These and Those

Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Archive: June 2012

PEP Cohort 11 Graduation speech

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Cheryl Stone

By Cheryl Stone, PEP ’12 June 4, 2012 When I began contemplating what I would write, I went in search of the perfect ‘teacher quote’ and found this:  אם יהיו כל השמים יריעות וכל האילנות קולמוסין וכל המים דיו, אין כדי לכתוב את חכמתי שלמדתי מרבי:  ולא אצלתי מחכמת חכמים אלא כשם שזבוב הזו הטובלת Continue Reading »

Photos from Tiyul to Tel Aviv

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Cheryl Stone

Tiyul to Gush Etzion

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Cheryl Stone

Yesterday, our community took a trip to Gush Etzion, and traveled down the Way of the Patriachs. Afterwards, I put a bunch of photos from the tiyul to music… enjoy! 🙂

Hanukkah in Jerusalem 2011

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Cheryl Stone

Photos from Shilo Trip

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Cheryl Stone

Last semester, I visited Shilo with the Pardes Social Justice Track. It was so cool! Its funny but we just don’t think of that as being the first holy site, or at least I don’t. The mishkan was there nearly 400 years! Click on the photos to enlarge them:

[PEP Student] Checking in from San Fran!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Cheryl Stone

By Cheryl Stone I’ve observed tons of classes (my mentor is taking that part of her assignment very seriously, no down time to work on prep for me)! In Adv. Tanach, I got to see a great way to use Moodle and Google Docs to get kids started on their DoNows, review the material, get Continue Reading »

Hamsas

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Cheryl Stone

Hebron Tiyul Pics

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Cheryl Stone

PEP in the Old City

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Cheryl Stone

Basking in the Sunrise

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Cheryl Stone