David I. Bernstein () has been the dean of The

Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies () 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 ...

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and

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since 1998. Previously, he was the director of

Midreshet Lindenbaum Midreshet Lindenbaum (), originally named Michlelet Bruria, is an Orthodox midrasha in Talpiot, Jerusalem. It counts among its alumnae many of the teachers at Matan, Nishmat, Pardes and other women's and co-ed yeshivas in Israel and abroad. Hi ...

, popularly known as Brovender's, for 12 years. Bernstein was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel School for Jewish Education in Jerusalem from 1996-1998.CV
Pardes website"Campus Remembers Kristallnacht"
by Pierpaolo Barbieri, ''

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'', November 9, 2005/ Bernstein holds a B.A. and M.A. in

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and a Ph.D. in

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from

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. He also attended

Yeshivat HaMivtar Yeshivat Torat Yosef - Hamivtar (ישיבת תורת יוסף - המבתר) was a men's yeshiva located in Efrat in the West Bank. The Roshei Yeshiva are Rabbi Yonatan Rosensweig and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. The institution is primarily focused on pos ...

. Before making ''

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'' in 1984, Bernstein was the director of informal education at Ramaz Upper School, a

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, private

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Jewish prep school located on the

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, where he created and taught a 2-year curriculum integrating world- and Jewish-history.

References

External links

Official website of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
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