Shavuot: A Chance to Become a Centrist
Posted on May 24, 2023
By Sherwin Pomerantz In Israel, as in the rest of the world, we see people chained to the circumference of the circle, unwilling to let go of hardened positions and allow the centripetal forces to bring them close.
Shavuot calls us to resist polarization
Posted on May 17, 2023
Our diversity is our great strength. Rather than pull to extremes, the Jewish people must amplify their centripetal force.
A Letter of Gratitude from Rabbi Leon Morris Pardes President
Posted on May 15, 2023
Dear Friends, On behalf of the entire Pardes family, I am writing to express our deep gratitude to Josh Chadajo for his dedicated service to Pardes over the past 18 years. During the span of Josh’s tenure, Pardes’s programmatic reach grew significantly. That growth required the kind of adaptive leadership that he has provided Continue Reading »
Gratitude and New Horizons from Joshua Chadajo Executive Director, North America
Posted on May 15, 2023
To The Pardes Community, As a freshly minted MBA graduate in 2001, I made the somewhat curious decision to spend the upcoming year as a student learning in the Pardes Year Program. Little did I know that this experience would be life-changing on both a personal and a professional level. Fast forward to today, and Continue Reading »
LGBTQ+ communities and allies embrace Second Passover
Posted on May 10, 2023
The key is to truly see the other for who they are and to acknowledge that experience as an encounter with the Divine.
In Defense of Surrender in Liberal Jewish Life
Posted on May 4, 2023
From shrinking attendance at worship services and the merging and closing of congregations to a crisis of generating new clerical leadership, the decline of liberal religion is evident throughout Western Christianity and Judaism.
Pardes remains committed to learning despite Israeli political strife
Posted on April 3, 2023
By Leon Morris | President of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Adapting, pivoting, evolving, changing: The time has come
Posted on March 29, 2023
By Aviva Lauer | Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators In order to meet the evolving needs of those entering the workforce as Jewish studies teachers, we at Pardes evolved as well. Participants in our rebranded program — the Pardes Teacher Fellowship — will gain the same high-level beit midrash Torah skills and acumen, teacher Continue Reading »
Announcing the Young Judea Year Course & Pardes Study Program
Posted on February 16, 2023
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new program in partnership with Young Judaea. This unique track offers participants of the Young Judea Year Course program the opportunity to delve into the study of Jewish texts and literature in a high-level, immersive learning experience. The Young Judaea Year Course & Pardes Study Program Continue Reading »
Parashat Shemot: A conspiracy of women
Posted on January 20, 2023
By Nechama Goldman Barash In this first instance of Pharaoh’s underestimation of women, he fails to recognize that women who bring life into the world are unworthy allies in facilitating violent death.