Pardes from Jerusalem

Handout for 5769 — Lech Lecha

This week Rabbi Levin-Kruss discusses Parshat Lech Lecha.

There is a handout for this podcast, see the next episode.

Dr. David Bernstein in New York
Pardes Dean Dr. David Bernstein will be speaking in New York City next week:
“On the 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht - A Tale of Two Communities: German and American Jewry, 1938″
Congregation Ramath Orah
Monday, November 10th at 8:00pm
550 West 110th St
New York , NY 10025

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,
www.pardes.org.il

Credits
Larry Kluger - Creative Consultant
Dr. David Bernstein - Executive Producer

About Rabbi Levin-Kruss
Rabbi David Levin-Kruss is a faculty member and the Director of Special Programs for the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Levin-Kruss holds a BA and Teachers’ Certification in English Literature and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attended Pardes, and has rabbinic ordination from the Joseph Strauss Rabbinical Seminary. Previously, he served as the director of the overseas department at the Melitz Centers for Jewish Zionist Education, and as the community director of Stanmore Synagogue, in northwest London. Rabbi Levin-Kruss teaches Mishna and Jewish Thought at Pardes, and sees himself as a bridge between Jewish heritage and those seeking to connect or reconnect to that tradition.

This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat Noach.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,
www.pardes.org

Credits
Larry Kluger - Creative Consultant
Dr. David Bernstein - Executive Producer

About Rabbi Schweiger
Meir Schweiger is a rabbi and the Mashgiach Ruchani (the spiritual guide) of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a full-time teacher there for the last 31 years, teaching Chumash, Mishna, Talmud, and Halacha. He is a dynamic and inspiring speaker, known for his keen and profound insights into the text. Meir has a BA in mathematics and physics from City College in New York. He did his advanced Jewish studies at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, and Yeshivat Har Etzion, receiving ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem. Meir served in the IDF as a combat medic. He has 9 children and lives in Efrat.

In this episode Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Parshat Bereishit.

Upcoming Shiurim with Pardes Faculty Members

Jerusalem, Thursday Oct 16th and Sun Oct 19th as part of “Gateways,” The Jerusalem Sukkot Festival of Jewish Learning and Culture
Details on Pardes faculty members’ talks was distributed on October 4th through this podcast system.

Judy Klitsner at Harvard Hillel
Saturday, October 25th. 4:00pm-5:15pm
52 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP to Lauren via lauren - at - pardesusa.org.

Judy Klitsner at the Pardes Boston Alumni Beit Midrash
Saturday night, October 25th, 7:30pm
Newton Centre
For more information, please RSVP to Fern Reiss via FernReiss - at - PublishingGame.com.

Judy will be speaking on “The Wings of the Dove: Noah and Jonah in Flight from Self”.

Jon Kelsen at Taste of Limmud in Brooklyn
Monday, October 27th. 7:30pm-9:30pm
Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope
274 Garfield Place (8th Avenue & Garfield )
Brooklyn , NY

Jon will be speaking on “Conceiving Abraham: Interpreting (and Rewriting) the Knight’s Narrative”.
register and more information:
http://www.limmudny.org/content/view/78/101/

Judy Klitsner at Drisha Institute for Jewish Education
Wednesday, October 29th. 6:00pm - 7:30pm
37 West 65th Street , 5th floor
New York, NY 10023

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,
www.pardes.org

Credits
Larry Kluger - Creative Consultant
Dr. David Bernstein - Executive Producer

About Rabbi Landes
Rabbi Daniel Landes is the Director and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

Rabbi Landes has been described as a “remarkable teacher who weaves the insights of his students together through a group process, in order to discover fascinating new meanings in age-old texts.” Rabbi Landes heads the Pardes team of outstanding scholars who are well-known for their use of unique educational methodology that combine independent thinking and deep understanding with sensitivity to contemporary relevance.

Rabbi Landes was a founding faculty member and Director of Educational Projects at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and a professor of Ethics and Values at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles. He taught Jewish Law at Loyola Law School, and was a faculty member at prominent think tanks such as The RAND Corporation, and major Jewish educational institutions such as the Brandeis-Bardin Institute and CLAL. Rabbi Landes remains a long-term faculty member of the Wexner Foundation and serves on the educational advisory committee of Taglit-birthright Israel.

Rabbi Landes has lectured at the rabbinic seminaries of all major denominations. He is well-known for his struggle to create Jewish unity. In America his synagogue in Los Angeles, Bane-David Judaea, was known for Jewish inclusiveness, feminism, social action, and Halakhic observance. Rabbi Landes has written widely in the area of social ethics, theology and mysticism, and is the Jewish law commentator for the recent series, “My People’s Prayerbook,” a multi-denominational effort.

In this episode we’re pleased to welcome a new commentator to the podcast series, Rabbi Alex Israel. In this podcast, Rabbi Israel discusses Parshat Ha’azinu.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,
www.pardes.org

Credits
Larry Kluger - Creative Consultant
Dr. David Bernstein - Executive Producer

About Rabbi Israel
Rabbi Alex Israel is a member of the Pardes faculty and serves as the Director of the Herman and Sophia Taubman Continuing Education Program at Pardes.

Rabbi Israel was born in the UK, holds a BSc degree in Economics and Computers from the London school of Economics and a graduate Teachers Certificate from London University. Alex studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion and received Semicha from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. Alex has taught in top Jerusalem Yeshivot and seminaries over the past 15 years. In addition to his work at Pardes, Alex lectures in Tanach and Jewish Thought at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi. He volunteers for the Tzohar Rabbinic organization that aims to bridge tensions between religious and secular in Israeli society. Alex made Aliyah in 1991 and resides in Alon Shevut with his wife Aliza and their four lovely children.