Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on November 29, 2011 by Andrea Wiese
Second to last day of Movember!! Don’t miss out helping and being a part of this amazing event! http://us.movember.com/mospace/961732
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Lauren Schuchart
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” -John Muir Last Tuesday through Thursday, my school went on a tiyul (trip) to the Negev desert. The pictures can tell the story. (The detail is better in the ORIGINAL Continue Reading »
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Andrea Wiese
Hey Pardes!! I know you are all wondering who is in the lead for shekel wars!! The scores are: Level Alef: -0.40 Level Bet: -32.30 Level Gimmel: -20.10 Level Dalet: +19.50 Level Hey: -14.90 Kolel: +18.60 In total you have already raised 410.60 shekels!! There are only two days left!! Any class can win!! Keep Continue Reading »
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Derek Kwait
We went to the Negev just as Jerusalem was starting to get really, really depressing. Every day last week was so incessantly rainy and cold, like a Kennywood day in Pittsburgh, that a trip to the desert was just what I needed to re-energize myself and feel excited and alive again. The tiyyul was about Continue Reading »
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Barer
This week we have an older podcast from Rav Meir about Yitzchak Listen here: Toldot 5766
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Barer
One of the things that stayed with me after spending most of my four months in Chumash class last year at Pardes studying this week’s parsha is how important it is to consider Yitzchak’s mindset as he blesses his sons. This is someone who probably had a very rocky relationship with their own father, and, Continue Reading »
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Naomi Zaslow
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Andrea Wiese
I know you were all hoping to see a mustache picture, but here is one clean shaven picture! Donations at school for mustaches are going well and I am proud of the money we have raised as a team. This last week we will need to make a pretty big push to finish strong! Tonight Continue Reading »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by The Director of Digital Media
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Naomi Zaslow
