace process. Certainly the largest section on the peace process and our relationship with Israeli Arabs, the Haredi issue, the ultra orthodox issue, the Bedouin issue. It's all in 80 quick pages. And the idea of the book was to sort of to spur conversation, especially among young people within Israel and in the United States elsewhere in the diaspora. In the way Zionist thinkers used to think about the future Jewish state, starting in the 1880s up to the 1940s. Huge literature on what this Jewish state was going to look like. And we seem to have lost the ability to have that sort of broad discussion about our future. And it was going very, very well, the discussion.  It was not a think tank. It was actually an anti think tank. I didn't want to produce any papers. I just wanted to have discussions. When the war broke out. Looking back at this book now, it is actually a better seller now than it was before the war, because many of the problems that were revealed by the war were anticipated by the book. And it's actually more crucial now than ever before.  You know, Manya, I'm often asked, What wars does this war most resemble? Is it the 67 war where we were surrounded by enemies, the 73 war, when we were surprised by our enemies? But truly, the war that most resembles this one is the War of Independence, where we are fighting on multiple fronts, in our neighborhoods, in our communities, and everybody's in the army. And the tremendous, tremendous cost.  So really, we're in a second Israel war of independence. And that's the bad news. The good news is we get to rebuild afterward the way we rebuilt post 1948. I don't know any other manifesto that sets out the goals that we have to strive if we're going to have a successful Second War of Independence. Certainly, we have to address the Haredi issue. That's not sustainable.  We have to address the Bedouin issue, you know, the IDF secured the release of one of the hostages several weeks ago, a Bedouin gentleman. It was an extraordinary event, definitely praiseworthy, but that Bedouin had two wives, and had settled illegally on state land, and that sort of it was indicative of the type of problems we face with a Bedouin that no one's addressing.  But it's also our education system. How can we proceed and a road to some type of better relationship with the Palestinians? How can we maintain unity within Israel, within the Jewish world? Everything from the Kotel to teaching math on a high school level in a Haredi school. Manya Brachear Pashman:  How dismaying that there are so many wars to choose from for comparison. But I, but I appreciate the one that you the analogy that you've made and the hope that that carries with it. So, Ambassador Oren, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Michael Oren:  Thank you. Let me say Shana Tova.  Manya Brachear Pashman:  Shana Tova.  Michael Oren:  I also want to give a special thank you to the American Jewish Committee. Yesterday morning, we through the office under the aegis of the the AJC, our delegation of displaced northerners met with about 20 representatives of the diplomatic community here in Washington, including the German ambassador, the Czech ambassador, the Slovakian ambassador, diplomats from Spain, Italy, and for the first time, this diplomatic community was able to hear firsthand what it is to live under daily Hezbollah rocket and drone fire, to be displaced from their homes, and it was extremely important. We're very, very grateful to AJC. Manya Brachear Pashman:  Ambassador Oren, thank you so much for joining us. Michael Oren:  Thank you. Manya Brachear Pashman:  If you missed last week's episode, be sure to tune in for my conversation with two proud Jewish Paralympians on how sports can unite athletes amid antisemitism, which surfaced during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 26, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi discuss enforcement of the recent Haredi draft law, the need for new elections, and a path toward resolving the Palestinian conflict after the war with Hamas ends. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS Sponsor an upcoming episode of For Heaven's Sake. Click here to learn more. Learn more about the Hartman Institute's Community Leadership Program here.

He's been arrested. He's CIS gender with a wife and kids. Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is also an orthodox Jew'is and he is one of the biggest supporters of the queer community. Rabbi Moskowitz is the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world's largest LGBT synagogue. He is a deeply traditional and radically progressive advocate for trans rights and a vocal ally for LGBTQ inclusivity. Rabbi Moskowitz received three Ultra-Orthodox ordinations while learning in the Mir in Jerusalem and BMG in Lakewood, NJ. He is a Wexner Field Fellow, Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Hartman Institute, and the author of Textual Activism, Graceful Masculinity, and Seasonal Resistance. His newest book, Covenantal Allyship, will be available this year. Rabbi Moskowitz's writings can be found at www.rabbimikemoskowitz.comWe met in person at Temple shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. Rabbi Moskowitz was speaking at the synagogue and wishing to always be an ally for the Queer community, I went.The CF community, every community has a queer population and that's why I felt it was important to talk about this.To reach Rabbi Mike Moskowitz www.cbst.orgTo learn more about him and to order his books https://www.rabbimikemoskowitz.com Please like, subscribe, and comment on our shows, wherever you get your podcasts.Please consider making a donation: https://thebonnellfoundation.org/donate/The Bonnell Foundation website:https://thebonnellfoundation.orgEmail us at: thebonnellfoundation@gmail.com Thanks to our sponsors:Vertex: https://www.vrtx.comViatris: https://www.viatris.com/en

In the latest class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing with the various, sometimes conflicting, ideas of Jewish identity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on April 10, 2024.

