Musings from students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2010
One of the Poland trip participants wrote an e-mail to her father about the Poland trip, and sent it to me for this Pardes blog… here it is:
Hi
Poland was an enriching experience. The days were emotionally intense and long
and cold, but Rav Levi Cooper–my Hassidic teacher and main tour guide made sure
the trip was educational [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 22nd, 2009
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the future.
“But,” you say “it’s too soon to be thinking about life after Pardes. You have until the end of May.”
Trust me. I know. After today, I have one hundred and sixty days left in Jerusalem. That’s plenty of time to figure out what I’m going to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2009
Two wonderful things happened to me this week that made me realize why Pardes was the best place I could be post college.
One was that I had an amazing conversation with one of my teachers this past week over lunch discussing feminism and Judaism. We discussed our struggle with being obligated or not, how it [...]