The work of Pardes graduates demonstrates how potent the Pardes recipe is for reinvigorating Jewish life from the ground up. Founded in 1972, Pardes has a 30-year-long track record of producing caring Jewish laypeople and professionals with deep Jewish knowledge, a passion for Jewish living and openness to all Jews - the kind of Jews who every day become the cornerstones of enduring Jewish community wherever they go. (More) The American Pardes Foundation provides financial support to the students and faculty members of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Israel.
May it be so.Mission: The American Pardes Foundation provides financial support to the students and faculty members of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Israel. Nevertheless, there are always new challenges in Jewish life and Pardes is eminently well situated to address those and realize even more successes in the years to come. This year, under the leadership of its new and dynamic President, Rabbi Leon Morris, Pardes is poised to refine and enlarge its vision for the future with a new emphasis on alumni engagement, recruitment and increased North American activities.Īs Pardes enters “middle age” it can be proud of what it has achieved and the amazing contribution it has made to the cadre of Jewish leadership worldwide. Communal innovators in pretty much every alternative educational environment in North America.Institutional directors at the Wexner, Avi Chai and Steinhardt Foundations, Lippman Kanfer, AJWS, AIPAC and multiple Jewish federations across North America.Founders and leaders of new communities, minyanim & Moishe houses in Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York.141 Wexner Graduate Fellows (27% of all Wexner Fellows).176 Dorot Fellows (53% of all Dorot Fellows).31 college professors of Judaic studies.124 Hillel professionals in 25 US states and 5 other countries.
85 currently in rabbinical schools, with 368 already ordained.The results 45 years later? Among its alumni over 1,100 are engaged in positions of Jewish community leadership, to wit: The Pardes model has inspired more than four decades of Jewish leadership marked by openness, passion, Jewish literacy, knowledge and inclusivity, and continues to inspire new possibilities for Jewish communities worldwide. The result is a vibrant community constantly engaged in honest, dynamic and constructive debate leading to serious personal reflection and growth. Diversity is at the core of Pardes and students represent a broad spectrum of the Jewish world. Pardes empowers students with the knowledge and tools to take ownership of their Jewish experience. Pardes’ students encounter and grapple with classic texts and traditions of Judaism, while exploring their relevance to today’s most pressing issues. It also owns an adjacent lot on which it intends to build its new facility. Originally housed next to Ulpan Etzion in Baka, today Pardes is located in rented facilities in Talpiot. Dov Berkovits was its first Director while its further progress was due in no small part to the educational leadership provided for many years by its recently retired Rosh haYeshiva, Rav Daniel Landes. Among the founding teachers were Adin Steinsaltz and David Hartman. At that time no other institutions of its kind existed. Established in 1972, it was originally designed to be a one year program aimed at post-college young adults primarily from North America. It was to be a non-denominational institute for learning Jewish texts in a co-educational beit midrash. The concept of Pardes was the brainchild of Michael Swirsky. How does a relatively small educational institution called the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies develop into a fountainhead of leadership for world Jewry? Undoubtedly on the basis of a clear vision of its mission and a dedicated combination of staff, faculty and laity fully committed to maintaining an open, co-ed and non-denominational Jewish learning community, based in Jerusalem with programs worldwide.
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