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| Elisha S. Ancselovits |
| Faculty |
| Halakhah, Talmud
Elisha Ancselovits teaches Halakha and Practical Philosophy in the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and in Yeshivat Maale Gilboa, has taught Halakha at additional Orthodox and secular Israeli institutions and is a member of Hebrew University’s Institute of Jewish Law. Elisha - who holds rabbinic and judicial ordination (Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin) - has a Ph.D. in Jewish Law and an M.A. in Modern Jewish Studies. Read more |
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| Nechama Goldman Barash |
| Faculty |
| Rabbinic Literature, Women and Judaism, Medical Ethics, Prophets, Bible
Nechama Goldman Barash made aliyah from Philadelphia over 20 years ago after graduating from Stern College. She studied in Matan’s Advanced Talmud Institute and finished a master’s degree at Bar-Ilan University. Read more |
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| Rahel Berkovits |
| Faculty |
| Mishnah, Talmud and Halakha
Rahel Berkovits has spent many years studying Talmud and Jewish texts in both traditional and academic frameworks at such institutions as Midreshet Lindenbaum, The Shalom Hartman Institute, and Hebrew University in both the Talmud and Jewish education departments. Read more |
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| David I. Bernstein |
| Dean |
Modern Jewish History, Contemporary Israel
Dr. Bernstein holds a B.A. and M.A. in History and a Ph.D. in Religious Education from New York University. He also attended Yeshivat HaMivtar.
Dr. Bernstein has been the Dean of Pardes since 1998. Previously, he was the director of Midreshet Lindenbaum, popularly known as Brovender's, for 12 years. Dr. Bernstein was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel School for Jewish Education in Jerusalem from 1996-1998. Read more |
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| Levi Cooper |
| Faculty |
| Bible, Hasidut, Maimonides
Levi Cooper, originally from Australia, holds an LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. from the Law Faculty of Bar-Ilan University, and is a member of the Israel Bar Association. He studied at Chabad, Shaalvim Hesder Yeshiva, the Bar-Ilan University Kollel and Beit Morasha. Levi served in the IDF’s Golani Brigade and continues to do Reserve Duty as a commander in an infantry unit. Read more |
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| Yaffa Epstein |
| Faculty |
| Talmud, Jewish Law, Liturgy
Yaffa Epstein holds a Law Degree from Bar-Ilan University and has been a member of the Israeli Bar since 2003. She is a former student of the Kollel at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and was a member of the Advanced Talmud Institute at Matan. Read more |
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| Aviva Golbert |
| Director of Recruitment at the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators; Teaching Coach |
| Education methods
Aviva Golbert is a Jewish educator with over fifteen years of experience in curriculum development, classroom teaching, school administration and educational consulting. A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Aviva worked towards her professional goal of becoming a Jewish Studies educator at Stern College (where she was a Golding Distinguished Scholar). Read more |
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| Eric Golombek |
| Faculty |
Pedagogy
Eric holds a B.Math and a B.Ed, an M.Ed. in general education and an M.A. in Jewish education. He is an alumnus of Hebrew University's Melton Senior Educator's Program. He was principal of the Associated Hebrew Day Schools of Toronto’s Posluns Educational Centre for seven years and previously served as the Head of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at Community Day School / Solomon Schechter in Pittsburgh. Read more |
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| Reuven Grodner |
| Faculty |
| Bible, Talmud, Mishnah, Philosophy, Kabbalah, Rav Soloveitchik, Prayer
Rabbi Reuven Grodner studied under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt"l and received his rabbinic ordination and M.A. from Yeshiva University in 1965. After serving in the rabbinate in the United States for a period of 18 years, he made Aliyah with his wife Chaya in 1984. Read more |
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| Zvi Grumet |
| Faculty |
| Bible, Pedagogy
Zvi Grumet holds a B.A. in Computer Science, an M.A. in Jewish Education and an Ed.D. from Yeshiva University where he was ordained. Prior to his Aliyah, Rabbi Grumet had extensive experience teaching teens and adults, both in North America and Israel, and was a day school leader in the US. Read more |
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| Meesh Hammer-Kossoy |
