Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on November 5, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
Making Aliyah is always an exciting and challenging adventure, and every year a few Pardesniks decide to remain here in Israel when most of their friends return to their homes in the diaspora. Adjusting to a new life and culture is complicated, and keeping regularly in touch with friends and family outside of Israel can Continue Reading »
Posted on October 16, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
Posted on September 27, 2012 by Kayla Higgins
This essay is cross-posted from The Jewish Daily Forward‘s April 13, 2012 issue. The article including this personal essay in The Forward was a collection of “It Gets Better” posts requested from young queer-identified Jews involved with Nehirim, a national community of LGBT Jews founded in 2004: “Jewish Enough” Kayla Higgins, 22 ‘It gets better” Continue Reading »
Posted on September 9, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
Sam Rotenberg (Year ’11-’12) and his friends have begun a new Jewish music project! Check out the intro video! Rock Shabbat Introduction from Rock Shabbat on Vimeo. And here’s their first full weekly video: Rock Shabbat Week 1 ~ The Southeast Part 1 from Rock Shabbat on Vimeo.
Posted on August 17, 2012 by Andrea Wiese
היום משו מצחיק קרה. באוטובוס בבוקר קארה ואני פגשנו את האיש מהשמים. מיד אהבתי אותו כשראיתי קוים בידו מתפילין. כשגמרתי קפה שלי, הוא לקח את הכוס ושם באשפה בשבילי!!! איזה גבר! אין לו סיבה, רק בגלל שהוא נחמד. מאוחר יותר, אחרי שסיימנו את הטיול בשוק מחנה יהודה, עמדנו על יד השוק העראקי. יש שם הרבה Continue Reading »
Posted on May 9, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
Carrie Bornstein (Year Program ’05-’06) serves as the Acting Executive Director of Mayyim Hayyim, and she recently blogged about celebrating the Mikveh’s 10,000th immersion! Mazal Tov to Mayyim Hayyim! Keep up the great work! You can read Carrie’s blog post below, or at the Mayyim Hayyim blog!
Posted on April 23, 2012 by Laura H.
Being in Israel has taught me how to prepare. No, not how to properly pack bags, or take provisions for a hike – both of which are useful skills in this country, but how to prepare mentally. I noticed this immediately when I arrived. Pardes began as the month of Elul started, a time when Continue Reading »
Posted on April 5, 2012 by R. Murstein
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for watching my brother’s music video and sending it to your friends. As of now, it has almost 13,000 hits! It was featured in the Jerusalem Post’s top Pesach videos, and the Jewish Week interviewed my brother about it. The links to both are below, as is the link Continue Reading »
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jacob Siegel
The craziest job interview I’ve ever done happened in December of 2009. On a cold, sleepy morning on a farm in Northwestern Connecticut, I stood in the snow near the henhouse holding buckets. The man running the slaughter passed us chickens in the midst of their last muscle contractions. Later that morning, we plucked and Continue Reading »
Posted on March 6, 2012 by Eliyahu B.
Cross-posted from my Facebook note. In my Peace and Conflict class today we wrote what is called a “Third Story” regarding Amalek (the nation whose descendants have plagued Israel with wars and attempted exterminations). Here is what a Third Story is, and then I will share my “Third Story” of the conflict between Haman and Continue Reading »
