Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on August 26, 2012 by Derek Kwait
This week was my last back at my shul Young People’s Synagogue, which last year, raised around $7,000 to send me to Pardes for a year. Yesterday, I delivered this speech to let them know how their investment turned out. So, how have you all been? For those who don’t know, from September through the Continue Reading »
Posted on August 23, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Parashat Shoftim. Click here to download. Don’t forget to support the podcast! A matching gift will be made by a donor for all new and increased gifts. Donate online at anytime via www.donate.pardesusa.org Shabbat shalom!
Posted on August 19, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week, Neima Novetsky discusses Parashat Re’eh. Click here to download.
Posted on August 10, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week, Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parashat Ekev. Click here to listen. Shabbat shalom.
Posted on August 5, 2012 by Falynn Schmidt
J. Benedict Roth will never forget the first time he learned Gemara (Talmud) 23 years ago with Pardes faculty member, Leah Rosenthal. “Leah showed me that the Gemara is like a rough diamond,” Benedict explains. “You take a stone which looks rather uninteresting, and you think you can understand it. But then you crack it open, and suddenly Continue Reading »
Posted on August 3, 2012 by Vicki Raun
Pardes Summer Program students Annabelle Jaffe, almost 91, and Jacqueline Cohen, almost 19, are decades apart in age and live in different parts of the globe. But they both brought to Pardes lifelong involvement with their local Jewish communities and will leave Pardes with renewed commitments to Jewish life in their hometowns. Annabelle Jaffe is Continue Reading »
Posted on August 3, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week Rabbi Alex Israel discusses Parashat VaEtchanan To download, click here. Shabbat Shalom!
Posted on July 27, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week, Rabbi David Levin-Kruss discusses Parashat Devarim. Click here to listen. Click here to download the accompanying source sheet [PDF]. Shabbat Shalom!
Posted on July 8, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week, Rabbi David Levin-Kruss discusses Parashat Balak. Click here to listen. Click here for the accompanying source sheet.
Posted on June 29, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media
This week, Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy discusses the fatal sins of Moses and Aaron in Parashat Chukkat. Click to listen. Shabbat Shalom!