| Director of Social Justice Track; Director of Admissions; Faculty |
| Talmud, Social Justice Dr. Hammer-Kossoy, originally from Washington, D.C., has a B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University. Her dissertation explored the courageous manner in which the rabbis of the Talmud created a new criminal punishment system. Read more |
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| Michael Hattin |
| Faculty |
| Bible, Halakha
Michael Hattin holds a professional degree in Architecture from the University of Toronto and rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He teaches Chumash and Prophets as well as Halakha at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Read more |
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| Zvi Hirschfield |
| Faculty |
| Talmud, Halakha and Jewish Thought
Zvi holds a B.A. in History from Columbia University and did graduate work at Harvard University in Medieval and Modern Jewish Thought. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel and has rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Read more |
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| Alex Israel |
| Director of Community Education and Summer Program; Faculty |
Bible
Alex was born and raised in London. He holds degrees from London School of Economics, the Institute of Education London and Bar-Ilan University. Alex studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Yehudah Amital, and gained rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Rabbinate.
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| James Jacobson-Maisels |
| Faculty |
| Jewish Thought, Jewish Mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish Spiritual Practices, Meditation
Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels grew up outside Hershey, PA and in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He teaches Jewish Thought and Mysticism and Jewish Spiritual Practices and Meditation at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City and at the Hannaton Educational and Spiritual Center in the Galilee. Read more |
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| Judy Klitsner |
| Faculty |
| Bible and Biblical Exegesis
Judy Klitsner has been teaching Bible and biblical exegesis at Pardes for nearly two decades. A disciple of the great Torah teacher Nechama Leibowitz, Judy weaves together traditional exegesis, modern scholarship and her own original interpretations that are informed by close readings of the biblical text. Read more |
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| Shmuel Klitsner |
| Faculty |
| Bible
Rabbi Klitsner, author of Wrestling Jacob: Deception, Identity, and Freudian Slips in Genesis has taught Bible and Talmud for 25 years at Jerusalem's Midreshet Lindenbaum. A student of the late Nechama Leibowitz, Klitsner has been involved in some of the most innovative educational projects in Israel since his aliyah 34 years ago. Read more |
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| Dov Laimon |
| Faculty |
| Scribal Arts
Rabbi Dov Laimon has a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Rabbinic ordination from the previous Bostoner Rebbe, and has been a student of the Hornisteipler Rebbe in Jerusalem for more than 25 years. Read more |
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| Daniel Landes |
| Director |
| Kollel Level Talmud, Advanced Midrash and Theology
Born in Chicago, Rav Landes studied in Chicago with Rabbi M.B. Sacks, the Menachem Tzion; in Israel with Reb Aryeh Levin, the Tzadik of Jerusalem, with the great mystic R. Zvi Yehudah Kook and with the Chief Rabbi R. Avrum Shapiro. In New York Rav Landes studied with the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik; and in Los Angeles with the Av Beit Din R. Shmuel Katz (on whose rabbinical court he served). Read more |
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| David Levin-Kruss |
| Director of Special Programs; Faculty |
| Mishna, Talmud, Parshat Hashavua, Philosophy
David Levin-Kruss holds a B.A. and Teachers' Certification in English Literature and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attended Pardes, and has rabbinic ordination from the Joseph Strauss Rabbinical Seminary. Read more |
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| Judy Markose |
| Director of Pardes Center for Jewish Educators |
| Professional Seminars for Educators
Judy Markose made aliyah from Toronto in 1994, where she served as Director of Camp Ramah in Canada, principal of a congregational school and completed her doctorate in Educational Administration at the University of Toronto (OISE). Read more |
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| Shulie Mishkin |
| Tour Guide |
| Bible, Talmud
