Rabbi Donniel Hartman on Jewish Identity, May 20, 2005

Here is a wonderful talk given by Rabbi Donniel Hartman on Jewish identity before a group of Jewish lay and professional leaders on Friday, May 20th. I invited Rabbi Hartman to be the Bierman scholar in residence in Seattle under the auspices of Panim Hadashot and Congregation Beth Shalom. I have the privelege of being a rabbinic fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute which enables us to refelct on cutting edge issues facing modern Judaism. This speech was given at a federation leadership event. Rabbi Hartman is the co-director of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Both Rabbi Hartman and Barry Goren of the Jewish Federation have given permission for this talk to be available.

Any one who cares about our community should listen to this outstanding analysis of how Judaism becomes meaningful and compelling in our lives here in America. A second recording of Rabbi Hartman's outstanding speech on Moral Challenges Facing Israel given on May 22nd is located at www.panimhadashot.com in the announcements section.

Rabbi Dov Gartenberg

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