Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning Initiative
By Temple Emanuel of Newton
Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning InitiativeMay 01, 2022
Elana Stein Hain: Moral Anchors in this Moment - May 1, 2024
Our Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning Initiative continues in person in May with teaching by Hartman’s Dr. Elana Stein Hain. More than six months after October 7, we are still embroiled in a tragic conflict which has unleashed significant antisemitism and questions about the future of both Israel and America. How can we step back and think about what all this means? What moral principles might anchor us right now in thinking about these weighty concerns about the present and about the future?
Sara Labaton: Living Between Purim and Pesach Post-October 7 - April 10, 2024
In the 21st century, Jews in Israel and North America are both powerful and vulnerable, a duality that has only been made starker by the events of Oct. 7th and the subsequent war. While the contemporary expressions of Jewish power and vulnerability have particular and even unique features, Jewish traditions going back to the earliest canonical texts offer possible frameworks for navigating the challenges of this moment. Join Sara Labaton to examine Purim and Pesach as case studies for how Jewish values and rituals can serve as guideposts as we re-interpret them considering unfolding events. Find sources here.
Micah Goodman: Israel's Longest War and Hopeful Future - February 25, 2024
Much has been learned since October 7. Micah will join us online live from Jerusalem and offer his candid thoughts on what it will take for Israel to get from its longest war to a new and better future.
Let’s pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and let’s learn from our friend on the ground there.
Donniel Hartman: The War in Israel – Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead - February 5, 2024
As the Israel-Hamas war enters its 4th month, moral, ethical and philosophical questions continue to dominate the discourse. Our Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning Initiative continues in person in February with Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, in conversation with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz about the critical questions of this moment, the obligations of Jewish Peoplehood, the impact on Israel-Diaspora relations and the moral considerations related to fighting a just war.
Donniel’s new book, Who Are the Jews – And Who Can We Become, is available for purchase here.
Poems for our Days Part II with Rachel Korazim - January 28, 2024
We continue with Rachel Korazim’s second class of Israeli poetry written in the wake of October 7. More voices. More intimacy. More poems that show, with the change of a letter, how Israel and Israelis have changed in this worst chapter of the state’s existence. And yet, somehow, and miraculously, in addition to the notes of loss and rawness, there are also some notes of hope.
Poems for our Days Part I with Rachel Korazim - January 21, 2024
The calamity of October 7th left Israel and the Jewish world in shock and despair. The unimaginable became our reality. As more details of the horror unfold, we find ourselves less and less able to talk about it. The expression most commonly used is םילימ ןיא ein milim – No Words! And yet – there are those who struggle and find words to express pain and anger, despair and abandonment.
In our sessions with Rachel Korazim we will read and discuss poetry written these very days. The poems are often raw and painful, while at the same time also full of love and even hope.
Join us to explore this moment in Israel through the window of Israeli literature, created in this moment.
Meeting this Moment: An Evening with Yehuda Kurtzer - November 21, 2023
In the aftermath of the tragic events of October 7, we have seen an unprecedented response from the Jewish community in love, solidarity, and philanthropy. Join Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, as he shares his thoughts on the big questions people are asking, as well as insights on this complex and evolving moment.
Micah Goodman: An Update From Israel - September 10, 2023
What is going to happen in Israel when later this month the Supreme Court has a hearing on, and issues a ruling about, the Knesset’s vote this past summer eliminating the Supreme Court’s power to invalidate laws it deemed unreasonable?
If the Supreme Court validates the Knesset’s move, what will be with the significant energy against what is broadly seen by hundreds of thousands of protesters as neutering the Supreme Court and undermining Israeli democracy? On the other hand, if the Supreme Court declares the Knesset’s move improper, the Prime Minister has already affirmed that the Knesset will not heed the Supreme Court. In which case there will be a full-blown constitutional crisis in a country without a constitution. This is unchartered territory. This is unsettling.
Micah Goodman, our friend and teacher, is a broadly beloved and respected public intellectual in Israel, and he is working 24/7 to create a positive way forward. In the midst of his Elul teaching at Beit Prat for a rising generation of post-Army Israelis finding new meaning in Judaism, Micah is going to make time to give us an update from Jerusalem.
His talk, on Zoom, will begin sharply at 10:15 am and end sharply at 11:00 am. We are so grateful to Micah for his love of Israel and for his wisdom and friendship.
Let's pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and let's learn from our friend on the ground.
Israel's Identity Crisis: How Should Friends of Israel Respond? with Yossi Klein Halevi - February 27, 2023
Yossi Klein Halevi
Israel's Identity Crisis: How Should Friends of Israel Respond?
The Judicial Reforms: Crisis or Opportunity? with Micah Goodman - February 12, 2023
Micah Goodman
The Judicial Reforms: Crisis or Opportunity?
