This Pardes Life Season 3 Episode 3: Dean Dr. David Bernstein

Posted by Zvi Hirschfield on December 7, 2017
Topics: This Pardes Life, Holocaust

In the third episode of this season’s installment of This Pardes Life, which was recorded live, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield talks to Dean Dr. David Bernstein. David explores with us a powerful text from the Holocaust and shares how being the child of survivors and growing up in the shadow of the Shoa has inspired his vision and passion for Jewish education and his mission to ensure the continuity of the Jewish people. Zvi and David also discuss the broader questions of the role of the Holocaust in modern Jewish identity and if we doing enough to integrate the experience of the shoa into contemporary Judaism and Jewish life.


This Pardes Life sees Pardes teacher Rabbi Zvi Hirshfield gets up close and personal with fellow teachers and alumni talking about life, texts and Pardes. See www.elmad.pardes.org/thispardeslife for other episodes in this series.

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About Zvi Hirschfield

Zvi teaches Talmud, Halakha and Jewish Thought at Pardes. In addition Zvi is a faculty member of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators and has been training and mentoring Jewish Educators for over ten years in Tefilah in educational settings; critical issues in modern Jewish thought; and Israel education. Click here to read more.

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