Times of Israel – Pardes Alum Evan Wolkenstein Wins Jewish Children’s Book Award
Posted on January 27, 2021
Pardes alum M. Evan Wolkenstein (Year ’98-’99, Fellow ’99-’00, PCJE ’00-’02, Summer ’04, ’05) won the Sydney Taylor Book Awards for the best in Jewish children’s literature in the category of middle school, for his book Turtle Boy. This book is also #1 on Amazon’s Jewish Children Fiction list. The Times of Israel story was Continue Reading »
Three Pardes Alumni Named Fellows for UpStart Change Accelerator Program
Posted on January 18, 2021
Pardes alumni Rachel Eisen (Summer ’12), Cara Gold (PCJCR ’12) and Laura Schuchart (Year ’12, PCJE ’13) were three of the 52 individuals named as part of four nations cohorts of UpStart’s Change Accelerator Program. This year, UpStart leveraged the application data to design cohorts focused on emerging challenges and trends in Jewish life: The Continue Reading »
Jweekly.com – The irrelevance of day school Jewish studies, and how to fix the problem
Posted on January 18, 2021
Written by Micha Levin (PCJE ’07-’09, Summer ’10, ’11) – At his last appearance at Kehillah Jewish High School before his death, San Francisco Jewish philanthropist Warren Hellman quoted New York Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt: “Day school education has failed.” I was a highly dedicated Jewish studies teacher at the time and was shocked by Continue Reading »
eJP – Havruta Learning: Torah at Its Best
Posted on January 13, 2021
Written by Sherwin Pomerantz (Israel Board Chair of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies) – Ben Lusher’s recent article on investing in Jewish learning at Moishe House brought back some good memories for me. During my 20 years in Chicago before Aliyah 37 years ago, I had the privilege of serving as Chair of the Continue Reading »
eJP – Scaling Small for Deep Impact
Posted on January 7, 2021
Written by Rabbi Benjamin Berger (Summer ’01, ’03) – While Gen Z, those born after 1995, are often known for being “digital natives,” like all humans before them they overwhelmingly crave in-person connection. Their adolescent digital lives are often disrupted in college by life-changing interactions, which we all recall from our own college experiences. Face-to-face Continue Reading »
eJP – The Development of the Organized Jewish Philanthropic Community in the United States
Posted on January 7, 2021
Written by Yisrael (Stephen) Donshik (PLS ’15, ’16, ’17, ’19, hourly for many years) – Many people have wanted to know more about the development of the organized Jewish community in the United States and how the Jewish federation became a one-stop address for raising funds, providing local services, and meeting overseas needs. Yet, it Continue Reading »
Pardes Alumna Robin Mencher (Year ’96-’97) is New Executive Director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay.
Posted on January 6, 2021
This announcement was published on Jweekly.com and written by Alix Wall. Pardes Alumna Robin Mencher (Year ’96-’97) has been named the new executive director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, replacing outgoing director Avi Rose. Given that Robin Mencher describes herself as “fairly low-risk and conservative in making decisions,” one might assume that Continue Reading »
Jerusalem Post Update – Pardes Alumnus David Ben Moshe’s Jewish status finally recognized!
Posted on December 17, 2020
Following a three-year struggle to be recognized as a Jew in the State of Israel, Pardes alum David Ben Moshe (Summer ’17, Year ’17-’18) has finally been granted recognition by the Ministry of Interior in Israel. He will now receive temporary residency status in the country and continue to fight for his right to gain Continue Reading »
eJP – Putting Jewish Values Back into GivingTuesday
Posted on December 14, 2020
Written by Pardes Alumna Karen Radkowsky (Seminar ’08, ’11, ’13) – Last week saw the most profitable GivingTuesday to date, with over $2.47 billion raised in a single day in the United States alone – a 25% increase over 2019, according to the GivingTuesday Data Commons. This is particularly notable given that the Bureau of Continue Reading »
Jerusalem Post – Pardes Alumnus David Ben Moshe’s nightmarish three-year quest for citizenship continues
Posted on December 8, 2020
Written by Jeremy Sharon — An Orthodox convert with a criminal past in Baltimore’s drug gangs who turned his life around, married in Israel, and applied for citizenship under the Law of Return two and a half years ago, continues to face a nightmarish bureaucratic struggle in his effort to settle in the Jewish state. Continue Reading »