For Heaven’s Sake
For Heaven’s Sake is a weekly podcast presented by Ark Media and the Shalom Hartman Institute, hosted by Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi. The podcast draws its name from the Jewish concept of machloket l’shem shemayim, “disagreeing for the sake of heaven,” which is exactly what takes place each week as Donniel and Yossi discuss the moral aspects of topics affecting Israel, world Jewry, and the future of Zionism.
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donniel hartman
Donniel Hartman is an American-Israeli rabbi, author, and co-host of the For Heaven’s Sake podcast. He is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute and holds the Kaufman Family Chair of Jewish Philosophy. Donniel has founded multiple education, training, and enrichment programs for scholars, educators, rabbis, and leaders in Israel and North America. He is the author of The Boundaries of Judaism (2007), Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself (2016), and Who are the Jews—And Who Can We Become? (2023).
yossi klein halevi
Yossi Klein Halevi is an American-Israeli author, journalist, and co-host of the For Heaven’s Sake podcast. Yossi currently serves as a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and co-directs Duke University’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. Yossi is a former contributing editor of The New Republic, and has written for many leading American newspapers and journals. Yossi is author of four books: Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist (1995), At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for God with Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land (2001), Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation (2013), and The New York Times bestseller Letters to my Palestinian Neighbor (2018).
About the Shalom Hartman Institute
The Shalom Hartman Institute is a leading research and educational center serving Israel and world Jewry. We work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of Israel and the Jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and Israel’s Jewish and democratic character, and rebuild the covenant between Israel and the Jewish world.
Through our community of outstanding scholars and educators, the Institute develops innovative responses to the challenges of our time, cultivates a new generation of leaders and change agents, and builds transformational educational projects that help inspire a better Judaism and a better Israel for the 21st century.
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