Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on February 22, 2017 by Scarlet Michaelson
This blog was originally published in The Jewish Journal. I raised my cup of wine as the rabbi recited Kiddush in a space that was filled with young adults. My plan had been to stay in Jerusalem for five months, but this was my sixth. The city had compelled me to stay. The sounds of Continue Reading »
Posted on September 14, 2016 by Jamie Bornstein
In his writings, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel describes God as the ineffable – that which can be experienced and perceived, but which cannot be adequately described. Rabbi Heschel calls our attention to something stunning and unique to the human condition. While we can only see a definable fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can only Continue Reading »
