Words of the Week: Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
I find every episode of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s “For Heaven’s Sake” podcast to be essential listening (and yes, there are transcripts). But I haven’t stopped thinking about the latest episode since hearing it.
This discussion between Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi, which tackles “the state of moral discourse in Israel, international criticism of the war, and the troubling relationship between victimhood and brutality,” hits on some of the most emotionally sensitive elements of my own post-October 7 experience. (I guess my heart truly is in the East). And while I continue to ruminate about sending it directly to a few people in my life, for reasons I hope they might understand without a lot of explanation, I’m simply going to share it here: https://www.hartman.org.il/israel-at-war-morality-and-survival/.
This is so interesting and useful and intelligent and thoughtful. Thanks for telling us about it.
I’m so glad that you’ve appreciated it.
Erika, Thanks for bringing this conversation, and its venue, to my attention. I enjoyed and learned from it. I’ve long been an admirer of Yossi Klein Halevi and an appreciative reader of his writings. And now I’m also familiar with Donniel Hartman.
I’m very glad to hear it! Thanks for the comment (and apologies for the delay here).