"Love is lowering the threshold of disgust..."

I came back a week and a half ago from a very short sojourn at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.   While I want to strongly encourage members from Emanu-El to consider their lay leadership study program in the summer, everyone is able to get a taste of what they do without buying a plane ticket.  The institute has launched a fabulous new website where you can sample the outstanding teaching that occurs in this renowned institution (both in article form and as digital lectures).  It is worth all of the time you spend with them.

Also, SHI is about to publish a new journal which we here at Emanu-El will be helping them to evaluate.  Details to be announced.  Please do let me know if you are interested in being part of this review process.

Lastly, the blog post title is part of an aside made by Moshe Halbertal during a lecture about genocide and the Book of Exodus.  Ask me.

Shabbat shalom!

Comments

[Alan Abbey]

Dear Rabbi Landsberg:

Thanks for the kind comments about our new website at Hartman Institute. We hope to improve it even more in coming months by involving our consitutents and program participants in the conversation.

Please feel free to send us contributions on such subjects as Pesach, Yom Haatzmaut, Shavuot, all of which will receive special treatment, as well as by commenting on material on the site.

In addition, we plan to open up social networking features for our program participants, and will welcome your input and involvement.

Feel free to post this comment or not; I am just looking for a way to get a message to you.

Regards,
Alan Abbey
Website Director
Shalom Hartman Institute