Yael Weinstein, M.A., Director of Community and Online Learning for the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, earned her Master of Arts degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University in 2006. Yael is the author of ...
Though we haven’t traveled very far, we’ve all been on quite a journey this year and as we approach a second Passover during the pandemic, the Jewish calendar gives us yet another opportunity to reflect on our journeys this past year, as we reenact ...
Rabbi Mike Uram is the Chief Vision and Education Officer for Pardes North America. Before that, he served as the Executive Director and Campus Rabbi at Penn Hillel for over 16 years. He is the author of the best-selling book ...
Anita Silvert is an experienced adult Jewish educator, facilitator, singer, actor, writer, and community builder. She is a proud member of the Board of Limmud North America, and was a founder of Limmud Chicago. Anita is in production of a ...
Craig Taubman began his career at the age of 15, when he picked up a guitar and began to lead music at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California. His eclectic musical styles, have made his recordings an integral part of the ...
Since the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, there has been an explosion of interest in understanding the roots of systemic racism in America. Rooting out racism in America requires every ethnic and religious community to look at its own cultural heritage and come ...
The Torah is a gift, not a test. G!?d wants us to approach Judaism creatively, not conservatively. These liberal lessons are the content of Shavuot, when Revelation at Sinai and the wheat harvest coincide not only in time, but in essence. Like most of ...
Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper teaches Hasidut, Maimonides, and Midrash at Pardes. Originally from Australia, Levi holds an LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. from the Law of Faculty, Bar-Ilan University, and is a member of the Israel Bar Association. Levi’s communal work ...
In this podcast, Peter Sevitt discusses time, during this period of the Omer. Peter Sevitt is a perpetual learner, listener and teacher. A retired CPA who was always stressed with Time deadlines. A driven sportsman who wanted the Clock ...
One could fill each of these 49 Steps with lessons from leaders in the Tanach, some about what not to do, each one a lesson for leadership in our time. I have my favourites, like Avraham and Yitzchak who are restrained from human sacrifice, ...