In the latest class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing with the various, sometimes conflicting, ideas of Jewish identity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on April 3, 2024.

In the eighth class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing with the various, sometimes conflicting, ideas of Jewish identity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on March 20, 2024.

In the seventh class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing with the various, sometimes conflicting, ideas of Jewish identity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on March 13, 2024.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploration into one key issue shaping Israel and the Jewish World — right now. This week we're bringing excerpts from a Behind the Headlines video interview with author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi, conducted exclusively for our Times of Israel Community. A senior fellow and the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Klein Halevi is the author of books including, “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” and “Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist.” Drawing on themes from both of those books, as well as his other work, we asked Klein Halevi to answer five big questions about the war. We touch on topics including, what "Never Again" means to Israelis today and how the Jewish community should relate to the anti-Zionist Jewish youth protesting on university campuses. So this week, we ask thinker Yossi Klein Halevi, what matters now. What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on iTunes, TuneIn, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, PlayerFM or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Author Yossi Klein Halevi (Shalom Hartman Institute)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Public discourse about Israel and Gaza is peppered with ideological language. Young people are engaging with a world where complex, academic, and historically significant terms such as Zionism, colonialization, and apartheid have been overly simplified and reduced to polarizing social media memes. Tomer Persico, research fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and Rubenstein fellow at Reichman University, joins hosts Joshua Ladon and Masua Sagiv to help parents, educators, and caregivers better understand the context and rhetoric that young people are navigating so that we can engage in sophisticated, rich conversations with our children and students.    JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS    Tomer's Viral Videos:  The denial of Jewish humanity is antisemitism  What's the deal with the anit-Israel left? 

The international community is alight with debate over the morality of Israel's war against Hamas. This week, Yehuda Kurtzer consults Tal Becker, Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute, Legal Adviser of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a veteran member of Israeli peace negotiation teams, about the ethics of Israel's current operation in Gaza. They explore just war theory through legal, philosophical and Jewish frameworks and analyze the actions of the IDF and Hamas accordingly. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR MORE HARTMAN IDEAS

The girls use their guest Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Hartman Institute, as a free therapist.Warning: This episode gets funny and lighthearted at times, some might even say optimistic. We talk:Israeli music is so….Israeli.Why is Yossi doing a bit better?Hamas really messed up by making us stop hating each other.Our leaders don't deserve usMoral failuresWhat the hell does Hashem want from us??Even the orthodox are becoming Zionists (and why that's weird)Mental health help is not the answer to antisemitismThe privilege of the progressive JewWhy there can never be a two-state solution and yet there HAS to be a two-state solution.There are more people of good will on the other side than the right thinks, but less than the left thinks.Links:More about Yossihttps://www.yossikleinhalevi.com/Letters to My Palestinian Neighborhttps://www.amazon.com/Letters-Palestinian-Neighbor-Yossi-Halevi/dp/0062844911Spotify Avoda Ivrit playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/5RZ2TSTjeQqglz9G35n8Uk?si=mtj5VHRMQ0O4UN9m4CUpMwThe Genesis War - Yedidia Sternhttps://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/yedidia-stern/Chaya Leah's YKH-inspired playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oWIUXjGtjZwB9nOgQeFnh?si=S2kSqXUUTOCU7a70uYs0rwFollow us on substack: askajew.substack.com

Episode 9 - Israel is captivated by Fundamentalist Jews with Dr. Tomer Persico   The Judicial Overhaul in Israel is led by four different groups of interest - Netanyahu, who is invested in stopping his trials; Likkud members, who seek Power and control; the Haredim, who care about being exempt from military service and continuing their control over the Rabbinical institutions, and the Extremist Nationalists from "Religious Zionism," Jewish Power and Noam - A group of  Messianic Orthodox. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Betzalel Smotrich, Simcha Rotman, and Avi Maoz all represent different approaches to Jewish Supremacy that are nurtured from the same origins. To Discuss Jewish fundamentalism, I am glad to have Dr. Tomer Persico, a Research Fellow at the Hartman Institute, a religious and secularism researcher and thinker. He is the author of Jewish Meditation and In God's Image - the idea of individualism, freedom, and equality.   To read his last post at Sources “A Natural Act of Vengeance”: Settler Violence and Two Types of Jewish Fundamentalism To read more of Dr. Persico's thoughts - tomerpersicoenglish.wordpress.com/ #Israel #Extremists #JewishSupremacy #IsraeliDemocracy

Sophie Coulthard is the co-founder of AxioGrow, a platform that helps companies to identify, nurture and grow human potential throughout the entire career journey.   At the heart of the platform is a quick, online assessment based on a value-science called Axiology.  Having developed a keen interest in Axiology, Sophie joined the board of The Hartman Institute to support their efforts in 'changing the world for the better' through Axiological theory and application.   Sophie also hosts leadership and wellbeing workshops, and has a particular interest in how wellbeing impacts on work performance.  Outside of work, she's found a passion in dog training and can often be found in Wimbledon Common with her dog Billy or discovering new brunch spots with her fiancé. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-davies7/support

