David Hartman Hope in a Hopeless God

Published: Feb. 6, 2014, 5 p.m.

David Hartman died a year ago this week. The Orthodox rabbi was a charismatic and challenging figure in Israeli society, called a \u201cpublic philosopher for the Jewish people\u201d and a \u201cchampion of adaptive Judaism.\u201d We remember his window into the unfolding of his tradition in the modern world \u2014 Judaism as a lens on the human condition.