Jamie Salter teaches Israel Studies and guides educational tours at Pardes. He is a licensed Israel tour guide, with a B.A. in Modern History from Oxford University and an M.A. in Jewish Education from Hebrew University. Jamie is also an alumnus of the Pardes Year Program (’99) and the Pardes Educators Program (’04-’06).
Before joining Pardes, Jamie served as educational director for the Ministry of Tourism’s tour guide course at the Yad Ben Zvi Institute. He has taught in Jewish schools in North America, guided British Members of Parliament in Israel and lectured in England on archaeological discoveries in the City of David.
Parshiot Matot-Masei includes a long list of place names that trace the wanderings of the Children of Israel through the Sinai wilderness on their way to the Land of Israel. Is this simply a geographical-historical recording of the physical journey…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Massei, Matot
As part of the Yom Yerushalyim program at Pardes, Jamie Salter gives an overview of the Temple Mount in a historical and political context.
Jewish History, Jewish Calendar, Yom Yerushalayim