The Times of Israel — The changing face of our relationship with synagogue
Posted on July 12, 2020
By Debra Weiner-Solomont (Staff) — “The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we conduct ourselves in so many ways especially now as the country may enter another lockdown. We must think and plan before going anywhere. Spontaneity has gone to the wayside, for now at least. My most vivid memory, while growing up in Brookline, Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel — Thou shalt mind each other’s business: 8 steps to counter the increased silence that comes with social distancing, and reduce the staggering opportunity for undetected, and thus undeterred, domestic abuse
Posted on July 6, 2020
By Judy Klitsner (Faculty) — “I never used to hit my kids. Since the lockdown began, I have already hit them several times this week.” Numerous testimonies such as this one have been received, in the wake of COVID-19, by Sacred Spaces, a US-based anti-abuse organization on whose board I sit, according to its CEO, Shira Continue Reading »
Pardes News — 2 Pardes Alums Selected as Visiting Artists at The Bronfman Fellowship
Posted on July 2, 2020
Mazel tov to Pardes alums Alicia Jo Rabins (Year ’98-’99, Fellows ’99-’00) and Jessica Tamar Deutsch (Summer ’17) for being selected as 2 of the 4 first-ever Visiting Artists at The Bronfman Fellowship! “The Bronfman Fellowship is a year-long, transformative experience of study and conversation centered around pluralism, social responsibility and Jewish texts, participated in by twenty-six Jewish Continue Reading »
Pardes News — 11 Pardes Alumni Selected for the Jewish Wisdom Fellowship at Hadar
Posted on July 2, 2020
Mazel tov to the 11 Pardes alumni who were accepted to Hadar’s Jewish Wisdom Fellowship! Akiko Yonekawa (Summer ’11, Educators ’15-’16) Alana Rahmani (Educators ’18-’19) Evelyn Tauben (Summer ’11, Spirituality Retreat ’12) Matthew Kolbert (Summer ’18) Naomi Adland (Year ’09-’10, Staff ’10-’12) Rachel Dingman (Summer ’14, Educators ’15-’16, Fellows ’16-’17) Tamar Zaken (Summer ’05) Tony Julian Westbrook Continue Reading »
eJewishphilanthropy – Experiential Education is a Pedagogy, Not a Place
Posted on June 28, 2020
By Amalia Mark (Educators ’16-’17, Year ’18-’19) and Leeza Negelev – Usually, Mayyim Hayyim’s Paula Brody & Family Education Center echoes with voices asking questions and expressing curiosity as participants ages 9-90 engage first-hand with our mikveh. A mikveh is the ultimate experiential educational opportunity. At Mayyim Hayyim we go on scavenger hunts, play charades, and act out Continue Reading »
Pardes News — Pardes Alumna Amanda Pogany Receives Esteemed Covenant Award
Posted on June 25, 2020
New York – June 24, 2020 – The Covenant Foundation has announced the names of three Jewish educators who are the 2020 recipients of the Covenant Award. Maxine Segal Handelman, Director of Family Life & Learning, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Illinois; Russel Neiss, Senior Product Engineer, Sefaria, St. Louis, Missouri; and Amanda Pogany, Head of School, Continue Reading »
The Forward — Why is it so easy to fear those different from ourselves?
Posted on June 15, 2020
By Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy (Faculty) — Human life is so sacred that Jewish tradition is famously reticent about criminal punishment in general and capital punishment in particular. Thus, Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva said, “If we would have been on the Sanhedrin, no one would ever have been executed” (Mishnah Makkot 1:17). To be Continue Reading »
Pardes News — Rabbi Michael Hattin Publishes New Book: Judges – The Perils of Possession
Posted on June 12, 2020
In Judges: The Perils of Possession, Rabbi Michael Hattin offers a highly readable introduction to the biblical book of Judges that combines imaginative sweep with analytic depth. Utilizing literary techniques, ancient and modern commentaries, as well as current academic research, Hattin draws us into the book’s epic accounts of mighty leaders and their exploits, stories Continue Reading »
Medium — George Floyd: Multiple Perspectives from a “Dangerous” Black Ex-Con
Posted on June 7, 2020
By David Ben Moshe (Summer ’17, Year ’17-’18) — I don’t want to write this. But I feel strongly that it is important for me to write this. I publish a weekly article on topics related to fitness, nutrition, health, and wellness. Those are things I enjoy and that I occupy my time pursuing and improving. Continue Reading »
eJewish Philanthropy — Pardes Is Open for Learning with 50%-100% Off Tuition
Posted on June 1, 2020
By Rabbi Leon A. Morris — The past several months have been unlike anything most of us have ever experienced. Much of the routine of our lives has been upended. At the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, though, we have been working to transcend the cold uncertainty of these times with the warm embrace of Torah Continue Reading »