Over the course of about four weeks beginning in August 2005, Israel underwent a profoundly traumatic experience: the Disengagement from Gaza. Critics at the time said it was tearing Israel apart. Supporters said it was difficult, but Israel had no choice. Before long, the vacuum left by Israel in Gaza was filled by Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group which continues to run the coastal enclave with an iron fist. But was Hamas' takeover inevitable, or could it have been avoided? And now, 18 years later, what is the legacy of the Disengagement on Israel, and how do its supporters and detractors evaluate the withdrawal from Gaza? To help us unpack the historic decision and its aftermath, we are joined by Amotz Asa-El. He is the Jerusalem Post's senior commentator and former executive editor, is currently a fellow at the Hartman Institute and a senior editor at the Jerusalem Report. Welcome to The Honest Report podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehonestreport/message

In the sixth class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing with the various, sometimes conflicting, ideas of Jewish identity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on Jan 14, 2023.

In the fifth class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing the importance of lace in Jewish solidarity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on May 21, 2023.

In the fourth class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein leads a study of texts dealing the pros and cons of Jewish solidarity . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on April 19, 2023.

In the third class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein talks about pluralism, tolerance and deviance . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on March 16, 2023.

Kan English News hosted in the studio Amotz Asa-El, a scholar, political analyst, fellow at the Hartman Institute and author of The Jewish March of Folly. Amotz just spoke at President Isaac Herzog's residence on civil war in Jewish history. Host Arieh O'Sullivan asks: with at least a dozen civil wars in ancient Jewish history, is the current social unrest over judicial reform a sign of heritage or can unity prevail? (photo: Gili Yaari/flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donniel Hartman is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Jewish research and education institute based in Jerusalem, Israel that offers pluralistic Jewish thought and education to scholars, rabbis, educators, and Jewish community leaders in Israel and North America. He's the author of three books, the Boundaries of Judaism, Putting God Second and the upcoming Who Are The Jews? Donniel and I sat down in the podcast studio at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem to discuss the role of Israel and Jews in the Diaspora, the Kotel, Democracy in the State of Israel, the Occupation, the role of the Holocaust in Jewish identity and much more. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas/donniel-hartman. To hear all of the episodes go to https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas or https://jewishpeopleideas.com/ Also, please check out my other podcast, The Chassidic Story Project, where I share a new Chassidic story every week, available at https://hasidicstory.com or https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/tracks. To support this project, please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Find my books on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

In the second class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein talks about two different ways of looking at Jewish identity: being and becoming . The curriculum for the series was developed by the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person at Kehillat Israel and via Zoom on February 15, 2023.

In the first class in her series, Rabbi Amy Bernstein talks about her recent trip to Israel, the new Israeli government, and introduces a curriculum from the Hartman Institute. This event took place in person and via Zoom on January 18, 2023..

The new Israeli government coalition, which aligns with ultra-Orthodox and right-wing extremist parties, is poised to affect major changes on Israeli society, including limiting the Law of Return, delegitimizing non-Orthodox Judaism, and limiting LGBTQ rights. These moves are disturbing on their face, and they also threaten to further alienate Israel from Jews in North America. Will the government's policies undermine Jewish peoplehood within and beyond its borders? Tani Frank, director of the Hartman Institute's Center for Judaism and State Policy, joins Yehuda Kurtzer for a discussion about the place of liberal values and liberal Judaism in Israel and ways that we can affect change in this political environment.

Yossi Klein Halevi is a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor and Like Dreamers which won the Jewish Book Council's Book of the Year. You can see Yossi's op-eds in the New York Times, Los Angles Times and other leading newspapers. I sat down with Yossi in his office at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem for the first of a four-part series on conversations with Yossi over the next year and a half. In this episode we spoke about American Jews and their relationship with the state of Israel. Amongst the topics we spoke about were who exactly is the American Jewish community, the rift between them and the state of Israel, what role Israel should play in the lives of American Jews, how much influence American Jews should have on the state of Israel and much more. Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas/yossi-klein-halevi-american-jews. To hear all of the episodes go to https://soundcloud.com/jewishpeopleideas or https://jewishpeopleideas.com/ Also, please check out my other podcast, The Chassidic Story Project, where I share a new Chassidic story every week, available at https://hasidicstory.com or https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman/tracks. To support this project, please go to https://www.patreon.com/barakhullman. Find my books on Amazon by going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman.

