Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on April 20, 2015 by Maya Zinkow
Every Yom HaShoah, I am transported back to my eighth grade English class. Amidst a sea of plaid skirts, headbands, and decorated notebooks, I am the only Jew in my class. Open on each desk is a copy of The Diary of Anne Frank. I feel the familiar discomfort wash over me – from my Continue Reading »
Posted on April 19, 2015 by Sarah Marx
We were in the middle of the street, ten or fifteen students huddled together on the median, when the siren began. People got out of their cars and stood, leaning on their bumpers, staring at the sky. All around us, on the sidewalks and in the shop windows, they froze in place. No one moved Continue Reading »
