Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on April 17, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
Awesome music video made by Sam Rotenberg & Andrew Lustig – they played this for the community during the Pardes Purim spiel this year! Check it out!
Posted on April 16, 2012 by Derek Kwait
“Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to discuss the exodus from Egypt,” says the Haggada. While by no means do I, like most of the people I had seder with this year, consider myself inordinately wise or understanding, I Continue Reading »
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 22, 2012 by Austin C.
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 »
Posted on March 8, 2012 by Austin C.
Fellow Pardesniks!! For those of you who did not catch it on Facebook, check this out: Like the title says, it is Pardes alum (and my very good friend) Dan Brill (Year Program, ’09-’10) performing his song, ‘Megillah With Brill Wings’ to the tune of ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins. Enjoy! Purim Continue Reading »
Posted on March 7, 2012 by Kalie
Written by ANDREW LUSTIG: The people have spoken… AND THEY’VE BEEN HEARD. So, below I’ve listed all the impressive items and services for Thursday night’s Silent Auction, which will immediately follow megilla reading. Remember, there will be 5 very special items to be auctioned off LIVE during the shpiel as well. For now, those will Continue Reading »
