Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on February 27, 2019 by Shoshana Raun
It’s unusual to have your bags checked by a guard before going into an Israeli garden. And the bag check was before a second guard swept a handheld metal detector around my person. I was a little surprised. I was with fellow Pardes students at the gates of the lovely Bahai Gardens in Haifa. The Continue Reading »
Posted on February 3, 2019 by Shoshana Raun
Walking around Jerusalem, I always look for small details. I love the wide views of the city walls, seeing the Old City from the tayelet, and sunsets over the western hills from the Pardes Beit Midrash. Yet I focus on many small details. A red flower popping out from a white picket fence on General Continue Reading »