Struggling with tough questions about competing values? Do you find it hard to navigate the tension between principles like inclusiveness and merit, peace and truth, or privacy and protection? Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield as he delves into Major Mahlokot: Competing…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
The “One Year On” webinar series, presented by The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators in partnership with The Jewish Education Project and M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education, is designed to help Jewish educators create meaningful learning experiences as…
Critical issues, Zionism
Tired of arguing about Israel issues? Or are you avoiding talking about Israel completely? There is a better way! Tune in as Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabba Shani Gross model Mahloket Le-shem Shamayim (constructive disagreement) about timely and challenging Israel…
Critical issues, Democracy, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution, Politics
The following article was originally published as part of the 5784/2023 Edition of Havruta Magazine. Surprisingly or not, the idea that people might create entities capable of mimicking their physical and cognitive abilities did not exceed the imagination of our…
Critical issues, Modernity
The following article was initially published on April 27, 2014. Following service to the Toronto Jewish community for a decade from 1984 to 1994, my family and I made aliyah to Israel in hopes of realizing our Zionist dream. Judy…
Midrash, Jewish calendar, Pesach, The Omer, Critical issues, Zionism
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, Intermarriage, Modernity
On Jan 24, we held a deep and refreshing webinar on Israel Education with Israel education expert, with Professor Sivan Zakai, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute for Religion. From veteran cohort 5 PEP alumni to our current graduating cohort…
Critical issues, Democracy, Educator resources, Meaning-making, Pedagogy of facilitation, Zionism
Daniel Taub draws on traditional sources and contemporary dilemmas to explore how our tradition’s insights and practices can help us disagree more constructively in a polarized society.
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
Class Title – Two Bold, Bombastic Models of Courage and Strength: Comparing Biblical and Rabbinic Visions of Justice Class taught by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy Class description: One of the great Biblical institutions of Justice is the Shmitta year—that is this year!…
Critical issues, Social justice
Class Title – The Mourners’ Kaddish: Hasidic Remonstrations Class taught by Levi Cooper Class description: The quintessential Jewish prayer of resilience is the Mourners’ Kaddish – a publicly recited responsive passage that declares God’s greatness, while at the same time…
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Critical issues, Modernity
Class Title – The Tent, the Field, and the Battlefield: How Stories of Biblical Women Mine and Undermine Each Other Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: What do the infertile, tent-dwelling mothers of Genesis have in common with the…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Critical issues
Class Title – Brothers Crying Out from the Ground: The Biblical Origins of our Divided Society Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: In our exploration of sibling-centered stories in the book of Genesis, we will note the unusually fraught…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Critical issues
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