Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on January 16, 2012 by Barer
Thanks to the creative efforts of Amir Zinkow, Naomi Zaslow, Derek Kwait and Adrienne Silver, we have haikus for each and every one of the returning students (in alphabetical order). Enjoy!
Benjamin Barer
Loves his Vancouver Canucks
Second year fellow
Jess C. Belasco
Editor, Pardes lit. mag.
Leins lots for egal
Aliza Berger
Premier opera singer
Gabbai: Egal
Eli L. Blacker
Comes to us from Korea
leopard winter hat
Samu’el Blumberg
Educates young Jewish minds
Recently engaged
Reka E. Bodo
NOT a feminist woman
Hungarian Jew
D. Bogomolny
Commonly known as ‘Bogo’
King of Pardes blog
Suzi P. Brozman
Former formal caterer
Knows Everybody
Austin ‘Dubya’ Clar
Sings niggunim in his sleep
Really from Dallas
Esther E. Dubow
Talmidat Chacham
Is quite a good cook
Nikki Figg:
vegetarian?
super cute fashionista,
‘Nava Tehila’
Jackie Frankel:
Loves working with youth
fantastic singer, for real
oh! Watch out broadway!
Batya Friedland:
Taught kids in Thailand,
meditation in nature,
passion for chumash
Deborah Galaski:
PhD, Midrash
loves lip balm, hebrew and Ben
masterful baker
Anton Gershteyn:
From Mother Russia,
Watch his music videos
Take a cold shower
Heath Gibson:
PEP educator,
serious face but warm heart
Talmud champ
Rabbi Julie G.
Egal praying champ
very proud of kids
Sharon Z. Graets
H-U-C rabbi (maybe),
engagement! Mazal tov!
Sara T. Gunning
Palestinian kids’ teach
Hails from Chicago
Anne Hartheimer:
Mom from Oregon
Used to work with Computers
Left to learn Torah
Aileen T. Heinberg
She is 32. Say what!?
Has a PhD
Ben Heligman. Stud
Somebody feed him please. Now.
The friendly camel
Noa Hemstrom:
The lovely Noa
Always sweet and young at heart
Nurse extraordinaire
Laura Herman, eh?
Vibrant as her curly hair
Hails from Toronto.
Ms. Amber Ikeman
Feisty singer on the stage
Will sing her heart out
Stu Jacobs:
A family man
Who will be Jewish teacher–
Living the good life
Mr. Shaul Janes
Hawaiian Zionist
A tattooed jokester
Mrs. Leah Kahn:
Loves veggies, yoga and G-d
Hillel’s future boss
Eric M. Kaplan
Pro Jewish geographer
What a New York Yid.
William Keller,
has red hair power, curly
too. Just married, yay!
Kalie Kelman:
Second year fellow
Was born in Arizona
No, she’s not Asian
David Kwa:
From the Netherlands
Athens meets Jerusalem
Our philosopher
Derek ‘The Beast’ Kwait
Will win the Pulitzer Prize
Yizner in Israel
Tamar Landau:
A mom and lawyer
Has the two sweetest daughters
Husband Roy’s nice too
Kyle Lebell:
Thinker of deep thoughts
She wants to be a rabbi—
A win for the Jews
Joanne Loiben:
Life of the party
Future Jewish teacher, too
Students want her class
Andrew Lustig:
Sensitive and sweet
Pardes’ Poet Laureate
His hair=his mood ring
Adam Mayer:
Learns and prays with zeal
While carrying his daughter
Great Jew and great dad
Robert S. Murstein
‘Yeshayahu Leibowitz’
our grumpy old man!
Hannah S. Perlis
short, small, blonde, adorable,
will work with kids soon!
Rose F. Prevezer,
no one gets British humor
Big Ben; The Underground
Jordan S. Raber
Flowing, curly locks of hair
Soon-to-be Rabbi
Victoria W. Raun,
Makes fast announcements for lunch,
Our Fellow in Bet!
Ayal C. Robkin
Studies talmud in corner
Really good dancer
Samuel Rotenberg
He plays lots of instruments
Loves Septuagint
Lauren M. Schuchart
Penn State University
Will be a rabbi
Natalie Shnider:
Aus. oxymoron:
God-loving biologist
Knits at 24
Daniel Shibley:
Rabbi-in-training
Heart in Torah and Mishna
Mind in the gutter
Mira Shore:
Lib + Lib + Leib:
LIBeral, women’s LIB
meets N. LEIBowitz
Adrienne Silver
True Patriot love she commands
She like gevinah
Jacob Siegel:
Saves earth, knits, composts
60’s called. Want hippie back.
super postmodern
Jordan Soffer:
Master of improv
Loves Torah and basketball
Will be rabbi soon
Avi Spodek:
Always smiling
An animated learner
Jewish classroom bound
Andrew Steinberg:
Will be oleh soon
Ran Guatemala business
Short hair, giant heart
Esther Sterlin:
She is a PEP star
Who also goes by Mazel
Her soul shines Torah
Leah Stern:
Leah leins Torah
She can sing, dance, and act, too
A quadruple threat
Cheryl Stone:
Lovely performer
impressively plays with fire
also, takes photos too!
Diane Sarah Tracht
has a twin brother, so cool!
kills Hebrew grammar!
Eric P. Wehlitz,
at one with nature, gardens,
meditation too
Daniel E. Weinreb,
not an old man, except his back,
soon, high school teacher
Janice k. Weinstein,
passionate about Torah,
small but powerful
Andrea Wiese,
Was, is, will be a teacher
Refs the IFL
Ilan Weismark:
Big smile. Bigger voice.
Daytime, classroom his domain
Night, b-ball his game
Naomi Zazlow:
PizZAZ never LOW
Discriminates against Fleisch
But not human flesh…
Amir Zinkow:
Up late watching sports
Allotted 3 puns per day
Gemarrah? Yes please!