What happens when one grapples with their Jewish identity? How does this impact their relationship with self, family, and community? Yehuda Kurtzer is joined by Naomi Seidman, professor, author, and Guggenheim Fellow to discuss Heretic in the House, a new limited podcast series from the Hartman Institute that explores various ways that those who have left Orthodox Jewish communities see themselves and what their journeys can reflect about belonging, otherness and communal relationships. In the episode, Yehuda and Naomi unpack why so many Jews—not just those who have gone "Off the Derekh"—struggle with the notion of a static Jewish identity and how making choices about how to live Jewishly impacts one's idea of self and relationships with others. Heretic in the House: https://www.hartman.org/heretic

Algemeiner just named Imam Abdullah Antpeli was name to the Top 100 People Influencing Jewish Life in 2022. Currently, a professor at Duke University, he is also the co-director of the Hartman Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative which brings Muslim leaders to Israel to learn about Israel and Judaism. Join Rabbi Matanky as he welcomes the Imam for a conversation about Muslim Anti-Semitism, Jewish Muslim dialogue, and the opportunities that the Abraham Accords have created to reframe the relationship between Jewish and Muslim communities.

The Death of Transcendence (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022) presents a clear and compelling close reading and interpretation of the five essays included in Jean Améry's At the Mind's limit, describing them as one continuous and progressing argument on the possibility of human society in wake of the Holocaust. Through the works of philosophers such as Wittgenstein, Murdoch, J.M. Bernstein and Charles Taylor, Ashkenazy uncovers the importance and significance of such concepts as transcendence, loss, self, other, love, and home for establishing and maintaining a human life and world, and recovering it should it be lost. Finally, the book examines the concept of resentment, described as a reactive and corrupting emotion by Nietzsche, and follows Améry's argument that in extreme cases, it is in fact the moral, healthy choice. Written with both clarity and academic rigour, The Death of Transcendence offers novel ideas, firmly grounded in existing philosophical literature, and is intended for both professional scholars and enthusiasts. Yoav Ashkenazy is an independent researcher. After receiving a Ph. D. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem he continued to teach philosophy and literature in various settings and serve as a research fellow at the Hartman Institute for Advanced Study. He currently lives in Vienna and is engaged in research, consultancy and management for various private organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Rabbi Shoshana Cohen uncovers some of the key trends towards secularisation that we encounter with the Deuteronomist authors and find throughout the Book of Devarim.Rabbi Shoshana Cohen is SHI Senior Faculty and Director of Campus Engagement for the Hevruta Gap-Year Program. In this role she serves as a faculty member, teacher, and mentor for North American gap-year students studying in Israel, prepares them for Jewish life in college, and supports them after they return to their campuses in North America. She was also a member of Cohort II of the Created Equal Fellowship. Prior to coming to Hartman Shoshana was a senior faculty member at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem for over a decade where she taught Talmud, Midrash and Gender Studies. She has served as scholar-in-residence in communities across the US.Shoshana was the educational director of ATZUM's Takum, a social justice beit midrash housed at the CY. She has completed advanced studies at Hebrew University, Matan and the Hartman Institute and has rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes. She is a founding member of Reshut haRabim, the Jerusalem Forum for Jewish Renewal Organizations. Lecturing in Hebrew and in English she has been on the faculty of the Drisha Institute, the Hartman Girl's High School, Yeshivat Talpiot, and Yeshivat Hadar. 

Dr Alex Sinclair argues that that the more radical you are theologically, the more conservative you should be liturgically, in this exploration of Vayakhel.--Dr Alex Sinclair is the Chief Content Officer for Educating for Impact. Alex grew up in London, England, and received an M.A., (Oxon) in Hebrew Studies from Balliol College, University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Alex was a member of faculty at the Davidson School of Education of the Jewish Theological Seminary between 2002 and 2019, and remains a Consultant for JTS's Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute, in which role he has coached instructional leaders in Jewish Day Schools throughout North America. He has taught or run programs for the Hartman Institute, the Schechter Institute, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew Union College, and the Jewish Agency. He has published many academic articles on Jewish education and his book, “Loving the Real Israel: An Educational Agenda for Liberal Zionism”, was published in 2013.

Yishai stands on a street corner in Brooklyn and holds the tension between Diaspora and Israel and between Jewish universalism and Hebrew nationalism. Then, Yishai's talk with the liberal-leaning Jewish students of the Hartman Institute.

Yishai stands on a street corner in Brooklyn and holds the tension between Diaspora and Israel and between Jewish universalism and Hebrew nationalism. Then, Yishai's talk with the liberal-leaning Jewish students of the Hartman Institute.

Lila Corwin Berman (Temple University) joins host Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the ways in which America has shaped philanthropy, and the ways in which philanthropy has shaped the American Jewish community, over the last thirty years. This episode was recorded live as part of the Judaism, Citizenship, and Democracy symposium hosted by the Hartman Institute from October 19-30, 2020.

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld leads a discussion on apologizing and asking for forgiveness, things which can allow us to move past old mistakes. What is the impact of granting - or withholding - forgiveness? The traditions of the new year are built upon the belief that asking for and receiving forgiveness allows us to leave old mistakes behind us. But how does the act of granting forgiveness change us as human beings? Sara Wolkenfeld is the Chief Learning Officer at Sefaria, an online database and interface for Jewish texts. She is also a fellow at the David Hartman Center at the Hartman Institute of North America. This class took place via Zoom on September 10, 2020 as part of the Elul+ Pre-Tishre study program presented by Temple Beth Am Los Angeles.

