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 antis

Sara Labaton: Living Between Purim and Pesach Post-October 7 - April 10, 2024

Apr 11th, 2024 1h 8m

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 vulnerabi

Micah Goodman: Israel's Longest War and Hopeful Future - February 25, 2024

Feb 25th, 2024 39m 38s

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, an

Donniel Hartman: The War in Israel – Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead - February 5, 2024

Feb 6th, 2024 1h 29m

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, Presiden

Poems for our Days Part II with Rachel Korazim - January 28, 2024

Jan 28th, 2024 51m 39s

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

Poems for our Days Part I with Rachel Korazim - January 21, 2024

Jan 21st, 2024 57m 1s

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 us

Meeting this Moment: An Evening with Yehuda Kurtzer - November 21, 2023

Nov 22nd, 2023 53m 7s

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 though

Micah Goodman: An Update From Israel - September 10, 2023

Sep 10th, 2023 45m 26s

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 S

Israel's Identity Crisis: How Should Friends of Israel Respond? with Yossi Klein Halevi - February 27, 2023

Feb 28th, 2023 1h 17m

Yossi Klein HaleviIsrael's Identity Crisis: How Should Friends of Israel Respond?

The Judicial Reforms: Crisis or Opportunity? with Micah Goodman - February 12, 2023

Feb 12th, 2023 1h 14m

Micah GoodmanThe Judicial Reforms: Crisis or Opportunity?

Inside Out: Self-Knowledge in Our Understanding of Israel with Justin Pines - January 24, 2023

Jan 25th, 2023 1h 13m

Justin PinesInside Out: Self-Knowledge in Our Understanding of IsraelView Source Materials here.

Reclaiming Religious Language for the Moral Challenges of Zionism with Elana Stein Hain - December 12, 2022

Dec 13th, 2022 1h 5m

Elana Stein HainReclaiming Religious Language for the Moral Challenges of ZionismView Source Materials Here.

Sinai, The Podcast Version: Hartman Learning with Rabbi Wes - The Torah of TikTok

May 1st, 2022 1h 8m

May 1, 2022 View Source Materials HereView the Torah of TikTok Here

Sinai, The Podcast Version: Hartman Learning with Rabbi Wes - Inside Chabad's Vision for American Judaism

Mar 13th, 2022 1h 16m

March 13, 2022 View source materials here

Sinai, the Podcast Version: Hartman Learning with Rabbi Gardenswartz "Responding to Amnesty's Aparth"

Feb 13th, 2022 56m

February 13, 2022 Link to Source Materials: https://www.templeemanuel.com/event/hartman-foundations-for-a-thoughtful-judaism-with-rabbi-gardenswartz/

COVID Two Years In: A Clinical, Ethical and Rabbinic Perspective with Lila Kagedan, January 9, 2022

Jan 9th, 2022 1h 16m

Lila Kagedan COVID Two Years In: A Clinical, Ethical and Rabbinic Perspective January 9, 2022 Source Materials: https://www.templeemanuel.com/event/hartman-scholar-events-2022-01-09/

When Law and Ethics Collide, Who Wins? with Gordon Tucker, December 12, 2021

Dec 12th, 2021 1h 19m

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

Nov 14th, 2021 1h 8m

Micah GoodmanThe Ethical Implications of Shrinking the ConflictNovember 14, 2021

TE Connects Hartman: Is Shrinking the Conflict a Moral Advance, or An Excuse for More of the Same?

Oct 31st, 2021 1h 11m

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

Oct 3rd, 2021 1h 17m

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