Shulie Mishkin made Aliyah from New York after finishing a Master's degree in Jewish History from Columbia University. After completing the Ministry of Tourism guide course in 1997, she began working and has taught and guided for all ages, from toddlers to retirees. Read more |
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| Tovah Leah Nachmani |
| Faculty |
| Bible, Liturgy and Prayer, Relationships
Tovah Leah has been engaging in adult Jewish education in Israel for 25 years. She likes exploring with her students the relevance of Jewish wisdom texts to our personal lives, combining classic Torah study with opportunities for individual reflection. Read more |
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| Neima Novetsky |
| Faculty |
| Bible, Prophets, Biblical exegesis
Neima Novetsky teaches Tanakh in the Pardes Educators Program. She and her family made aliyah from New York where she founded and directed the Advanced Tanakh Beit Midrash Program at Lincoln Square Synagogue. Read more |
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| Elisa Pearlman |
| Faculty |
| Trope
Elisa was born in London, England, where she attained a B.Sc.(Ed) in Mathematics and Education. Elisa taught mathematics in high schools in London before making aliyah in 1998. Following her aliyah, Elisa studied at Pardes for two years, after which she started to teach Torah trope in the Summer Program. Read more |
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| Bruce E. Rachlin |
| Faculty |
| Beit Midrash Supervisor
Bruce received his B.A. and rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University.
He has worked as the founding principal of Bas Torah Academy, Monsey, New York, the founding Principal of Yavneh College Secondary School, Melbourne, Australia, and the principal of Beth Tfiloh High School, Baltimore, Maryland. Read more |
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| Leah Rosenthal |
| Faculty |
| Talmud
Leah Rosenthal holds a B.A. in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy and an M.A. in Jewish Education, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She has been teaching Talmud at Pardes for over twenty years and still enjoys doing so. Read more |
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| Daniel Roth |
| Director of Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution; Faculty |
| Talmud, Jewish Approaches to Conflict Resolution, Bible
Daniel completed his Ph.D. at Bar-Ilan University's Program for Conflict Resolution and Negotiation writing on Jewish models of conflict resolution, peacemaking and reconciliation. Daniel is also an Israeli certified court mediator. Read more |
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| Meir Schweiger |
| Mashgiach Ruchani; Director of Fellows Program; Faculty |
| Chumash, Parshat HaShavua, Mishna, Talmud, Halakha, Siddur, Interpersonal Relations
Meir Schweiger came on aliya in 1972 from "the Bronx", NY, immediately after graduating from City College in New York with a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics. He did his advanced Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and Yeshivat Har Etzion, receiving ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem. Read more |
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| Susan Wall |
| Director of Pedagogy at Pardes Educators Alumni Support Project; Faculty |
Pedagogy
Dr. Wall holds a B.A. in English Literature from Temple University, a M.S. in Library Science from Drexel University, and a D.H.L. in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She was in the first class of Jerusalem Fellows from 1982-85. Her research was in the area of family education. Read more |
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| Daniel Wolf |
| Teaching Coach |
| Teaching skills
Daniel Wolf teaches and serves as a teaching coach at the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. He also happens to spend most of his time working as the director of research and development at FiveBlocks, a web technology and services company. Read more |
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| Susan Yammer |
| Teaching Coach |
| Teacher studies
Susan Yammer is a pedagogic mentor for graduate education students in the Pardes Educators Program. In this capacity she also serves as the supervising mentor for the teaching internship at Young Judea Year Course. Read more |
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| Shlomo Zacharow |
| Director of the Pre-Rabbinic Forum; Advisor to the Egalitarian Minyan; Faculty |
Biblical Hebrew
Shlomo Zacharow received his M.A. and Rabbinic ordination from the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. He is also on faculty at the Conservative Yeshiva where he teaches Biblical Hebrew as well as halakha and pos'kim (the development of Jewish law). Read more |
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