About Pardes North America

Pardes North America’s mission is to dramatically expand access to deep, accessible Torah learning experiences within intimate communities across North America. We see Jewish learning as a powerful tool to aid participants in accessing the Jewish ideas, communities, and rituals that could improve their lives, strengthen their relationships, and help build a better society.

AN OPEN ORCHARD:

DEEP AND ACCESSIBLE TORAH, INTIMATE COMMUNITIES

Embedded Partnerships

Helping Jewish organizations expand their educational capacity and inspire growth among leaders

Alumni Engagement

Feeding a hunger for Pardes Torah and empowering alumni to become creators and conveners of new gatherings

Jewish Learning

Creating a variety of public offerings that are designed to foster an ecosystem that is conducive to Jewish learning

UPCOMING EVENTS

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MEET THE PARDES NORTH AMERICA TEAM

Staff

Faith Leener
Chief Innovation Officer
faith@pardes.org

Aviva Lauer
Director of PCJE
aviva@pardes.org.il

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Shani Gross
Senior Director of Education
shani@pardes.org

Rachel Friedrichs
Associate Director, Israel
rachelf@pardes.org.il

Haley Schulman
Director of North American Programs
haley@pardes.org

Reuven Margrett
Associate Director, NA
reuven@pardes.org.il

Sefi Kraut
Director of Mahloket Matters
sefi@pardes.org.il

Ilana Gleicher-Bloom
Experiential Education
ilanagb@pardes.org.il

Monica Kleinman
Mahloket Matters
monica@pardes.org

Sefi Kraut
Mahloket Matters
sefik@pardes.org.il

Rebecca Leeman
Assistant Director of Engagement
rebecca@pardes.org.il

Susan Yammer
Alumni Support
susany@pardes.org.il

Jordyn Steifman
Assistant Director of Online Learning and Alumni Engagement
jordyn@pardes.org

Daniella Adler
Mentorship
daniella@pardes.org.il

Avi Spodek
Recruitment
avi@pardes.org

Faculty

Professor Deborah Barer
Washington DC

Aviva Lauer
Director of PCJE
aviva@pardes.org.il

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Rabba Yaffa Epstein
Bronx, NY

Rachel Friedrichs
Associate Director, Israel
rachelf@pardes.org.il

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Rabba Shani Gross
Berkeley, CA

Reuven Margrett
Associate Director, NA
reuven@pardes.org.il

Sefi Kraut
Jerusalem, Israel

Ilana Gleicher-Bloom
Experiential Education
ilanagb@pardes.org.il

Rabbi Jon Leener
Brooklyn, NY

Sefi Kraut
Mahloket Matters
sefik@pardes.org.il

Rabbi Jessica Minnen
Denver, CO

Susan Yammer
Alumni Support
susany@pardes.org.il

Rabbi Brent Spodek
Beacon, NY

Daniella Adler
Mentorship
daniella@pardes.org.il

Rabbi Mike Uram
Philadelphia, PA

Avi Spodek
Recruitment
avi@pardes.org

OUR PARTNERS