Pardes Live and Mini-Series

This podcast was recorded during the Winter Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, 2018.

Faculty: Alex Israel

Description: Sometimes war happens within the family, and in Biblical Israel, the tribes of Israel frequently found themselves embroiled in civil war. Eventually, the kingdom split into two for centuries! What caused our tribal friction? Is internal conflict inevitable, and is it necessarily a bad thing? Can it be healed? In this session, we will examine a range of sources from Tanakh and commentaries to Rav Kook and Rabbi Steinsaltz, as we search for answers to these questions.

For more information and to book your spot on the next Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, click here.

This podcast was recorded during the Winter Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, 2018.

Faculty: Micah Goodman is teaching.

Class Description: Since the Six-Day War, Israelis have been entrenched in a national debate over whether to keep the land they conquered or to return some, if not all, of the territories to Palestinians. We will examine the ideas that have shaped Israelis’ thinking on both sides of the debate and show how the paradox of Israeli political discourse is that both sides are right in what they affirm—and wrong in what they deny. Instead of presenting possibilities for a comprehensive solution, which seems impossible, we will try to suggest a compelling case for pragmatism, exploring how the conflict can be reduced in scope and danger through limited, practical steps.

For more information and to book your spot on the next Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, click here.

This podcast was recorded during the Winter Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, 2018.

Faculty: Zvi Hirschfield

Description: Pursuit of peace, which can lead to the prevention of bloodshed and the saving of lives, is a central Jewish value. But so, too, is the vital bond between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. Is it legitimate for a Jewish government to relinquish sovereignty over its territory to a foreign nation, even for the sake of peace? Is the land really ours to give? We will examine a wide range of rabbinic sources that address these questions and see how the answers to these questions have led to a growing divide within the religious population both in Israel and the Diaspora.

For more information and to book your spot on the next Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, click here.

This class wraps up the geonic period with a discussion of the transition from the Geonim as a living central authority to the gemara as an authoritative text. Then it opens the discussion of the formation of Christian Europe and the role which the Jew plays in the feudal world.

This podcast has been generously sponsored by Bob Karasov and Hanna Bloomfield in honor of their children and grandchildren.

The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 5779 Presents:

Israel & the Diaspora in Antiquity, Partnership, Dialogue, or Debate?

This podcast is the first lecture of four taking places at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. This podcast includes Professor Gafni's lecture, as well as, questions and commentary from the audience in attendance this evening.

January 9: Jewish Dispersion - Punishment, Blessing, or Universal Mission?

Register and learn more about the other lectures by visiting www.pardes.org.il/Brettler5779 or see the Pardes calendar of events.

You can download the source sheet from the evening lecture here.

Rav Saadia is one of the great figures of Jewish history. He changed the geonic literary culture through the introduction of poetry and exegesis. He translated the Bible into Arabic and fought a battle to elevate the status of the Hebrew language. And he gave the first attempt at a coherent Jewish theology. Taken all together, Rav Saadia laid the groundwork for the Middle Ages.

This class introduces the relationship between the Exilarch, Geonim and Islam through two entrancing stories.

This is part 3 of 3, of a special Hanukah mini-series presented by Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein. Follow along with the shiur and download the source sheet by clicking here.

This is part 2 of 3, of a special Hanukah mini-series presented by Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein. Follow along with the shiur and download the source sheet by clicking here.

This is part 1 of 3, of a special Hanukah mini-series presented by Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein. Follow along with the shiur and download the source sheet by clicking here.