Pardes Summer Programs

Israel Summer Programs 2008

Join us for a powerful experience with the outstanding Pardes faculty. At Pardes, men and women of diverse backgrounds and belief systems encounter the most compelling and challenging texts of Jewish tradition. Our students are offered a unique experience of intellectual openness, rigorous textual analysis and opportunities for personal spiritual growth.

Pardes is a gathering place for Jewish study. Our students come for our summer programs in Israel from all over the world. What brings them together is the common search for Jewish knowledge, and the greater self-awareness and personal development that results from an intensive encounter with Torah in the center of the Jewish world.

bullet Summer Learning Program

The Pardes Summer Program consists of three weeks of intensive text study with themed tracks of classic Jewish texts, contemporary issues, and spirituality and art.

bullet Summer Hebrew Ulpan

Improve your Hebrew this summer at Pardes. Combine the Hebrew Ulpan with a Summer Learning Session, or take it on its own.

bullet Executive Learning Seminar June 29 to July 3, 2008

The Pardes Executive Seminar is geared to business executives, professionals and community leaders who wish to combine the experience of visiting Israel with an immersion into the study of classical Jewish sources

bullet Day School Novice Teachers' Curriculum Workshop July 15-29, 2008

Aimed at new Judaic Studies teachers of grades 4-12, this program combines professional development with Judaic learning in Jerusalem. The cost of tuition, housing, and most meals is provided by a grant from the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation, as well as by contributions from other donors.

Dates

Summer Learning and Ulpan - June Session
June 2 to 23, 2009

Summer Learning and Ulpan - July Session
June 30 to July 21, 2009

Summer Learning and Ulpan - August Session
July 26 to August 13, 2009

Executive Learning Seminar
June 28 to July 2, 2009

Curriculum Workshop
July 14 to 28, 2009

bullet Student Comments

"I loved my month at Pardes. All of my teachers were receptive and welcoming of questions. I came here to be intellectually stimulated and to have my first serious contact with Hebrew texts. I got both. I'm going back to Princeton and recommending the program to interested students."
Netti M

"The experience surpassed my expectations. I came here expecting to delve deeply into Jewish texts and emerge having learned a little bit more about what my tradition teaches. Instead, I found myself being forced to ask the question - what does it all mean? I am grateful for that opportunity. Not only did I learn texts and wrestle with big questions, but I also learned from teachers, who are powerful role models."
Michael R