1. The Pardes Year Program - the classic Pardes experience.
2. Because a year at Pardes could be the best year of your life.
3. Learn with Jews of all different stripes.
4. Experience first-hand the incredible depth and passion of Pardes teachers.
5. Join Pardes tiyulim (hikes) to experience the breathtaking landscapes of Israel and watch the text come alive.
6. Better than speed-dating: 1 in 10 Pardes alumni marry each other!
7. Make a difference: Ongoing social action projects every Thursday.
8. Mifgashim (personal encounters) with young Israelis in and out of the building.
9. Generous financial aid packages available.
10. Learn the Weekly Parsha (Torah portion) with Meir Schweiger.
11. Trade your treadmill for touring Israel.
12. Because the only thing you're asked to be at Pardes is you.
13. Continue the legacy: In 1972, we became the first Beit Midrash where women could learn Talmud!
14. See for yourself what traditional texts have to say about poverty and civil rights as part of the Social Justice Track with Meesh Hammer-Kossoy.
15. Live in Jerusalem like a real 'Yerushalmi'.
16. Our famous Purim shpeil - the parodies get better every year!
17. Become a Jewish Educator, get an MA and get paid for it! The Pardes Educators Program.
18. Learn to listen actively and challenge deeply.
19. Celebrate Rosh Hodesh with community breakfast every month.
20. Improve your Hebrew. Sababa!
21. Because it's Judaism as it can be.
22. Learn every day with our renowned faculty.
23. Read about the adventures of our sages in Talmudic Personalities with Leah Rosenthal.
24. Explore current and controversial Israeli issues in an open and inclusive setting.
25. Learn to navigate the Talmud as intuitively as your iPhone.
26. Enjoy delicious, homemade Community Lunch every Tuesday.
27. Build lifelong friendships.
28. Inspire others and be inspired.
29. Study the prayers you have always said but never understood with Yaffa Epstein.
30. Have a day, a week, or a month or more to spare? We have a range of short and long-term learning opportunities throughout the year.
31. Because the students say the best part of Pardes is the teachers, and the teachers say the best part is the students.
32. Three weeks of study and inspiration with people from around the world: The Pardes Summer Program
33. Have your voice heard on the student blog These and Those.
34. Bond with your havruta (study partner).
35. Develop a more nuanced understanding of Women in Judaism with Rahel Berkovitz, a founding member of the Shira Hadasha community.
36. Star in the next Pardes video:
37. Thinking of becoming a rabbi? Pardes's Pre-Rabbinic Track brings together future rabbis from all denominations, providing enrichment, discussion and guidance.
38. Journey to Poland with Pardes - explore its Jewish past, present and future.
39. Celebrate the festivals Israeli style.
40. Teach the next generation: check out the Pardes Educators Program.
41. Celebrate Shabbat in Jerusalem - there's nowhere else like it.
42. Become a Pardes alum and join our 4000+ active community around the world.
43. Go beyond milk and meat: learn the laws of keeping kosher with Meir Schweiger.
44. Hang out on Emek Refaim - a hopping boulevard with shops and cafes.
45. Read and understand the works of Modern Jewish Philosophers with Zvi Hirschfield. Zvi hasn't offered this every year...
46. Learn to read from the Torah and chant trope.
47. Enjoy MASA Israel Journey events, like a fabulous Idan Raichel concert alongside students from a range of other Masa programs.
48. If you're up for it, live with an Israeli roommate.
49. Can you build a sukkah on top of a camel? Come find out what the Mishna has to say!
50. Choose between a variety of prayer services at Pardes.
51. Learn how to become a pursuer of peace in the Peace & Conflict Track.
52. Give yourself the gift of Jewish learning. You've always wanted to, and you'll be grateful you did for the rest of your life.
