Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on April 8, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
The Passover seder was last night, but these two podcasts from last week are still worth checking out: Does it Matter How we Eat the Matza on Seder Night? Preparing for the Moment – by Tovah Leah Nachmani 5772 — Pesach: Slavery and Freedom – by Rav Meir Schweiger
Posted on April 6, 2012 by Derek Kwait
Long story short, I was accepted to be a Pardes Fellow next year, charged to be a leader in the community and run the blog while getting paid a generous stipend. Of course this is what I wanted to do, but the question keeping me up at night was whether or not it is what Continue Reading »
Posted on April 5, 2012 by R. Murstein
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for watching my brother’s music video and sending it to your friends. As of now, it has almost 13,000 hits! It was featured in the Jerusalem Post’s top Pesach videos, and the Jewish Week interviewed my brother about it. The links to both are below, as is the link Continue Reading »
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Barer
In this week’s podcast, we skip the usual focus on the parsha and listen instead to Neima Novestsky speaking of the maggid section of the Haggadah Pesach 5772
Posted on March 28, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
Cute video for Passover:
Posted on March 25, 2012 by Derek Kwait
(X-posted from my home blog, Yinzer in Yerushalayim) Sunday night Pardes made history as the first yeshiva ever to host the launching event for a new edition of the New Testament. The Jewish Annotated New Testament, co-edited by friend of Pardes and Gene Wilder look-alike, Mark Z. Brettler, is actually a lot like the original Continue Reading »
Posted on March 24, 2012 by R. Murstein
Dear Friends, Over the past few years, my brother Jonathan has started a Jewish music group called Bagels ‘n Box that seeks to liven up ancient Jewish songs with the world-class beatboxing of his good friend Jay Stone, who made it to Hollywood on Season 9 of American Idol. They have spent a good part Continue Reading »
Posted on March 21, 2012 by Adrienne Silver
No books (sforim) were harmed in the making of this Pardes Purim spiel video:
Posted on March 15, 2012 by S. Gunning
The following list of quotes was compiled by Sara Gunning and Derek Kwait for last week’s Purim Spiel: I will davka only eat organic tofu. This Mishna is so heteronormative! No, it’s okay, my chevruta’s gay. There’s a lot of othering going on in this Gemara.
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Derek Kwait
[Note: By request of the powers that be, all names in this blog post have been changed to protect the innocent.] It’s never easy to decide what you want to be for Purim. This year especially, limited funds combined with the sense of competition that comes from being surrounded by extremely clever people all day Continue Reading »
