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
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
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
Please note: This resource is an attempt to be nuanced, but not objective. It is intended for rabbis inclined to give a sermon sympathetic to the plight of the refugees. On February 1, the 1,500 asylum seekers interred in the…
Critical issues, Modernity, Social justice, Zionism
When Persia became the dominant power in the Near East in the 6th century BCE, royal edicts allowed and even encouraged Jews to return to Israel and rebuild the Temple. Ezra and Nehemiah were two outstanding and exceptional figures who embraced…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution, Zionism
I am an Israeli. For seventeen beautiful, powerful, and meaningful years I have worked, learned, loved and celebrated living in Israel. Now, I find myself half way across the world from home, and my beloved country is in pain, bleeding…
Critical issues, Zionism
Abraham was the first of a long line of individuals contemplating aliyah to the Holy Land. Were his hesitations and anticipated rewards anything like those facing 21st century Jews considering the same courageous act? Please let us know your comments…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Lech Lecha, Critical issues, Zionism
Yitz Greenberg and Daniel Landes in conversation: Israel: Jewish or Democratic? The Debate within Israel; the Effect on World Jewry. Moderated by Dr. Elliott Malamet >
Critical issues, Democracy, Modernity, Politics, Zionism
Alex Sinclair is a Jewish educational thinker, writer, practitioner, and program director. In this lecture, he focuses on the tension between the “idealized” and the “real” Israel and the questions that this issue raises in both the educational and communal forums.…
Critical issues, Politics, Zionism
Rabbi Dov Lipman addresses Pardes on the issue of what the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community can contribute to the State of Israel and the Jewish People as a whole. The following topics are covered: What is the role of the Haredi…
Critical issues, Democracy, Jewish denominations, Politics, Zionism
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