53. Gain exposure to the field of Jewish Education in Pardes's new Taste of Teaching track.
54. Give your family an excuse to visit Israel.
55. Over 1000+ Jewish professionals & innovators are Pardes alumni!
56. Walk the spiritual path of Hasidut in Levi Cooper's beloved class, twice a week.
57. Learn with students from all different denominations, backgrounds and ages.
58. Meet the global face of Pardes: in 2011, students from 13 countries and numerous US states (including Alaska and Hawaii) studied in our beit midrash!
59. Learn traditional Jewish calligraphy and write with a quill pen!
60. Discover how to become more present in your life as part of the Self, Soul & Text Track with James Jacobson-Maisels.
61. Make your friends jealous with the fabulous photos you post on Facebook.
62. Have front row seats in the Pardes Beit Midrash to hear Israel's finest guest speakers, including Professors Uriel Simon, James Kugel and more...
63. Get to know your teachers and their families through intimate Shabbat and holiday experiences.
64. Join the ranks of the top Jewish educators and graduate from the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators
65. Free relationship advice from Tovah Leah Nachmani - it was complicated for our forefathers and foremothers, too.
66. Build on the basics in Foundations of Judaism with DLK.
67. Set denominations aside.
68. Beyond the headlines: Gain a more nuanced perspective of life in Israel.
69. Agree to disagree" over the text - practice the art of healthy debate, continuing the longstanding Jewish tradition of makhloket!
70. Become a 'Textpert' with PEP: in other words, a passionate Judaic studies teacher equipped with the skills to make Jewish text accessible, engaging and meaningful.
71. Learn to Think Like a Halakhic Sage with Elisha Ancselovits.
72. Tweet an adventure a day.
73. Immerse yourself in traditional text study in a non-coercive, engaging environment.
74. Meet the Pardes Fellows: second-year students are awaiting your arrival.
75. Give back to Israel during our annual Yom Iyun Shel Chessed , a day-long community service experience dedicated to the memories of two beloved former students, Ben Blutstein and Marla Bennett, z"l.
76. Understand the history that has shaped our lives in Modern Jewish History with David Bernstein
77. Bring your personal talents: Start a knitting circle, organize a Tzedakah auction, teach a yoga class or offer a lunchtime discussion.
78. Fresh borekas and falafel just steps away.
79. Find yourself surprisingly delighted by the first rain of the season.
80. Strengthen your personal Jewish practice by learning from others who might be very different from you.
81. Develop yeshiva humor: Find yourself making puns in Aramaic
82. Stare in awe at the incredible sunsets from the third floor beit midrash window.
83. Know what you're doing at High Holidays services, thanks to your preparatory learning during the month of Elul.
84. Receive a tremendous tuition discount through Masa Israel
85. Strengthen your calf muscles by tackling Jerusalem's hills.
86. Because you've always wished you had more ideas to share at the Shabbat table.
87. Wander the alleys of the Old City and the mystical neighborhood of Nahlaot whenever you feel like it!
88. Summer Lovin': Spend three weeks in the Pardes Summer Program falling in love with Jewish texts by day, and with Jerusalem culture by night.
89. Have a conversation with God.
90. Achieve your personal learning goals, and set new ones you never expected.
91. Pardes was life-changing for your friend/neighbor/cousin - and can be for you, too.
92. Get on the train: The Jerusalem Light Rail system is FINALLY here!
93. Pardes for Life: after your year in the Beit Midrash, come back to study for FREE during Elul anytime you want.
94. Because you've always dreamed of studying at Pardes...and it's not too late!
95. Be a part of a dynamic, supportive, loving community.
96. Learn that there is so much more to learn.
97. Grapple with the most challenging questions facing Judaism today.
98. Check out the new Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution, directed by Daniel Roth.
99. Discuss works of great Jewish thinkers as a basis to develop your own personal philosophy in Modern Jewish Thought with David Levin-Kruss.
100. Prepare yourself to change the Jewish world one classroom at a time as a Pardes Educator.
101. There's nowhere in the world just like Pardes.

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