After the Fire, A Still Small Voice
The Menachem Begin Heritage Center and Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies invite you to a day of learning, memory, and meaning rooted in the powerful themes of Tisha B’Av.

Through personal stories, poetic teachings, and powerful silence, Pardes faculty will help us hear the “still small voice” that follows destruction — and guide us through grief toward resilience.

The day will conclude with a screening of Among Neighbors (2025), an evocative documentary exploring the lost Jewish history of a small Polish town. Through this lens of memory and rediscovery, the film invites us to reflect on what remains — and what can be reclaimed — after devastation.

Live at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem
Sunday August 3, 11:00–17:00

60 NIS general | 40 NIS student | 80 NIS at the door

11:00–12:00 PM

Yiscah Smith – Keeping Our Inner Fire Burning: A Teaching from Rav Kook for Today

David Levin-Kruss – Brownies, ABBA, and Grief: Using Writing to Find My Still Small Voice
 

12:15–1:15 PM

Aryeh Ben David – Three Poets Deal with Death and Destruction

Ricki Bernstein – Out of the Ashes: Inspiration from Everyday Heroes
 

1:30–2:30 PM

David Bernstein – The World That Was: A Virtual Tour of Jewish Krakow

Zvi Hirschfield – The Silence of Tisha B’Av: What Is It Saying to Us?
 

2:45–3:00 PM
 Memorial Service
 In memory of Pardes teachers, students, and loved ones lost in war and terror

3:15 PM
 Film: Among Neighbors (2025)
 A moving exploration of Jewish memory in a small Polish town