• A Magical First Shabbat in Jerusalem

    Shavuah tov! A good new week to everyone. I have been in Jerusalem only 32 hours and I have already had enough amazing experiences and met enough amazing people to fill a whole trip! My friend Yiscah, who is also here learning as well as teaching, had asked what she could do to help me…

  • Pardes Summer Curriculum Workshop

    So, I thought that people might wonder why I was going to Israel this summer. I was fortunate to be selected as one of five “exceptional” “novice” Jewish day school teachers to participate as Fellows in the Summer Curriculum Workshop at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. This is for teachers who are in their fourth…

  • Packing and Panicking!

    Just two more days till I leave and the stress level is high here in the Adler household. I have materials to get ready for my sharing session at Pardes, packing to finish and I just figured out that my shoes I bought for walking around Jerusalem are making my foot invert and need to…