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Learn more about Torah with Hadar Blog. Hadar is an educational institution that empowers Jews to create and sustain vibrant, practicing, egalitarian communities of Torah learning, prayer, and service. Hadar offers year-long fellowship programs for Jews wanting to expand their knowledge of the Torah.
Hadar Blog
2M ago
I am Rabbi Keilah Lebell and I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Director of Project Zug. I am honored to oversee and grow this unique learning platform that brings Jews closer to Torah and each other through the enriching practice of havruta study. This time-honored tradition of learning in pairs can be transformational. It summons a dynamic interplay between two ..read more
Hadar Blog
4M ago
Israelis still feel utterly bereft, confused, anxious, and indignant, and the support of the American Jewish community and its leaders means a great deal to them ..read more
Hadar Blog
5M ago
David was large, and no institution or movement could contain him. On the one hand, he was a committed Reform Jew, as he told me countless times. Yet on the other hand, if you cared about Torah and the Jewish people, you were part of his community, one of his people ..read more
Hadar Blog
5M ago
When it first happened, we couldn’t help but be completely immersed in the emotions of those first days. We cried, we were silent, we were stunned. Thirty days later, somehow an acceptance of this new reality in which so many are suffering has become a part of our lives. Now I am wrestling with the question: how do we not become numb ..read more
Hadar Blog
5M ago
There is a tension about whether we should be focused on preparing students for the world that is, or whether we should be preparing students for the world that ought to be. Yet, I believe that Jewish learning gives us tools and the imagination to travel along that distance ..read more
Hadar Blog
5M ago
Reflections on a Trip to Israel, November 2023 I am so grateful that I was able to be in Israel for three days, Thursday, Nov 9 - Saturday night, Nov 11. Throughout the trip it became clear to me how much Israelis feel this is a moment of intense crisis, where so much is on the line - not only Israel’s secure existence, but also its moral character. Purpose My main role for this ..read more
Hadar Blog
6M ago
"Emunah: Faith & Courage" presents eight sets of texts and guiding questions that explore faith and faithfulness. By studying these texts through the eight nights of this holiday of faith, we hope that you can bottle up some of that pure Hasmonean faith and have just enough to illuminate the darkness ..read more
Hadar Blog
6M ago
We emerge from Yom Tov to the horrific news from Israel: estimates of over 800 Israelis dead, thousands more wounded, and at least 100 hostages, both soldiers and civilians, kidnapped from their posts and their homes. A day of Simhat Torah turned upside down into a day of devastation, the festival turned to mourning, its songs into elegies. Hadar’s community extends ..read more