These and Those

Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Tag Archives: poems / poetry

“Same difference”

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Abayiss

Mothers shouting, children crying, fathers off fighting. Another explosion, more blood, smoke and fire, injuries, fatalities, trying to find shelter. Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Eshkol, Be’er Sheva, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Kiryat Malakhi. Gaza, Khan Yunes, Dir el-Balah, Beit Lahia, Nusirat, Rafah, Mughazi, Jibalya, Beit Khanun. Where am I??? Does it matter??? It’s all the Continue Reading »

“Time”

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Abayiss

A cigarette burns away… Morning, another flyby, another explosion, shouting, running, preparing, packing… A cigarette burns away… Food passed around, small talk, waiting, hoping, praying, joking, cards, coffee… A cigarette burns away… High noon, feeling the heat thanks to the equipment, more food, more coffee, more drilling… A cigarette burns away… Ethical & moral debates, Continue Reading »

Eating Meditation

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Annie Matan Gilbert

This was post for my Self, Soul and Text class about a practice of eating with awareness and intention (kavannah) Eating slowly with intention to feel every juicy tingle & salty crumb to scrape it across my tongue & lick drops & specks from my lips suck bite down exploding tart pomegranate seeds red, sweet-sour Continue Reading »

The Soul of Jerusalem: A View of Multiple Truths

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Shira Bee

Crossposted from my blog: Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. ~ Rumi But what does it mean to be the soul of a place like Jerusalem? A place where so many people feel most closely connected to their own inner strength and beliefs, and yet stand in direct conflict with one another? One of Continue Reading »

[Guest Post] Reflections of the Alex Singer Hike in 2012, the Year of his 25th Yahrtzeit and a Poem

Posted on November 2, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

by Suzanne Singer, Alex’s mom Three events happened this year that gave us a theme for the Alex Hike.  Benjy joined around 250 IDF officers on their trip to Germany and Poland to learn about and see the physical remains of the Shoah. Benjy’s son Itai went with his 12th grade class to Poland to Continue Reading »

Tzimtzum Poems

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Annie Matan Gilbert

I have been prompted twice this year so far to share these poems – once inspired by Rav Landes Shabbat Shuva Shiur and then after I read them at Salon Pardes. I wrote these as part of my final project for an Aleph Rabbinical School class exploring the concept of tzimtzum in Jewish texts.  My Continue Reading »

[PCJE Dvar Torah] Cara Abrams-Simonton, Haiku for Noach 5773

Posted on October 18, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

rained upon earth forty days and forty nights ark upon water

[Alumni Post] Andrew Lustig’s New Poem: ‘Tell Me a Story’

Posted on October 16, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

A 6-Word Haiku for the High Holidays

Posted on September 25, 2012 by AdAm Mayer

Divine Empathy Commitment and Repentance Recoronation

My Dvar Torah from the Shabbaton

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Shanee Michaelson

“Atem Nitzavim Hayom Kulchem.” You stand this day, all of you. All of us are standing together today in Jerusalem. From small towns, larger cities, from North America and from Europe. Having grown up in different Jewish denominations, or unaffiliated, whether Ashkenazic or Sephardic, Reform or Orthodox,We have come here together, to this unique country Continue Reading »