Rabbi Zachary Truboff presents his virtual zoom class, " Re-examining Our Moral Obligations to the Other" for Valley Beit Midrash. Rabbi Zachary Truboff is the coordinator of the International Beit Din Institute, which seeks to educate rabbis about halakhic solutions to the agunah problem. His writings on contemporary Jewish thought and Zionism have appeared in the Lehrhaus, Arutz Sheva, and Akdamot. His forthcoming book, Torah Goes Forth From Zion: Essays on the Thought of Rav Kook and Rav Shagar, will be published in the fall. Before making aliyah, he served as the rabbi of Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio. He has taught in a variety of adult education settings such as the Wexner Heritage Program and the Hartman Institute. He received semikha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Amy Bernstein discusses a Hartman Institute talk by Melila Hellner-Eshed which explored Jewish tradition for what it means to find faith while sitting in the darkness. Melila Hellner-Eshed, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at Shalom Hartman Institute and the Director of Maskilot, an intensive two-year program for female doctoral candidates. She has been a professor of Jewish mysticism and Zohar in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for over two decades. Rabbi Bernstein's conducted the discussion via Zoom on August 18, 2020.

Dominic Pugatsch (Geschäftsführer der GRA Stiftung) begegnet in dieser Episode Dina Wyler. Dina ist in Zürich aufgewachsen. Nach ihrem Bachelor in Politikwissenschaften an der Uni Zürich studiert sie in Boston Internationale Beziehungen und Religion. Nun lebt sie in New York und arbeitet für das Shalom Hartmann Institute. Ihr Fokus liegt auf Projekten des inter-religiösen Dialogs zwischen Judentum und Islam. Dina spricht im Podcast auch über die Wichtigkeit des Dialogs innerhalb einer religiösen Community oder Minderheit. Weitere Infos über das Hartman Institute: https://hartman.org.il/ Über Dina Wyler: https://hartman.org.il/About_Us_View.asp?Cat_Id=615&Cat_Type=About&Title_Cat_Name=Dina%20Wyler www.gra.ch und www.gms-minderheiten.ch

Amotz Asa-El and Shmuel Rosner discuss Amotz's thought provoking new book. Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Amotz Asa-El, The Jerusalem Post's senior columnist and former executive editor,[1] is a fellow at the Hartman Institute; The Jerusalem Report's senior writer; and a leading commentator on Middle Eastern, Israeli, and Jewish affairs.  Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.  

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Understanding the soul of a nation requires more than understanding the way it orders its laws and governing institutions. True understanding demands that we also look at a people’s culture—its art, its theater, and its music. In this podcast, we are joined by the author, intellectual, and Hartman Institute fellow Yossi Klein Halevi to explore the transformation of Israel music throughout the history of the Jewish state. We will look at the music that characterized Israel’s early years—music that emerged out of the Ashkenazi, socialist, kibbutz ethos of the Labor Zionist governing elite. We’ll see how, over time, Israeli music came to draw on its diasporic history, especially that of the Mizrahim—the Jews of North Africa and the Middle East—a shift that mirrors and illuminates broader changes in Israeli society over the past five decades.   Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble as well as “Ulterior” by Swan Production.

