{{Short description|Jewish educational institution in Jerusalem}} {{Primary sources|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies | formation = {{start date and age|1972}} | logo = Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies logo.svg | type = | founded = | founder = Rabbi Michael Swirsky | location = | origins = | key_people = | product = | focus = | headquarters = Jerusalem | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsib = | owner = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Rabbi Leon Morris | leader_title2 = Dean | leader_name2 = David I. Bernstein | dissolved = | website = {{official URL}} | footnotes = }} '''Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies''' ({{Langx|he|מכון פרדס לחינוך יהודי}}) is a Jewish educational institution based in Jerusalem with programs worldwide.

== History == Rabbi Michael Swirsky launched Pardes in the fall of 1972 with the support of the World Zionist Organization, which provided the facility and covered overhead costs. The institute began with 25 students in the summer of 1972 at 10 Rehov Gad in the Baka, Jerusalem. The initial students came from top universities across North America.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Machon Pardes: 50 years of educational miracles -opinion |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-717661 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}</ref> In that first year, its faculty included the following rabbis and professors, each teaching one full day each week: Adin Steinsaltz, David Hartman, Eliezer Schweid, Pinchas Hacohen Peli, and Michael Rosenak, with Dov Berkovits [https://organictorah.wordpress.com/about/rabbi-dov-berkovits/] and Menachem Froman functioning as teaching assistants.

Pardes was originally housed next to Ulpan Etzion in Baka and then moved downtown to Shivtei Yisrael Street. When the opportunity arose, a facility was rented on Pierre Koenig Street in Talpiot. Pardes eventually purchased that space, renovated it, and then leased additional space.

==Programs== Pardes programs include: * The Pardes Year Program<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=The Pardes Year Program {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/year-program/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |language=en}}</ref> * The Pardes 2.5 and 3-week Summer Programs<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Summer Program {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/summer-program/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |language=en}}</ref> * The Pardes Community Education Program<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=Pardes Community Education {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/pardes-community-education/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |language=en}}</ref> * The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-08 |title=The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators - The Best Educators Know More {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/pardes-center-for-jewish-educators/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |language=en}}</ref> * The Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pardes.org.il/pcjcr |title=The Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803143523/http://www.pardes.org.il/pcjcr |archivedate=2014-08-03 }}</ref> * The Pardes Learning Seminar<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=Pardes Learning Seminar {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/pardes-learning-seminar/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |language=en}}</ref> * The Pardes Kollel<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-05 |title=Advanced Jewish Studies Program in Israel {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/program/year/kollel/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |language=en}}</ref> * All Pardes programs<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-29 |title=Jewish Studies {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/pardes-programs/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |language=en}}</ref>

== Partnerships == Pardes partners include: * Avi Chai is a sponsor for the Pardes Educators Program<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pardes Educators Program (PEP) {{!}} The AVI CHAI Foundation |url=https://avichai.org/program-listings/pardes-educators-program/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> * [https://hebrewcollege.edu/ Hebrew College]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pardes MJEd in Israel |url=https://hebrewcollege.edu/programs/pardes/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Hebrew College |language=en-US}}</ref> * Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=Mahloket Matters Immersive Summer Fellowship for Hillel Professionals {{!}} Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |url=https://www.pardes.org.il/hillelsummerfellows/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |language=en}}</ref> * Jewish Agency for Israel's Masa program<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pardes |url=https://www.masaisrael.org/program/pardes/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Masa Israel |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also== *Education in Israel

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.pardes.org.il/ Pardes website]

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