How do we understand the role of chaos in our lives, which feels so omnipresent right now? On this episode of TEXTing, Elana Stein Hain & Leora Batnitzky examine two Talmudic passages that explore the surprising ways that chaos can be contained.

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Why do accusations of genocide miss the mark?   #Israel #Beyondthedivides

“In a competition of pain, there is never a winner.” Rachel Goldberg, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, implores us to take the difficult path of hope over the easy path of hatred. Bring Them Home Now Bring Hersh Home

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When does critique of Israel become antisemitism?   #Israel #Beyondthedivides

On this week's For Heaven's Sake, Donniel Hartman & Yossi Klein Halevi discuss the new reality following Iran's attack & what it would mean for Israel to trade blows openly w/ a regional superpower that has, until now, hidden behind proxy militant groups.

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Can the Exodus story & the pain of the current moment coexist at the seder table? On this Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer & Hebrew College Pres. Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld discuss intergenerational disagreements, freedom & more ahead of Passover.

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In the uncertain hours following Iran's attack on Israel, Ronit Heyd, Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, took to Israeli TV with a powerful message of hope, strength, & the resilience of our community.

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Our people are shattered this year as we approach our holiday of freedom. Very helpful segment of Identity/Crisis as Hartman Institute Yehuda Kurtzer talks w/ Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld about this year's Passover Seder.

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The Passover Haggadah asks us to open our homes & remember our people’s suffering. Our Haggadah Supplement for 5784 offers 2 new framings for this invitation.

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Illustration: Zoya Cherakaski, “Ma Nishtana (2022): How is this night different?”

How is denying Jewish indigeneity destructive to peace? Mijal Bitton explains. #Israel #Beyondthedivides

How do we relate to the arguments that Israel is a colonialist enterprise?  #Israel #Beyondthedivides

The newest issue of the award-winning Sources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas is available. Scholars set a new agenda for Jewish thought and explored what it means to us today & what it could mean tomorrow. Perfect for your Passover reading. ow.ly/mJY650Rf9sW

An extraordinary opportunity for N. American high schoolers entering grades 10-12 to cultivate Jewish identities that value Jewish Peoplehood, Israel, & humanity. Hear first-hand from staff & fellows at a virtual open house! Join us on April 16 at 8 pm ET.
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“[The photo] is not war photojournalism. It was taken not during wartime but during a terror attack,” write Dahlia Lithwick & Masua Sagiv in an op-ed in Slate condemning the Missouri School of Journalism’s selection for Photo of the Year.

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Even amidst a war, our people can never forget our aspiration for peace. #Israel #Beyondthedivides

Hostage negotiations remain deadlocked, while rightwing MPs threaten to dissolve Netanyahu’s coalition if the IDF does not move into Rafah. In this landscape of public discord, Donniel Hartman & Yossi Klein Halevi clash on priorities for victory in this war. ow.ly/hKgp50RcKmy

“In Every Generation: A Haggadah Supplement for 5784” has many powerful voices - including Avner Goren, who was murdered along w/ his wife Maya on Oct 7. As we read his poem, we hold in our hearts those who cannot be at seders this year.

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“American Judaism’s ‘golden age’ isn’t over yet,” said Yehuda Kurtzer at UC Berkeley last week during a lecture sponsored by the Helen Diller Institute of Jewish Law & Israel Studies.

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“In Berkeley and beyond, we can’t let antisemitism define our Jewishness,” writes Joshua Ladon, Director of Education at the Shalom Hartman Institute.

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TONIGHT at 8 ET on JBS: abigail pogrebin sits with Hartman Institute pres. Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman to discuss Who Are the Jews—And Who Can We Become, his book that offers a solution to contemporary challenges through the creation of a new “shared” #Jewish story.
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