Parashat Metzora 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp
Parashat Metzora 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp Description: The graphic description in the Torah of tzaraat, leprosy, leaves modern readers alienated and baffled. Can…
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InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
Israel’s National Days of Commemoration: Reflection, Sorrow and Celebration
The following is a Facebook post written by Pardes faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel. As soon as Pesach ends, Israel’s attention turns to our national…
Pardes 360: “Me Too,” Says the Bible: Some Thoughts in the Wake of Harvey Weinstein
The Tanakh is not immune to stories of sexual violence and sexual objectification. Many stories in Tanakh deal with the beauty (or simply the body)…
InHolidays & Special Readings: The 17th of Tammuz and The 9 Days
Pardes 360: Reflections of Despair and Hope over the Tensions on the Temple Mount
As I write these words, listening to the disputing voices on the news arguing about the tense situation on and around the Temple Mount, my…
InCritical Issues: Rodef Shalom Resource
Pardes 360: Jerusalem United or Divided? Between Dreams and Realities
Some see her as finally united, others as more divided than ever. No, I am not referring to East and West Jerusalem, rather to the…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Hazikaron
Pardes 360: Yom Hazikaron — A Simple Ceremony
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…
InCritical Issues: Conflict Resolution
Pardes 360: Engaging in the ‘Original’ Israel Conversation
Can we understand the conflicting texts behind the debate? It was two weeks before my 15th birthday and my Aliyah to Israel when I first…
Pardes 360 for International Women’s Day: We Forgot to Teach you How to Love
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BeBoldForChange – in pursuit of a more inclusive and gender equal world. I hold in highest…
Pardes 360: Pharaoh and Trump – Xenophobic-Demagogues or National Saviors?
This Friday, the 45th president of the United States will be sworn into office. For half of America, Donald Trump is the epitome of a…