Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on December 25, 2010 by Joel D.
Posted on December 24, 2010 by The Director of Digital Media
So cute! Jordyn & Tom met each other last year through the Pardes community 🙂
Posted on December 24, 2010 by The Director of Digital Media
Posted on December 23, 2010 by Barer
I have spent my entire life living in the world of formal educational environments. I have learned a lot while doing so, and am immensely comfortable in such a setting. Since high school especially, much of the learning I have been exposed to – Philosophy in undergrad and Pardes – has had a lot to Continue Reading »
Posted on December 22, 2010 by David Bogomolny
“I’m spending this year in Jerusalem, learning how the Rabbis of the 1st and 2nd centuries endeavored to build a just society, and how Jewish tradition has built on their vision.” After graduating from Brandeis University, Julie entered into the field of interfaith organizing through the Jewish Organizing Initiative Fellowship Program. Her many conversations with young Continue Reading »
Posted on December 21, 2010 by Avi Strausberg
we get our first hint “that we’re not in kansas in anymore” (dorothy, wizard of oz), when on our first page of our brand new book shmot, we learn that there’s a new king in town, and this new king does not know nor seem to care at all for joseph. this first parsha שמות, Continue Reading »
Posted on December 21, 2010 by Joel D.
Posted on December 20, 2010 by David Bogomolny
… Is the feeling that the situation cannot possibly continue forever really a reasonable guarantee that it will eventuallly change?” -David Grossman, The Yellow Wind, Ch. 17
Posted on December 19, 2010 by Avi Strausberg
oops! I forgot to post this last week! this week’s parsha, ויחי, “he lived,” opens and closes with death. yaakov, recently uprooted from his home and supplanted to egypt, makes his son yosef swear that he will bury him in the burial place of his fathers. even after yosef agrees without protest, yaakov insists yosef Continue Reading »
Posted on December 19, 2010 by The Director of Digital Media
