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Jun 27, 2019, 3:33 PM

Missing Hartman

For exactly ten years now most of our winters (in Uruguay, in the southern hemisphere) we’ve spent in Israel. June has been the kindest month, breeding wise words out of our holy land: it’s been the best of times,...

May 22, 2019, 4:44 PM

Uruguay’s Thriving Jewish Community

Martín Francisco Saps’ article on “Uruguay’s Dwindling Jewish Community” in Haaretz English Edition on May 16th can be seen as an ambitious, comprehensive view into this collective; but once read, it raises many unavoidable issues which must be addressed....

Jan 3, 2019, 4:04 PM

Oz & Hartman: a personal tale of consolation.

There’s nothing Jewish in the New Year celebrations. This year, however, on the eve of the new year, Amos Oz passed, leaving 2019 orphan of his words. As we progress in time we’ll realize how empty the Jewish conversation...

Jul 8, 2018, 4:27 PM

SHI Revisited: What We ALL Can Learn

Having recently attended the Shalom Hartman Institute (SHI) Community Leaders Program (CLP) for the seventh time, it seems to be time to draw some conclusions. Considering that the summer programs cater exclusively to a North-American population (mostly the U.S.),...

Jul 24, 2017, 1:42 AM

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, (…) it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had...

Apr 10, 2017, 1:23 AM

Passover: Zionism revisited

A hundred and twenty years ago the First Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland, in the heart of Europe; one year from today, the State of Israel will celebrate its 70th anniversary amidst the turmoil of the Middle...

Feb 27, 2017, 5:00 PM

Harari & the Jewish legacy

There's something unequivocally biblical in Yuval Noah Harari's “Sapiens: A brief history of Mankind”. Given the recent success and best-selling status acquired by his second book, “Homo-Deus”, it is interesting to at least pinpoint some of the biblical aspects...

Feb 18, 2017, 6:16 PM

What’s the deal with refugees from a Jewish point of view? A few days ago I came across a tweet which quoted a graffiti in a Tel-Aviv wall: “if you just look back-you have a refugee in your family”. So,...

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Sixty-two, married, a son and a daughter. Very closely related to Israel, residing in Uruguay. Businessman. Lay leader for the Masorti congregation in Montevideo. Served as President of the Board. Vice President of the Board of the Jewish school. Twenty years involvement in community affairs. Attended the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem seven times for their CLP programs. Writer & lecturer.

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