Pardes Signs Agreement for Construction of New Campus
Posted on 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
Posted on 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
Posted on 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 »
Pardes Appoints New Director of Marketing and Communications
Posted on December 12, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pardes Appoints New Director of Marketing and Communications (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – December 13, 2019) Pardes is excited to announce that Jamie Bornstein (Year Program 05-06) has been appointed Director of Marketing and Communications. Jamie joined Pardes in October 2010 as Assistant Director in North America and was later promoted to Senior Director. Continue Reading »
Mike Feuer’s The Lamp of Darkness “Go Further” Edition Now Available
Posted on December 11, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mike Feuer’s The Lamp of Darkness “Go Further” Edition Now Available (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – December 11, 2019) The Age of Prophecy series, by Dave Mason and Pardes faculty member Rabbi Mike Feuer, transports you back 3,000 years, to the epic battle between the Israelite Kings and Prophets. Lev, an orphaned shepherd boy, Continue Reading »
Pardes Insititute of Jewish Studies Names its First Liturgist-in-Residence
Posted on November 28, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NAMES ITS FIRST LITURGIST-IN-RESIDENCE (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – November 28, 2019) The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il) has named internationally-acclaimed liturgist and poet Alden Solovy as its first Liturgist-in-Residence. In this new role, Alden will teach ‘Introduction to Creative Liturgy’ in both the fall and spring semesters Continue Reading »
Can’t we all just get along? Pursuing unity beyond tragedy
Posted on November 25, 2019
Published in The Times of Israel on November 22, 2019. Written by Rabbi Ari Segal (Head of School at Shalhevet High School, in California). “…I learned about achdut demonstrated at the Pardes Institute’s Lo BaShamayim Hee conference. Rabbi David Stein, my colleague who attended and spoke at the event, made specific mention of how impressed Continue Reading »
Pardes and Moishe House: A Match Made in Heaven
Posted on November 19, 2019
Published in Moishe House online on November 12, 2019. Written by Haley Schulman (Director of North American Engagement at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Moishe House Without Walls Host and Moishe House retreat alum) “I love Pardes—and I’m not just saying that because they pay me to… even though they do. My love affair Continue Reading »
Arguing for Heaven’s Sake
Posted on November 3, 2019
Published in The Jewish Standard on October 31, 2019. Written by, Joanne Palmer “It’s possible that the deepest of all Jewish instincts is the need to argue. To look at texts and say, “yes, but.” To listen to your teachers and say, “Are you sure?” To listen to your family and friends and say, “You’ve Continue Reading »
Pardes Appoints Director of North American Programs
Posted on April 16, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PARDES APPOINTS DIRECTOR OF NORTH AMERICAN PROGRAMS (NEW YORK, NY- April 16, 2019) The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il) announced that current Assistant Director of Education in North America, Shani Gross, will assume the position of Director of North American Programs this summer. Shani will continue to create and implement programming, Continue Reading »