Tikvat Israel Congregation

UPCOMING EVENTS

Demonstration for Release of Hostages

Wednesday, January 10 at 12:00
Join the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington to press the Qatari government to demand Hamas immediately release over 130 hostages still being held in Gaza. Qatari Embassy (2555 M. St NW) to support the campaign to free the hostages.

FROM THE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE

ETHICS & RULES OF PROPORTIONALITY IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
Monday, January 15 | Idit Shafran Gittleman
The laws and ethics of war demand differentiation between civilian and military targets, yet the rules of warfare acknowledge that unintentional harm or death to civilians may be caused by parties in conflict. Idit Shafran Gittleman, a senior researcher at The Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, will explore the theoretical underpinnings of these requirements and their relevance to October 7 and the current war. ✍️ REGISTER >

 

SIEGE WARFARE, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES: JEWISH VALUES & ISRAEL’S DILEMMA
Wednesday, January 17 | Shlomo Brody
What does Jewish tradition teach us about minimizing enemy civilian casualties? What role can Jewish values and ideas play in Israeli law and military ethics? Shlomo Brody, the executive director of Ematai and author of Judaism Confronts War: Jewish Military Ethics for the 21st Century, will discuss rabbinic perspectives on siege warfare and how they informed IDF guidelines in recent dilemmas of asymmetric warfare, with particular attention to the war in Gaza.✍️ REGISTER >

 

JUST WAR THEORY IN ISRAEL & THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Tuesday, January 23  |  Yitzhak Benbaji
Does Israeli law diverge from international law when it comes to the moral principles that dictate the conditions of a just war and the standards of fighting a just war? Where is there agreement and where is there debate in the international community? Yitzhak Benbaji, a research fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University, will explore approaches to the current war and their implications.✍️ REGISTER >

 

 

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