Aging Well Takes Skill Wise retirement planning transcends your 401k. The transition to retirement is one of the most significant experiences you’ll encounter in your lifetime. And it’s increasingly being recognized as a new and distinct phase of life. One that’s rich with possibilities for personal development, spiritual growth, learning, and wisdom. While people retire at different ages, what we all have in common is that we are all growing older. And it turns out that aging well takes a new skillset. In this episode of our retirement podcast, our guest is Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, California, a founder of ChaiVillageLA and co-author of the new book, Getting Good at Getting Older. She was the third woman in the Reform Movement to become a rabbi and among the first to be selected to lead a major metropolitan synagogue. We talk with Rabbi Geller about: Why she and her late husband decided to write the new book Getting Good at Getting Older If wisdom comes with age How we can cultivate wisdom (and as she recommends – a heart of wisdom) in the second half of life Why creating the right mindset and attitude about retirement is so important Spirituality and inner life in the second half of life The benefits of embracing lifelong learning and aging well What people who thrive in retirement do differently from those who struggle with the transition to retirement Where to begin if you want to get good at getting older __________________________ Bio Rabbi Laura Geller, Emerita Rabbi of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, was the first woman to be selected through a national search to lead a major metropolitan synagogue as Senior Rabbi. She was twice named one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America and was featured in the PBS documentary “Jewish Americans.” Author of numerous articles in books and journals, she was on the editorial board of The Torah: A Women’s Commentary. She is a Fellow of the Corporation of Brown University from where she graduated in 1971. Ordained by Hebrew Union College in 1976, she is the third woman in the Reform Movement to become a rabbi. She is a Rabbinic Fellow of the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, a mentor in the Clergy Leadership Initiative, a facilitator in the Formation Project of On Being, and a member of the Board of The Jewish Women’s Archive. She is a founder of the first synagogue-based village, ChaiVillageLA, which is part of the national Village Movement. She is co-author with her late husband Richard Siegel, co-author of The Jewish Catalog(1973), of Getting Good at Getting Older. __________________________ Wise Quotes  On Wisdom “It’s very important to acknowledge that it’s hard to have a lot of wisdom when you’re young. But as you say, getting older doesn’t mean that you’re necessarily wise. So, the activity of acquiring wisdom is a practice many of us prepare when we’re younger for our retirement. We need also to prepare for our spiritual work of this second stage of our life. And part of it, I think is really paying attention to what it means to be wise. What does it mean to pay attention to the opportunities that exist that this stage of our life and what are the practices that can help us do that? So, in our book, we speak about meditation, we talk about journaling, we talk about pilgrimage as opposed to travel. It’s one thing to take a trip. It’s another thing to experience that trip as a pilgrimage, a journey that will help us discover not only our roots but also what’s really important to us. It takes a focus on lifelong learning. We continue to learn and gain wisdom through the notion that when you stop learning, you start dying.”   On Intergenerational Relationships “One of the things that we learned in working on our book is one of the secrets of getting good at getting older is cultivating friends across generation, younger friends, and actually older friends as well.”

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Overview of Episode #59 --- Why TTI SI is committed to sharing the Science of Axiology with the world. How to use this science to change and grow, and upcoming updates, what's next for TTI SI's Acumen report. Gain insights from a super busy Executive, husband and father, his favorite books, tips and inspiration. Contact Priceless Professional Development: 770-578-6976, suzie@pricelessprofessional.com or www.pricelessprofessional.com To see the show notes and get the transcript for this episode, go to: www.pricelessprofessional.com/rick Timing on Recording: @ 6:13 --- Topic 1: Welcome Rick Bowers; How You Became Aware of Robert S. Hartman's Work; Why Did You Decide That This Is a Tool You're Interested in Learning More About and Bringing It to People; Why Have You Continued to Stay Committed to It. It is getting inside someone's head, understanding how they think, and people are so complex that you just can't look at a person from just DISC or just from a couple assessments, you really have to have this complete picture of the individual and understand what's going on and where are their filters, what's going on in their brain. The Hartman tools give us the ability to understand how people look at the world and how they look at themselves. It is tough to look and assess a person without looking at everything, including the Axiology, Hartman's work. Timing on Recording: @ 10:05  --- Topic 2: When You Use the Tool, How Have You Used it Within the Organization? How is It Used Across the Country? Across the World. We use it with every internal hire. When we're bringing in Chief Marketing Officers and VPs of people, different people at that level, you really have to truly understand how they think. World view vs. Internal view. Business is off a little bit this year, but the training and the development business is up because organizations have been hiring people without assessments over the last 12 months because they needed a person, and now they're having problems within the organization because they didn't make that connection, they did not use Acumen. If you don't match the person to the job, you're going to have issues as you go forward. Timing on Recording: @ 13:38  --- Topic 3: How Has Hartman's Work Impacted Your Life? You start to look at things very differently. Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Systemic. Hartman's work is a mental mind map that is so powerful personally and professionally. Timing on Recording: @ 16:46  --- Topic 4: What Do You Say to Consultants Who Are Struggling to “Bring it all together?” Use Axiology at the level that you're comfortable with. Focus on three main things: The people piece, feeling, the doing or practical piece, and then the systems or thinking piece. Timing on Recording: @ 18:48  --- Topic 5: What Do You Think the Future of Hartman's Work Is? Do You See Changes in the Tools? There's so much opportunity, there's so much potential for growth and expansion. The Hartman Institute's goal is to change the world for the better. Get more business-minded people into the Hartman Institute. Update training recertification. Updated Dimensional Balance page. Timing on Recording: @ 28:02 --- Topic 6: Who Has Most Influenced You in Your Life and Career? Who are They, What Do They Say and Do? What Was Most Useful? My Dad. He led by example. Really exuded that, “People first,” kind of mentality. Timing on Recording: @ 30:39  --- Topic 7: What Books, Training Programs, What Kind of Things Have Been Instrumental to Your Development? Simon Sinek Book: Start With Why Verne Harnish Material Book:Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business Book: The 4 Disciplines of Execution Timing on Recording: @ 32:33  --- Topic 8: When You Think of the Word Successful, Who's the First Person That Comes to Mind? Jeff Bezos from Amazon. “How can we make it easier for our customers to buy?” “How do I make it easier?” Timing on Recording: @ 36:27  --- Topic 9: What Are Some of the Things That You Do That Regularly That Help You Have More Wake Up Eager Days? It's all about routine. Clean living. Protein shake in the morning. Clear your glass, taking a step back visualizing some of the better times that you've had, just have to get it out, and let people know what you're feeling. 2-3 physical workouts per week. Timing on Recording: @ 42:46  --- Topic 10: Getting to Know Rick Bowers. Your favorite guilty pleasure TV show: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med. Your favorite possession: Cars (Camaro, Porsche Cayenne, Audi Spider). Advice you would give you 25 year-old self: “Every mistake is an opportunity to learn. Don't be defensive.” If you could have a billboard anywhere, what would it say?: “Chase your dreams, not the competition.” Last bit of wisdom, advice that you want everybody who's listening to take away: You can't fill an intrinsic hole with extrinsic or systemic dirt.

