512 ordained rabbis across all denominations. Pardes’s alumni include (based on last year’s statistics)… As we approach our 50 th anniversary as an institution, it is impressive to see these facts validated by the numbers. What has impressed me about Pardes, and seemingly, the motivating factor for everyone involved, is the incredible impact our graduates have had and continue to have, particularly on the American Jewish community. The combination of dedicated volunteers and highly motivated professionals throughout the organization, both here in Israel and abroad, simply made the work quite enjoyable, the day-to-day challenges notwithstanding. I recently stepped down from serving five years (2016-2021) as board chair of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. It was an honor to serve, and I can truthfully say that while I have been chair of some community organization for each of the last 50 years or so, this was the best volunteer job I ever had. Students who are accepted into the program commit to the 2 years of study in Jerusalem and 3 years of teaching in North American Jewish Day schools.What has impressed me about Pardes and seemingly, the motivating factor for everyone involved, is the incredible impact our graduates have had and continue to have, particularly on the American Jewish Community. This 2 year joint degree program provides students with substantial academic and living scholarships, an MA in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Certificate of Judaic Studies from the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. The Pardes Educators Program is designed for motivated, creative, passionate people eager to enter into the field of Jewish Education. The track is aimed at giving current and future activists the tools to use Jewish text to inform and inspire their work. 
In addition, students will be learning about the state of the field and specific challenges in Israel with the help of guest lectures from the governmental and non-profit sectors and field visits.
We all want to build a better world, but how should that world look and how should we get there?The Social Justice track combines the study of social issues such as the environment, gender and minority welfare, through classical and modern Jewish texts. Students will also participate in related site visits, guest lectures and weekly volunteering opportunities relating to the field of peacemaking in Israel. Classes will focus on the traditional pre-modern Jewish models of peace and reconciliation, as well as an attempted creation of a new post-modern Jewish model. The Peace and Conflict Track includes in-depth study of various types of conflicts and attempts to make peace, including interpersonal, family, communal, and international conflicts, through the lenses of both classical Jewish texts and the related academic literature. Participants will work on transforming their moral and spiritual selves and deepening their awareness through the study of Jewish texts from the spiritual, mystical and musar traditions, performance of spiritual practices of self-transformation, processing these practices and the experiences of being they produce, field trips, guest speakers and a class retreat. 
The Self, Soul & Text: Personal Transformation in Judaism Track will focus on the spiritual, psychological, ethical and religious transformation of the individual and the community. Students in the Pardes Year Program have the option of participating in one of three specialty tracks: The Pardes experience gives students maximum exposure to the classic texts of Jewish tradition. 
Students learn both in Havruta study (partner learning) and in seminar-style classes five days per week. The Year Program, a core Pardes program, offers serious study for post-university students, including dynamic interactive learning, day and overnight trips, and community service. Pardes' hallmark has been its reverance for serious textual study with encouragment for frank discussions confronting a broad spectrum of religious and cultural issues. Its goal throughout its thirty year existence has been to foster a love of Torah study in an open and accepting enviornment. The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies was founded in 1972 and is the leading non-denominational institute for authentic text study in Israel.
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