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
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
Video Host: Rav Mike Feuer Video Production by: Adam Titcher
Tanakh, Neviim & Ketuvim, Megillot, Eicha, Jewish Calendar, Elul
Kulam: The Pittsburgh Community Beit Midrash in partnership with Pardes presented: Jewish Wisdom & Eternal Human Dilemmas, a 6-part series taught by Rabbi Will Friedman interspersed with a 6-part virtual Beit Midrash. Part 1: Interpersonal Responsibility in a Global Age.…
Critical Issues, Modernity, Self & Spirituality, Personal Transformation
The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies was thrilled to welcome Dr. Rachel Levmore who came to talk to students on the important topic of Prenuptial Agreements for the Prevention of Get-Refusal: One solution to the worldwide problem.
Jewish Living, Halakha, Marriage and Divorce, Critical Issues, Modernity
Rabbi Marmur came to talk to students at The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem on the topic of “God and Language”. How do we talk about God and what language can we use to do this?
Critical Issues, Modernity
Blu Greenberg, Malke Bina and Rahel Berkovits In Conversation on the topic of Orthodox Feminism: How far have we come; How far still to go? Moderated by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy.
Critical Issues, Feminism, Modernity, Jewish Living, Women’s Issues
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
This dvar Torah was written for Limmud On One Leg. The blessing most loved by its recipient – we, the Jewish people – is Balaam’s “How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!” (Numbers 24:5). Commentators such…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Balak, Critical Issues, Divrei Torah
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (1882-1933) was offered an opportunity that would make any performer swoon: a star role in the ground-breaking film The Jazz Singer (1927). Yet Rosenblatt refused this artistic opportunity of the lifetime. This paper contextualises Rosenblatt’s baffling decision,…
Jewish Living, Halakha, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Critical Issues, Modernity
Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks spoke at The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies to the students of the 2013-14 Year Program just before they completed their studies.
Jewish History, Critical Issues, Modernity
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