Yinzer in YerushalayimA lifelong Pittsburgher goes on a 9-month odyssey to study Judaism at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.
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The Shabbaton by dmkwait(This and all future posts will be cross-posted to Pardes' student blog, These and Those .) I can't write about last weekend's Shabbaton at the Beit Yehuda Hostel in the...
Week 2: View From the Top by dmkwait
(This and all future posts will be cross-posted to Pardes' student blog, These and Those .) I am writing this now on a mirpeset* (even people who don't speak Hebrew call them mirpes...
(This and all future posts will be cross-posted to Pardes' student blog, These and Those .) I am writing this now on a mirpeset* (even people who don't speak Hebrew call them mirpes...
Week 1: Orientation by dmkwait
Sunday was orientation at Pardes. The getting-to-know-you introductions at the beginning made one thing clear straight-away—this is a place of diversity. The students at Pardes range from future...
Sunday was orientation at Pardes. The getting-to-know-you introductions at the beginning made one thing clear straight-away—this is a place of diversity. The students at Pardes range from future...
Arrival: Narrow Bridges by dmkwait
Thank God, everything arrived on time. From getting the Mega Bus in Pittsburgh ($1.50 ticket!) to the planes at JFK and Kiev, I had no problems. By far the best part of the trip though was getting...
Thank God, everything arrived on time. From getting the Mega Bus in Pittsburgh ($1.50 ticket!) to the planes at JFK and Kiev, I had no problems. By far the best part of the trip though was getting...
YPS Speech from August 27 by dmkwait
Yesterday, for my last Shabbat in Pittsburgh until I get back, I gave the speech at Young People's Synagogue and sponsored kiddush. That so many of my friends came, plus my parents, plus the reg...
Yesterday, for my last Shabbat in Pittsburgh until I get back, I gave the speech at Young People's Synagogue and sponsored kiddush. That so many of my friends came, plus my parents, plus the reg...
Introduction by dmkwait
Hi, I'm Derek Kwait. You may remember me from my year as Chronicle intern or from this article, Young Peoples Synagogue sends youngest member to study in Israel. Whenever I wrote for the Chronic...
Hi, I'm Derek Kwait. You may remember me from my year as Chronicle intern or from this article, Young Peoples Synagogue sends youngest member to study in Israel. Whenever I wrote for the Chronic...