The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

About Pardes

The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il) is an open, inclusive, diverse and intellectually challenging Jewish learning community based in Jerusalem with programs worldwide. Pardes cultivates a life-long love of Jewish learning, the Jewish people and Israel. Pardes inspires engagement in Jewish life — as communal and spiritual leaders, educators and active participants.

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“There is nothing I can recommend more than spending time at Pardes. Through the teachers and friends I met, I discovered how Judaism can be a source of guidance, making me a more informed Jew and a better person. Best spent year of my life.”

Matt Bar, Philadelphia, PA
Founder and Executive Director of Bible Raps

Programs

Whether you have always dreamt of studying in Israel, are looking for something meaningful to do during your vacation, or are considering a career in Jewish Education, Pardes offers a variety of learning opportunities at every level.

Year Programs

Short-Term Israel Programs

Pardes Community Education

Pardes Center for Jewish Educators (PCJE)

Pardes Day School Educator Programs (PCJE)

Professional Development Opportunities (PCJE)

Pardes Experiential Educator Programs (PCJE)

Semikha Tracks (PCJE)

Pardes Learning Seminars (PLS)

Pardes Center for Judaism & Conflict Resolution (PCJCR)

Short-Term North American Programs

Tailored Group Experiences at Pardes

“Pardes is a great place for Jews of all nationalities. Our commonality as young Jews who want to learn and to ask questions is far greater than anything that might divide us.”

Veronique Kretz, Strasbourg, France
Philosophy & Law graduate

Events
News

Pardes Nashville Learning Group

Gordon Jewish Community Center
801 Percy Warner Blvd, Nashville Sunday, March 1 10:00 am - 11:30 am

A Jew in a Foreign Court: From Esther to Today

Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
29 Pierre Koenig Street, Talpiot Wednesday, March 4 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Pardes Nashville Learning Group

Gordon Jewish Community Center
801 Percy Warner Blvd, Nashville Sunday, March 15 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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Pardes Signs Agreement for Construction of New Campus

January 23, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pardes Signs Agreement for Construction of New Campus (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – January 23, 2020) Pardes is thrilled to report that on December 24th an agreement was signed with NBS, an Israeli real estate development firm, to partner in the development and construction of Pardes’s new home, Beit Karen. Under this agreement, Pardes Continue Reading »

Pardes Raises $3 Million for North American Programming

January 15, 2020

An announcement about this initiative was also published in eJewishPhilanthropy on February 13, 2020. You can read more here. A Letter from Pardes President, Rabbi Leon A. Morris January 14, 2020 Dear Friends, In the spring of 2018, Rabba Yaffa Epstein and I embarked on a 10-day North American tour. Together we visited eight cities and Continue Reading »

Karen Rivo Joins Pardes’s North American Board

January 2, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Karen Rivo Joins Pardes’s North American Board (New York, NY – December 26, 2019) Pardes is pleased to announce that Karen Rivo of Miami Beach, Florida has joined the North American Board of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. “We are so honored to have Karen join our North American board,” said Continue Reading »

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“There is something magical about studying and living in Jerusalem. If you want to know where the things we are learning about happened, you just look out the window.”

Gil Bar-Shoshan, Berlin, Germany
Fund manager at Aviva Investors

Elmad: Online Learning

The online home of Pardes Digital Learning. Elmad provides access to Pardes’s unique blend of learning, with a variety of original podcasts, words of Torah and recorded lectures by our renowned faculty.

Topics include: Torah, Holidays, Halakah, History, Modernity, Spirituality, Education, Personalities, and the Self.

“My teachers were inspiring and wouldn’t let me get away with not knowing. My first year of Pardes was the hardest I ever worked, not to mention how fun it was. Pardes is a meeting place of spectacular souls.”

Jessica Fain, San Francisco, CA
Customer Success Partner at Box Inc.

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Pardes inspires leaders, builds knowledge and transforms the Jewish world through an open, challenging and dynamic encounter with Jewish text and tradition in a diverse and supportive environment.

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