Inside Out: Self-Knowledge in Our Understanding of Israel with Justin Pines - January 24, 2023
Reclaiming Religious Language for the Moral Challenges of Zionism with Elana Stein Hain - December 12, 2022
Elana Stein Hain
Reclaiming Religious Language for the Moral Challenges of Zionism
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Sinai, The Podcast Version: Hartman Learning with Rabbi Wes - The Torah of TikTok
Sinai, The Podcast Version: Hartman Learning with Rabbi Wes - Inside Chabad's Vision for American Judaism
March 13, 2022
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Sinai, the Podcast Version: Hartman Learning with Rabbi Gardenswartz "Responding to Amnesty's Aparth"
February 13, 2022
Link to Source Materials: https://www.templeemanuel.com/event/hartman-foundations-for-a-thoughtful-judaism-with-rabbi-gardenswartz/
When Law and Ethics Collide, Who Wins? with Gordon Tucker, December 12, 2021
Gordon Tucker
When Law and Ethics Collide, Who Wins?
December 12, 2021
Link to source materials: https://www.templeemanuel.com/event/hartman-scholar-events-2021-12-12/
The Ethical Implications of Shrinking the Conflict with Micah Goodman, November 14, 2021
Micah Goodman
The Ethical Implications of Shrinking the Conflict
November 14, 2021
TE Connects Hartman: Is Shrinking the Conflict a Moral Advance, or An Excuse for More of the Same?
October 31, 2021
The COVID Ethicist: Revisiting Pandemic Dilemmas with Mishael Zion - October 3, 2021
Mishael Zion
The COVID Ethicist Revisiting Pandemic Dilemmas
October 3, 2021
View Source Materials Here: https://www.templeemanuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Zion_M_The-COVID-Ethicist_Temple-Emanuel_Oct-2021.pdf
Writing Our Own Story: A Hidden Narrative of the Book of Genesis with Dani Segal - October 25, 2020
Enjoy our lecture with Dani Segal on October 25th, 2020.
Micah Goodman - August 25, 2020
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on August 25th, 2020.
Micah Goodman - August 18, 2020
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on August 18th, 2020.
Micah Goodman - August 11, 2020
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on August 11th, 2020.
Micah Goodman - May 3, 2020
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on May 3rd, 2020.
Micah Goodman - April 5, 2020
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on April 5th, 2020.
Rachel Korazim: Poems around the Seder Table - March 29, 2020
Enjoy our lecture with Rachel Korazim on March 29th, 2020. View source materials here
Donniel Hartman: Talking about Israel: Missteps and Opportunities - February 24, 2020
Enjoy our lecture featuring Donniel Hartman on February 24th, 2020. View source materials here
Micah Goodman - November 21, 2019
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on November 21st, 2019. You can find the source materials here.
Rachel Korazim: From the Summit of Mt. Scopus - November 2, 2019
Enjoy our lecture with Rachel Korazim on November 2nd, 2019. View source materials here
Alex Kaye: Is Zionism Legitimate in an Age of Nationalist Populism and Ethnocentrism? - September 22, 2019
Enjoy our Lecture with Alex Kaye on September 9th, 2019. View Source materials here
Micah Goodman - May 20, 2019
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on May 20th, 2019.
Micah Goodman - December 2, 2018
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on December 2nd, 2018.
Yehuda Kurtzer: The Moral, The Political, and The Partisan: Jewish Community and Jewish Values in an Era of Polarization - November 8, 2018
Enjoy our lecture with Yehuda Kurtzer on November 8th, 2018. View source materials here
Alex Kaye - October 28, 2018
Enjoy our lecture with Alex Kaye on October 28th, 2018.
Yossi Klein Halevi - June 3, 2018
Enjoy our lecture with Yossi Klein Halevi on June 3rd, 2018.
Segal, Jaeger, and Avnery Panel - May 9, 2018
Please enjoy our lecture panel on May 9th, 2018.
Micah Goodman - December 3, 2017
Enjoy our lecture featuring Micah Goodman on December 3rd, 2017.
Donniel Hartman - May 25, 2016
Enjoy our lecture featuring Donniel Hartman on May 25th, 2016.
Micah Goodman - November 22, 2015
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on November 22nd, 2015.
Micah Goodman - May 14, 2015
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on May 14th, 2015.
Micah Goodman - May 13, 2015
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on May 13th, 2015.
Micah Goodman - December 14, 2014
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on December 14th, 2014.
Micah Goodman - March 11, 2014
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on March 11th, 2014.
Micah Goodman - November 11, 2012 Pt. 2
Enjoy Part Two of our lecture with Micah Goodman on November 11th, 2012.
Micah Goodman - November 11, 2012 Pt. 1
Enjoy Part One of our lecture with Micah Goodman on November 11th, 2012.
Micah Goodman - March 18, 2012
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on March 18th, 2012.
Yehuda Kurtzer on Power and Authority: Five Radical Rabbinic Ideas - February 12, 2012
Enjoy our lecture with Yehuda Kurtzer on February 12th, 2012. View source materials here
Micah Goodman -January 19th, 2010.
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on January 19th, 2010.
Micah Goodman - January 18, 2010
Enjoy our lecture with Micah Goodman on January 18th, 2010.