The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/martin-buber/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:57:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Martin Buber | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/martin-buber/ 32 32 Newly found letter shows Martin Buber’s concern over the fate of Polish Jews in 1945 https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-found-letter-shows-martin-bubers-concern-over-the-fate-of-polish-jews-in-1945/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:40:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3469694 On February 5, 1945, some Hebrew University scholars launched an appeal to fellow faculty members encouraging them to mobilize for European Jews

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]]> Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83 https://www.timesofisrael.com/paul-mendes-flohr-israeli-american-authority-on-martin-buber-dies-at-83/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:46:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3408035 A scholar of modern Jewish intellectual history, philosophy and religious thought, he edited and wrote 62 books and taught for 30 years at Hebrew University

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]]> Childhood trauma may have led to Martin Buber’s cerebral trust in higher power https://www.timesofisrael.com/childhood-trauma-may-have-led-to-martin-bubers-cerebral-trust-in-higher-power/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:04:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2183554 In 'Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent,' Hebrew University prof Paul Mendes-Flohr delves into famed Jewish philosopher's spirituality and complex relationship with Zionism

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]]> Former senator cites Martin Buber on marriage equality https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-senator-announces-his-marriage-to-a-man-and-his-debt-to-martin-buber/ Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:09:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1382725 Harris Wofford, who was married to a woman he loved for 50 years, now has a husband

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]]> Multitalented Gordon-Levitt kicks it up a notch https://www.timesofisrael.com/multitalented-gordon-levitt-kicks-it-up-a-notch/ Sun, 29 Sep 2013 08:54:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=689094 Safe to say the former 3rd Rock star is one of the only filmmakers to invoke the name of philosopher Martin Buber while promoting a movie

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]]> Former Jewish refugee recalls his neighbor from hell: Hitler https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-jewish-refugee-recalls-his-neighbor-from-hell-hitler/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=340206 After years of hesitation, 88-year-old Edgar Feuchtwanger decided to record his memories of growing up across the street from the Nazi tyrant

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]]> Response to Gordis: a simplistic misreading of history https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/response-to-gordis-a-simplistic-misreading-of-history/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:45:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=287114 Rabbi Brous's message reflects a long tradition of harmony between Zionist and universal ideals

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]]> In the woods of Poland, to the sound of a shofar https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-the-woods-of-poland-to-the-sound-of-a-shofar/ Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:30:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=226268 Eastern European Jews go out to the wilds to contemplate the relationship between man and nature

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]]> What would Buber, Scholem and Arendt say today? https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-would-buber-scholem-and-arendt-say-today/ Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:08:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=172260 A young group of activists are trying to revive an 80-year-old idea for a peaceful utopia in Jerusalem. The only thing missing is Arabs

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]]> Peace partners? A question for the ‘pragmatic’ right https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/peace-partners-a-question-for-the-pragmatic-right/ Fri, 11 May 2012 11:16:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=97224 Claims that “there is no partner for peace” and “only the right can bring peace” may have been true in their time, but today they've lost their validity; so what's holding Israel's right back from pursuing the two-state solution it ostensibly embraces?

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