Yehuda Kurtzer is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Yehuda is a leading thinker and author on the meaning of Israel to American Jews, on Jewish history and Jewish memory, and on questions of leadership and change in American Jewish life. He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, which offers new thinking to contemporary Jews on navigating the tensions between history and memory; and the co-editor of the forthcoming volume The New Jewish Canon, a collection of the most significant Jewish ideas and debates of the past two generations. I sat down with Yehuda in his office at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem when he was visiting from New York to discuss his relationship with God, American Jewry, the Reform movement, Israeli-American Jewish relations and much more.

Jay Niblick is the Founder and CEO of Innermetrix Incorporated, a professional consulting and technology firm with offices on five continents specializing in helping professional business consultants and coaches build and grow a profitable consulting practice. He is the Bestselling author of the Attribute Index diagnostic profile (over 600,000 copies sold worldwide), and What’s Your Genius – How the Best Think for Success (Foreword by Anthony Robbins). His latest bestselling book is titled, The Profitable Consultant – How to Start, Market and Sell your Expertise (Foreword by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith). He has been a paid keynote speaker and lecturer to organizations around the world in the areas of: Consulting, recruitment/hiring, peak performance, executive coaching, leadership development and organizational development. Over 1,750 independent management consultants have paid to attend one of Jay’s international workshops or certification programs delivering best practices on how to build a successful consulting practice and increase profitability. Jay also sits on the Board of Directors at the Robert S. Hartman Institute; A scholarly project at the University of Tennessee in the United States dedicated to the study of human nature, value and decision-making. Prior to consulting, Jay worked in the surgical sales industry for Johnson & Johnson. Before that he trained and served in the Special Operations communities of the US Navy and US Marines.

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Join us on Temple Emanuel’s Mission to learn Torah at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Yair Ettinger, a journalist and researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute's "Ultra-Orthodox in Israel" program as well as a fellow at the Hartman Institute in New York, is the co-author, together with Nissim Leon, of the recently published book A Flock With No Shepherd: Shas Leadership The Day After Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. It analyzes the causes of the movement's identity, leadership and popularity woes, some resulting from and others coinciding with the death of its towering founder and spiritual father in 2013. This episode of the Tel Aviv Review was brought to you by the Israel Democracy Institute, an independent center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy.

What defines American Jewish identity? Join Rabbi Goor in a searching discussion on politics and the pulpit. Rabbi Donald Goor, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Judea Tarzana, California, currently serves as Rabbinic Liaison at ARZA World Travel in Jerusalem and as Campus Rabbi at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. Rabbi Goor grew up in San Diego, California, as the son of a rabbi. He graduated the University of California at Berkeley with honors and distinction. In 1987, he was ordained at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Rabbi Goor then joined Temple Judea where he remained for 27 years serving as Senior Rabbi. During his time in Los Angeles, Rabbi Goor served on the faculty of Hebrew Union College where he taught second and fifth year rabbinic students, addressing topics that relate to the practical aspects of being in the clergy. Rabbi Goor continues his own studies at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem as a fellow in the Center for Rabbinic Enrichment Program. He co-founded the HOPE Network, the Valley Interfaith Council’s Homeless Project. He has chaired the “Jewish Federation/Valley Alliance’s Jewish Community Relations Council,” and co-chaired the Jewish Federation’s “Cults and Missionaries Commission.” After completing a course of studies he received the honor of being a Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. In July of 2013, Rabbi Goor and his husband, Cantor Evan Kent, fulfilled a life dream and made Aliyah. In Jerusalem he serves on the boards of Shutaf, an informal education program for kids with special needs, and the David Forman Foundation for Social Justice.

David Hartman died a year ago this week. The Orthodox rabbi was a charismatic and challenging figure in Israeli society, called a “public philosopher for the Jewish people” and a “champion of adaptive Judaism.” We remember his window into the unfolding of his tradition in the modern world — Judaism as a lens on the human condition.

David Hartman was an Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He authored many books, including “A Heart of Many Rooms” and “The God Who Hates Lies.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “David Hartman — Hope in a Hopeless God.” Find more at onbeing.org.

