These and Those

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

Archive: August 2018

Reflections on the Summer: Helping Each Other Through the Wilderness

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Steven Michael Grafton Philp

It’s worth taking a moment to consider the radical nature of the rabbinic project. When the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., there was no guarantee that the Israelite people, their culture, or their way of life would survive. In response to this uncertainty, the rabbis offered a profound reformulation of religious thought and Continue Reading »