Together in Our Wanderings
My dvar Torah from the Galil Shabbaton: In our parsha, we are given a vivid description of the Israelite’s journey through the wilderness, and what this vast undertaking entailed. Their journey would...
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It is so hard to believe Annie and my year in Israel is already over! We are sitting in our hostel room in Tel Aviv, taking in the sounds of the city, as we contemplate returning to Toronto, changed in...
View Article[PEP Graduation ’13] The Dove need not Return
The following is my PCJE Commencement dvar Torah from last week: 2002-2003: Pardes Year Program July 2008: Pardes Summer Session And now, 2011-2013: Pardes Educators Program I guess the only thing left...
View Article[Student Profile] Mary Brett Koplen & Adam Masser
Adam and Mary Brett at the first Pardes Shabbaton of 2012-’13 If you walked the halls of Pardes days during our 2012-2013 year program, you might have noticed two students spending a lot of time...
View Article[Student Profile] Nataliya Naydorf knows everything about how you use your...
Nataliya Naydorf read from the Torah last week for the first time. Then there was a terrible snowstorm. She assures me the two are not related. Dec. 9, 2013:Nataliya’s Bat Mitzvah minyanat Robinson’s...
View Article[Student Profile] Emet Ozar and Jessica Baverman would like to get Married....
The time was, that when you came into Pardes, the first thing you would see in the morning was Emet Ozar (32) and Jessica Baverman, MSW (27), being cute. Not snarky, but god’s own living Bambi....
View Article[Student Profile] Eli Witkin
Want to learn a ditty or two from the tallest guy at Pardes? Eli Witkin is your man! He loves and knows probably every song in the Pardes bencher, and he’s a patient and wonderful teacher. It seems the...
View ArticleVolunteering – The Pinnacle of our Studies
While at Pardes, the fellows and Rav Meesh continually stressed how volunteering was the pinnacle of our studies; that by volunteering and giving back to our community, we were practicing the Torah we...
View ArticleModern Israel Seminar Tiyul Reflection
This blog post was written by Amanda Avnery (Year program ’20) The generation that drank the routine of exile and subjugation more than any generation before it…the generation that its entire...
View ArticleCreating Community Through Zoom
This post was written by Debra Weiner-Solomont, MSW, Coordinator, Pardes Community Education Program. To learn more about the program please visit https://www.pardes.org.il/ce The last portion of the...
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