By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 7-14-11 Although he moved from Montreal to Jerusalem in 1971, Rabbi David Hartman still inspires many Canadians with his warmth, his passion and his brilliance. Similarly, as his new book makes clear, his experiences as a Montreal rabbi continue to shape him, too. In The God Who Hates Lies: [...]
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Rabbi Hartman offers a ‘theology of response’
Posted by giltroy on July 14, 2011
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The Palestinian Gandhi?
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post Magazine, February 11, 2011, p. 41 While reading this book I showed the table of contents to two colleagues at the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Engaging Israel project, a “Jewish Values Project” reconceptualizing modern Zionism. Chapters asking “What are States For?” “Can Values Bring Us Together?” and “How Can We Move [...]
Posted by giltroy on February 11, 2011
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The struggle to save Soviet Jews – Book Review
quixotic protests for freedom eventually triumphed By GIL TROY, Montreal Gazette, 10-23-10 Jewish schoolchildren in Montreal demonstrate in support of Soviet Jewry outside the Soviet consulate in June 1978. Photograph by: PETER BROSSEAU, GAZETTE FILE, Freelance When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry By Gal Beckerman Houghton [...]
Posted by giltroy on October 24, 2010
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