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Student Activities Students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of optional activities throughout the year, including lunch time workshops and lunch lectures, student-organized clubs, all different types of prayer services, holiday celebrations, a trip to Poland and visits to historical locations around Jerusalem. One of the biggest challenges of being at Pardes may Continue Reading »

Click here for a PDF of the full calendar. Key Academic Dates and Breaks for 2023-2024 Academic Year September 3, 2023 Fall Semester begins September 15-17, 2023 Rosh Hashana (No classes/office closed) September 24-25, 2023 Yom Kippur (No classes/office closed) September 29- October 8, 2023 Sukkot Break (No classes/Office re-opens October 8) December 8-16, 2023 Continue Reading »

When Pardes opened its doors in 1972 in Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish world, it was the first beit midrash (study hall) open to women anywhere in the world! Pardes remains committed to opening the doors of intensive Torah study to the widest possible spectrum of the Jewish world. Our students differ from one Continue Reading »

Remembering Ben and Marla z’l July 31, 2022 marks the 20th yortzeit of Pardes students, Ben Blutstein z’l and Marla Bennett z’l, who were murdered in the July 31, 2002 Mt. Scopus terror bombing in Jerusalem. Ben and Marla were students in the Pardes Educators Program, which at the time included study at The Hebrew Continue Reading »

When you leave Pardes you are joining a community of over 7,700 Pardes alumni across the world. Stay tuned for a new Pardes Alumni Initiative designed to encourage and support alumni looking to advance the ‘Beit Midrashifcation’ of Jewish life in their communities. There are a number of ways for our alumni to stay connected Continue Reading »

Pardes Alumni leave Pardes strongly connected to both Judaism and Israel, and they are passionately committed to Klal Yisrael, the entire Jewish community. They go on to inspire, educate and motivate other young Jews in their home communities. Pardes alumni include more than 970 top professionals who work throughout the Jewish community, including more than Continue Reading »

In 1971, a young American oleh named Michael Swirsky hatched the idea of an educational framework in Jerusalem that would provide entrée to the world of Jewish religious learning with no other agenda than to facilitate knowledge. Its approach was to be non-denominational and open-ended, combining the spiritual seriousness and non-instrumentalism of the yeshiva with Continue Reading »

Israel Leon A. Morris President Joel Weiss Executive Director, Israel Meesh Hammer-Kossoy Director of Year Program Aviva Lauer Director, Pardes Center for Jewish Educators David I. Bernstein Dean Emeritus Joanne Barth Office Manager Polina Dolgopolskaia Executive Administrator Rahel Dweck Administrative Director of the Summer Program Michael Emerson Director of Special Projects Jackie Frankel Yaakov Director Continue Reading »

Board of Directors, Israel Board of Directors, North America Chair: Brad Grob (see bio below)Secretary: Fern Reiss Alan Adler Yisrael CampbellMark S. CohenJohn H. Corre*Michael Gillis*Brian Glenville*Nathaniel JhiradMorlie Levin*Sim MannDammara MarkowitzSherwin B. Pomerantz*Audrey Kaplan Scher*Jonathan TassoffLynne Weinstein* Past Chair Founder: Michael SwirskyLegal Advisor: Richard Aron Chair: Mark S. Freedman (see bio below)Vice Chair: Michael GordonTreasurer: Bryan KocenSecretary: Karen RivoImmediate Past Chair: Deborah Shapira* Thomas K. Continue Reading »

The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies 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. Our Mission: Provide an Continue Reading »