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Hartman Comes to the Midwest with New Regional Hub in Detroit
We are thrilled to bring Hartman learning and Torah to the greater Midwest community from our new regional hub in Detroit, Michigan.
Midwest Manager Rebecca Starr will lead program development, management and partnerships in the region. Rebecca is based in Detroit and can be reached by email here.
Public Programming
 We will be offering three public lectures during 2019 and 2020, free and open to the community. The first program will be held on Monday, November 18 at 7:30 pm at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, when Rabbi Lauren Berkun will discuss The Future of Jewish Peoplehood.
Additional programs in this series include:
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Monday, March 16, 2020 - Yossi Klein Halevi at Temple Beth El, the 78th Annual Rabbi B. Benedict & Ada S. Glazer Institute on Judaism
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What Hartman Brings to the Detroit Jewish Community
The challenges facing American Jews today provide the reason, and the strong and engaged Jewish community in the Detroit Metropolitan area provides a perfect opportunity for Hartman to serve the Jewish community. In this capacity, Hartman will act as a convening body across all institutional and denominational lines for both lay people and professionals including rabbis and educators. Our areas of study include topics such as religious pluralism, a democratic Israel, peoplehood, world Jewish populations, and other issues faced by contemporary Jewry. Detroit and surrounding regional communities will now have direct access to many Hartman faculty members, scholars, and thinkers.
Our local community partners are very important to us and they recognize that Hartman can be a helpful convener and guide to their work. During our first year of operations in Detroit, we are working closely with the Detroit Jewish Federation, the JCRC/AJC, the JCC, Limmud Michigan, Hillel Day School, The Frankel Jewish Academy, the Michigan Board of Rabbis, the Michigan Board of Jewish Education Directors, the Michigan Youth Professionals Network, the Detroit Jewish Foundations Network, and a number of congregations in order to bring Hartman learning to their leaders and members.
As one example, the JCRC/AJC partnership includes an initiative which will bring lay leaders together once a month to discuss Israel with Hartman scholars. They will use the iEngage curriculum to explore issues that relate to our relationship with Israel as Diaspora Jews. This cohort experience will bring the group to Israel at the end of June as part of the CLP (Community Leadership Program) experience at the David Hartman Center on the Institute's campus in Jerusalem.
We will also be working closely with many professionals in the Jewish community within the area agencies and within Jewish foundations. These professionals will have several opportunities to engage with Hartman faculty to discuss relevant topics on courageous leadership and Israel/Diaspora relationships.
Another initiative includes working with our congregational and day school educators. This cohort of teachers and school leaders will also learn together once a month to explore relevant issues of Israel education in today’s teaching environment. Their work together will also include a trip to New York to learn with other educators from the New York region. A Hartman scholar will also be teaching at the annual conference for educators organized by the JCC in early November.
Although many of our programs are starting within the Detroit Jewish community, we are continually open to working with additional partners in other Midwest cities, such as Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, as well as with partners in Canada.
Questions?
Rebecca Starr, Midwest Manager, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America [email protected]
The Shalom Hartman Institute is a leading center of Jewish thought and education, serving Israel and North America. Our mission is to strengthen Jewish peoplehood, identity and pluralism, enhance the Jewish and democratic character of Israel, and ensure that Judaism is a compelling force for good in the 21st century.
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