Introducing the Volunteering-Monitor
Hi Everyone, You will see on the wall that there is a volunteering monitor. Every time you volunteer please shade in a square. The aim is to get 400 hours by the 31st December to honour the memory of...
View ArticleThe Scariest Shabbat of my Life
This is a note I have dreaded having to write when I decided to spend some time living in Israel. But as I am sure you are aware there has been an escalation of violence in the region. I want …...
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Here is my presentation from the Pardes Purim spiel: In the spirit of what we learnt about conflict resolution I am going to provide feedback on how I feel and relate to the Pardes community. I will...
View ArticlePresent and Accounted For
Naomi Minsky (Year '13, PEP '15) came to Pardes this year for the Year Program, and will be returning next year as a member of the Pardes Educators Program! Since my teenage years I secretly wanted to...
View ArticleParshat Noach: The Prisoner Cannot Free Himself
Here is the dvar Torah that I presented during the Fridaynight tisch at our communal Shabbaton this weekend: Our Parasha opens with a description of Noah: ‘Noah was a tzaddik, Noah was blameless in his...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] Non-kosher Torah
Why is the Torah full of such non-kosher topics? This week’s parasha contains many dramatic incidents that are certainly not for the faint hearted. We delve into the good, the bad and the ugly....
View ArticleWhy I love Limmud, Pardes and all Jewish organisations
Since childhood I have been diagnosed with a condition known in the community as a Jewish communal organisation geek. Whether I was a participant or employee, whether I was at school, university Jewish...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] No Accounting for Love
The opening chapter of Sefer Bemidbar looks like a page taken from a statistical text book. As is fitting for its English name ‘Numbers’ the majority of the chapter is a long list of numbers. The...
View ArticleIntroducing the Volunteering-Monitor
Hi Everyone, You will see on the wall that there is a volunteering monitor. Every time you volunteer please shade in a square. The aim is to get 400 hours by the 31st December to honour the memory of...
View ArticleThe Scariest Shabbat of my Life
This is a note I have dreaded having to write when I decided to spend some time living in Israel. But as I am sure you are aware there has been an escalation of violence in the region. I want to let...
View ArticleBritish Q&A
Here is my presentation from the Pardes Purim spiel: In the spirit of what we learnt about conflict resolution I am going to provide feedback on how I feel and relate to the Pardes community. I will...
View ArticlePresent and Accounted For
Naomi Minsky (Year '13, PEP '15) came to Pardes this year for the Year Program, and will be returning next year as a member of the Pardes Educators Program! Since my teenage years I secretly wanted to...
View ArticleParshat Noach: The Prisoner Cannot Free Himself
Here is the dvar Torah that I presented during the Fridaynight tisch at our communal Shabbaton this weekend: Our Parasha opens with a description of Noah: ‘Noah was a tzaddik, Noah was blameless in his...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] Non-kosher Torah
Why is the Torah full of such non-kosher topics? This week’s parasha contains many dramatic incidents that are certainly not for the faint hearted. We delve into the good, the bad and the ugly....
View ArticleWhy I love Limmud, Pardes and all Jewish organisations
Since childhood I have been diagnosed with a condition known in the community as a Jewish communal organisation geek. Whether I was a participant or employee, whether I was at school, university Jewish...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] No Accounting for Love
The opening chapter of Sefer Bemidbar looks like a page taken from a statistical text book. As is fitting for its English name ‘Numbers’ the majority of the chapter is a long list of numbers. The...
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