Dr. David I. Bernstein is Dean Emeritus of Pardes. He holds B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from New York University and studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar and Hebrew University. Originally from the Bronx and Manhattan, he has spent much of his adult life in Jerusalem.
David served as Dean of Pardes for more than two decades, following eleven years as Director of Midreshet Lindenbaum. Passionate about Jewish education, David was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel School for Jewish Education, and is still involved teaching pedagogy at MMY. David also leads Jewish heritage trips throughout Eastern and Central Europe, helping participants deepen their understanding of Jewish history and identity. David’s preferred destination for recharging his batteries has always been the basketball court.
This piece was published in the eJewish Philanthropy on January 29, 2015. Click here to view the original article. In a fascinating book published recently by two economic historians, Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, the question of why Jews (traditionally…
Critical Issues, Assimilation, Intermarriage, Modernity, Teaching Resources & Education, Philosophy of Education
This lecture was given by the dean, David I. Bernstein on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, in preparation for Pardes’s JROOTS tour in Poland.
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Three Pardes students raised in Israel answer questions about what their growing up experiences were, including army service, and answer questions from the Pardes student body. This podcast has been sponsored by Gary Carmell in loving memory of Roneet Kimeldorf…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Pardes hosted a live faculty panel discussion made up of children and grandchildren of survivors of the Holocaust. The panel addressed the following questions: How does the Holocaust influence your Jewish identity in worldview and in action? What has been…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, Yom Hashoah
In this class that was given live at Pardes, Dr. David Bernstein runs through 900 years of Polish Jewish history.
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Theodor Herzl and Achad Ha’Am were two of the most influential leaders in the history of modern Zionism. Yet they had radically different understandings of which crisis (Anti-Semitism or Assimilation) the Jewish people faced about a century ago. We will…
Podcast Series, ELS, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Once again this year, the residents of the Baka and Mekor Chaim neighborhoods gathered. It’s an annual get-together that crosses every dividing line among Jews in Israel: immigrants and native-born, secular and religious, Ashkenazim and Mizrachim, old and young, left-wing…
Pardes 360, Jewish Calendar, Yom Hazikaron
In this class that was recorded at Pardes, Dr. David Bernstein discusses The Shoah and the Creation of the State of Israel: A More Nuanced Approach.
Jewish History, Holocaust, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, Yom Hashoah
Does a book thousands of years old have any relevance to our lives? Does a tradition of ancient and medieval origins bring any new insights to a post-modern world? We find ourselves, in the cycle of the Torah readings, near the…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Balak, Critical Issues, Divrei Torah