“One of the most amazing things about Pardes in my eyes in the range of Jewish background and experience students come from, and the way in which the culture of the study body embraces this while encouraging growth. My favorite moments of learning here are during night seder or community lunch, when each student’s particular interest and contribution manifests in different learning, different independent projects, and an environment in which safety and support allows creativity to flourish. It’s been an enormous blessing to me to be in an environment in which I am encouraged to pursue learning projects that I find important.”
Grace is a current Social Justice Fellow at Pardes. While in Jerusalem she continues her work at the American Jewish Peace Archive, an oral history project documenting the stories of American Jewish peace activists. She has been a fellow at Mishkan Chicago, leading inspired prayer and music for a new Jewish spiritual community, and at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, where she has also been a student since 2013. She earned a B.A. from the University of Chicago in 2014, studying Political Science and Religious Studies.
