In observance of Tisha B’Av each year, Pardes opens its door to its Jerusalem community inviting locals and visitors for a Day of Learning. Together, as we mourn, we study Eicha (Lamentations) and other texts related to the Destruction of the Temple and the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people.
This year, the Pardes Tisha B’Av Day of Learning features eight different lectures to choose from and a special film presentation.
Price:
Advanced Registration (Student): 40nis
Advanced Registration (General Admission): 60nis
At the Door: 85nis
9 Av 5784 Tuesday, Aug 13, 202411:00 AM - 5:00 PM In-person at Pardes in Jerusalem
Your choice of three lectures:
Professor Reuven Kimelman
Join us as we explore the outsized place of hope in liturgy, ritual practice and the concept of messianism. How can intertextual analysis help us resolve the apparent contradictions in Eicha and make sense of its theology?
Rabbi Leon Morris
Hope can be difficult to cultivate under circumstances of war and destruction. Yet, the obligation of hope is hardwired into our biblical and rabbinic tradition. While Tisha b’Av remains the day in which we recall the greatest calamities to befall the Jewish people until the Shoah, it has within it the seeds of hope and redemption. Tisha b’Av holds the promise of the messiah’s birth, and is imagined by one prophet to be a future day of celebration.
Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash
The figure of the disgraced and abandoned woman as metaphor for Jerusalem is central in the book of Eicha. The midrashim in Eicha Rabba also pick up the theme of the feminine as symbolic of a particular type of betrayal when retroactively examining reflexively the years that led up to the destruction. In this session, we will see the use of Woman in midrash in both a negative and then, increasingly positive light as a means of exploring both darkness and then emergence into light. Hope can be difficult to cultivate under circumstances of war and destruction. Yet, the obligation of hope is hardwired into our biblical and rabbinic tradition.
Your choice of three lectures:
Tovah Leah Nachmani
Some of the most volatile conflicts erupt not only among nations, but within families, between parents and children, of all ages! How can we transform our clashes into moments of clarity and love, inspired by insights from Elijah the prophet and Rav Kook?
Avi Benson Goldberg
We often translate בכי on autopilot as “crying.” But if we look closer at the narrative and performative uses of בכי, might we see a different, deeper meaning? From Chumash to ChaZaL, we’ll look at a variety of instances of בכי and hopefully come away with a new understanding of what we talk about when we talk about it.
Rabbi David Levin-Kruss
In the wake of the October 7 attack, a musician/composer called Yagel Haroush composed a haunting kina (dirge) for Tisha b’Av drawing on traditional words and music to express the dislocation the day and subsequent war caused. We will read the text closely and also
understand and experience the music it is set to.
Your choice of two lectures:
Dr. David I. (Dean Emeritus) Bernstein
By July 1942, after more than a year and a half of horrendous conditions in the ghetto, the vast majority of Jews in the largest ghetto were still alive. This slide presentation and lecture will trace the story of Warsaw Jewry — the largest Jewish community in the world except for New York — from the beginning of the war until its ultimate destruction, with a special emphasis on some of the outstanding leaders during this most difficult era for the Jewish people.
Aviva Lauer
In this session we will consider: what are we ‘meant’ to be mourning on Tisha b’Av? The Temple? Judaism as we know it? Jerusalem? And how are we meant to move on? We will also explore: what have we cried for during this particularly awful year? And are we ready to move on?
Arie Toeg – Pardes teacher who fell during the Yom Kippur War
Sara Duker and Matt Eisenfeld – Pardes students who were murdered in a terrorist attack in 1996
Marla Bennett and Ben Blutstein – Pardes students who were murdered in a terrorist attack in 2002
Yakir Hexter – nephew of Pardes faculty member, Michael Hattin, who fell during Charvot Barzel
Shortly after his father’s death, Bobby returns to his native England and discovers a suitcase full of documents, letters and photos, documenting the story of his family who perished in the Holocaust – the story his father never told him. He turns to Manuel, his German-born childhood friend, to translate the documents. Manuel, who hails from a family steeped in cinematic history and whose aunt was married to Stanley Kubrick, reveals that he too has recently uncovered a dark family secret: his father’s uncle was the infamous Nazi filmmaker Veit Harlan, director of the film “Jud Suss” – banned from screening to the present day and considered the most notorious anti-Semitic propaganda film in history. Together they embark on a voyage to Berlin to discover more about their respective pasts- a journey which puts their friendship to the test.
Meet and hear messages of hope and inspiration from Meirav Gonen, mother of Romy, kidnapped in Gaza.
6:00pm Mincha
6:30pm Meet Meirav Gonen
Address
Kehillat Yedidya
Nahum Lifschitz St 12
Jerusalem
Start date: ASAP
We are seeking a charismatic, creative, and action-oriented Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement and Activation to lead this initiative. This individual will play a key role in bridging the gap between the immersive Jerusalem-based Pardes experience and the ongoing life-long learning opportunities we offer in North America.
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How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter detailing their qualifications and passion for this role. All applications should be sent to Assistant Director of Programs at Monica at monica@pardes.org.
Cover letters should answer the following questions
Applications are due by October 8th and interviews will be the week of October 28th. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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