These and Those

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

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So Much Texting

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Stefanie Groner

From my blog last week: Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. Now, this Jewish New Year, 5774, begins this Wednesday! Party! Last night, I went to my school’s open class and service on Selichot, the art of repentance. Jews tend to harp on this theme as we finish up one year and begin to focus Continue Reading »

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] Nitzavim-Vayelekh: Choose Life

Posted on August 27, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parshiot Nitzavim and Vayelech. Nitzavim-Vayelekh

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] Ki Tavo: “How Odd of G-D to Choose the Jews!”

Posted on August 23, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

David Levin-Kruss discusses parsha Ki Tavo. [Download the Handout] Ki Tavo

[Alumni Guest Post] Pardes Summer Program 2013

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Talia Kern

Here is the poem I read at the closing lunch for the ’13 summer program: We started Pardes on the eighth of July Little did we know, that time would fly At our opening circle, there are so many names “Come hear about the classes,” Alex exclaims. Nechama, Tzvi, Yaffa, Reuven, who should we choose? Continue Reading »

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] Ki Tetze: The Beautiful Captured Woman

Posted on August 14, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

Neima Novetsky discusses parsha Ki Tetze. Ki Tetze

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] Shoftim: Justice, justice, you shall pursue

Posted on August 8, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parsha Shoftim. Shoftim

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] Re’eh: The New and the Free

Posted on August 2, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

Rabbi David Levin-Kruss discusses parshat Re’eh. Re’eh

[Alumni Guest Post] Rooted

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Jim Sumner

לשנה הבאה בירושלים   We three friends come from different professional backgrounds. One of us is a teacher, another an asset manager, and the third is in politics. Last summer each of us was motivated to take time out of our lives back home to study at Pardes. We arrived at Pardes with different expectations, Continue Reading »

shabbat shalom – ekev pardes…

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Michal Kohane

In Pirkei Avot (5:25) we find, “turn her, turn her, everything is in her” – הפוך בה, הפוך בה, הכל בה. We knew this theory before coming to Pardes, but feeling it on an almost daily basis for the last three weeks has been a whole different story. Perhaps there is no better place to Continue Reading »

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] Ekev: The Replacement Tablets

Posted on July 25, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy discusses parshat Ekev. Ekev