Om Gaza-kriget, som alla vann. Hamas, Netanyahu och de arabiska grannarna har stärkt sina positioner. Men hur gick det för freden? Följ med till Gaza, och hör ansjovisfiskare, jordbrukare och barnfamiljer om livet i ett land där kriget blivit vardag. Hör också röster från Jerusalem, Doha och Washington om den nya ordningen i Mellanöstern - en ordning där en långsiktig fred är mer avlägsen än någonsin. Det råder segerstämning bland Gazas islamister. I fredags var ytterligare en triumfens dag för Hamas, när den terrorstämplade organisationens ledare, Khaled Mashaal återvände till palestinsk mark för första gången sedan 1967. Syftet med hans återvändande är Hamas 25-årsjubiléeum, som firas med massmöten och militärparader i helgen. Anledningen att han kunde besöka Gaza var kriget i november, förklarade Mashaal i ett tal strax efter ankomsten. Han förklarade stolt att Hamas vunnit det åtta dagar långa kriget, trots att det ju faktiskt aldrig blev någon fred utan bara en fragil vapenvila. Men att både Hamas och andra militanta grupper i Gaza ser kriget som en propagandaseger, det stod klart för Kristian Åström när han i veckan besökte Gaza. Stora delar av Hamas ledarskap lever idag i exil utanför Gaza. Många av ledarna bor i Kairo, och Khaled Mashaal själv bor i Doha, i den lilla gulfstaten Qatar. Och trots att Gaza lite slentrianmässigt brukar kallas för världens största utomhusfängelse - invånarna kommer ju inte därifrån - så är omvärlden idag väldigt närvarande inne i Gaza. Här syns tydliga spår av de dramatiska politiska omvälvningar som hänt i Mellanöstern under den arabiska våren. När Gazaborna firade vapenvilan den 22 november så kunde man se plakat, skyltar och banderoller som tackade den gamla vapendragaren Iran, men också betonade stödet från nyfunna vänner, som president Morsi i Egypten å Emiren av Qatar. Och just Qatar är väldigt närvarande i Gaza. Den lilla gulfstaten i persiska viken har plöjt ner miljoner dollar till skolor, fiskeutrustning och infrastruktur i Gaza. Emiren, hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, var det första statsöverhuvudet som besökte ett hamaskontrollerat Gaza, när han kom dit i oktober, strax innan kriget mellan Israel å Hamas. Qatar är definitivt ett av de länder som vunnit på det senaste kriget i Gaza. Det konstaterar Mehran Kamrava, professor i statsvetenskap vid Georgetownuniversitetet i Qatars huvudstad Doha, där Konflikts Lotten Collin nådde honom. Paradoxalt nog så upplever sig även Israel som vinnare i kriget. Premiärminister Netanyahu har precis som Egyptens Morsi, Emiren av Qatar och inte minst Hamas ledarskikt kunnat plocka poäng på kriget och den efterföljande vapenvilan. Det hävdar Yossi Klein Hallevi, forskare på tankesmedjan Hartman Institute en framträdande röst inom den konservativa falangen som står nära det i Israel styrande Likudpartiet. Kristian Åström träffade honom i Jerusalem. Det verkar, trots att Israel och Hamas faktiskt förhandlat indirekt med varandra i samband med den senaste vapenvilan, inte vara någon som idag tror att en fredsprocess i dagsläget är möjlig. Så vad skulle egentligen krävas för att få till stånd en mer varaktig fredsuppgörelse? De flesta brukar hävda att ett land mer än andra har svaret på den frågan i sin hand: Israels viktigaste allierade, USA. USA ger varje år flera miljarder dollar i militärt bistånd till Israel, men också till Morsi i Egypten. Faktum är att det finns amerikanska militärinstallationer kors och tvärs över hela Mellanöstern, bland annat i just Qatar, och USA har nära samarbete med så gott som alla viktiga länder i regionen, med det uppenbara undantaget Iran. Med så många allianser, kontakter och påtryckningsmedel vore det väl bara naturligt att om någon ska kunna pressa Israeler och palestinier att sluta fred, så är det USA. För att förstå hur Washington utvärderat det senaste kriget så ringde Konflikts Ivar Ekman upp Aaron Miller på Woodrow Wilson-centret i Washington. Miller var länge var en central rådgivare åt amerikanska regeringar i just Mellanösternkonflikten, och har förhandlat med såväl israeler som palestinier under både Bill Clinton och George W Bush. Men när fokus i omvärlden hamnar på storpolitiska vinster och förluster, och vilka nya allianser som bildats eller förstärkts under det senaste kriget, är det lätt att glömma att Gaza samtidigt är en plats som 1,7 miljoner Gaza-bor kallar sitt hem - en plats där vanliga människor försöker leva vanliga liv så gott det går, även om kriget hela tiden finns närvarande. Det berättade bönder, fiskare och barnfamiljer för Kristian Åström. Programledare: Ivar Ekman Producent: Lotten Collin