Capital Campaign Update: More Images of Beit Karen to Explore!
Posted on August 3, 2021
Matti Rosenshine Architects has released a new set of renderings of Beit Karen, with wonderful examples of the architecture, both inside and outside. This is all part of our Campaign for the Generations, a $36 million capital and endowment campaign to build a spacious and modern home in Jerusalem and to bring new programs to Continue Reading »
Capital Campaign Update: Building Up Starts with Digging Down
Posted on July 31, 2021
The Excavation Permit to dig the foundation of Beit Karen is in the final stages of processing with the municipality of Jerusalem! Pardes is now authorized to formally prepare the site. This includes a variety of tasks, such as: Placement of acoustic/decorative fencing around the lot Clearing of all surface debris Removal of pavement and/or Continue Reading »
eJewishPhilanthropy – Nigel Savage (Year ’94-’95) looks back on two decades at Hazon
Posted on July 26, 2021
Written by Helen Chernikoff – In 2000, Nigel Savage founded Hazon, an early Jewish environmental organization, around the idea of raising awareness by combining issues like sustainability and justice with bringing people together to enjoy the outdoors. Now, the group is merging with the Pearlstone Retreat Center in Baltimore County, Md., and Savage will step Continue Reading »
Texas Hillel Foundation Hires Rabbi Will Hall
Posted on July 26, 2021
Ahead of the 2021-’22 school year, Texas Hillel Foundation is welcoming Rabbi Will Hall (Year ’14-’15) to the position of rabbi/senior Jewish educator and Aviva Mangista to the position of Jewish Agency Israel fellow as part of its Jewish Student Life team. These staff positions are central to Texas Hillel’s mission of enriching the lives Continue Reading »
Pardes Alumni Featured in Jewish Week 36 Under 26 2021 List
Posted on July 14, 2021
Mazal tov to Pardes alumni Merav Fine Braun (Spirituality Retreat ’13-’14, Summer ’14) and Dammara Hall (PCJE ’16-’18, Summer ’16) who were both featured in The New York Jewish Week 36 Under 36 2021 list. Each year The Jewish Week celebrates 36 noteworthy New Yorkers, all 36 years old or younger, who make New York Continue Reading »
Pardes 2020-21 students donate beautiful bookshelf to Jerusalem location
Posted on July 13, 2021
Pardes 2020-21 students donated a beautiful bookshelf, adorned with beloved books from the class of 5781, inscribed with notes to future students. A framed quote atop the bookshelf shares “Just as my ancestors planted for me, I too, I am planting for my descendants (Ta’anit 23a). There is an invitation to borrow, donate, and leave Continue Reading »
I’m a Black Ex-Felon. I Have a Message About Cancel Culture
Posted on July 9, 2021
David Ben Moshe (Year ’17-’18, Summer ’17), bravely shares reflections on his personal life story in Newsweek Magazine.
Alum Merissa Nathan Gerson (Year ’10-’11) Publishes New Book
Posted on July 8, 2021
When I attended yeshiva at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies it was for one reason, and one reason only: I was an advice columnist, Ask Your Yenta, writing about sex and dating and I had no idea about what Judaism had to say on the topic. I spent a difficult and amazing year neck-deep in Jewish text study, and emerged Continue Reading »
Dean Bernstein’s Closing Words on the Final Day of Classes
Posted on July 5, 2021
The following inspirational words by Pardes Dean, Dr. David I. Bernstein, were delivered to Year Program students on the final day of classes, May 27, 2021. As I said on our very first day back in September: we believe the Torah is given not only to the rabbis, or to Kohanim, or to the Orthodox, or to Continue Reading »
Mahloket Matters Fellowship Update: Meet the Fellows of the Covenant Leadership Cohort
Posted on June 24, 2021
Our Jewish tradition upholds the principle that constructive disagreement for the sake of heaven (Mahloket L’Shem Shamayim), is not only imperative but the holy work needed to repair what can feel like irreconcilable differences that permeate within our Jewish communities. Guided by the belief that Jewish texts and their diverse interpretations can empower us to Continue Reading »