Come to the first ever Feast on the Farm in Malibu, CA! The Shalom Institute has recently established Shemesh Organic Farm, which now houses the Marla Bennett Israel Discovery Garden, Pinat Chai Animal Center and our flourishing Veggie Garden. The farms mission is to actively engage the community in deepening their connection to the...
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Alumni Profiles
Shemesh Organic Farm hosts Feast on the Farm fundraiser
Marky Weinstock: “Songs for Dreamers” now available
MARKY WEINSTOCK: “SONGS FOR DREAMERS” NOW AVAILABLE! Check out the new children’s album from Teva Learning Center’s own Marky (2001-2002). If you have kids, love kids or were once a kid yourself, then this album is for you! You can buy the album or download MP3’s today at… http://www.maplemusic.com/dept.asp?dept_id=7075 Marky Weinstock is a popular...
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Rakia Shemaya: Blessing the mic
Rakia takes her name from Biblical Hebrew, meaning the firmament, expanse, or horizon, which separates duality, while at the same time knowing all is One. She is committed to using performance to educate and empower struggling people everywhere through music, dance and lyrics. Rakia’s degree in Education through Movement, Music and Vocalization at Goddard...
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Kosher Pastured Meat Business launched by Adamah Alums!
Grow and Behold had its first deliveries this week of fresh, kosher, pasture-raised chicken. What a joy to launch this business! We’re actively seeking new customers: if you’re in the New York area, please help spread the word. Chicken is available for delivery every 2 weeks to five different locations around New York City. ...
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Earth Based Judaism – Reclaiming Our Roots, Reconnecting to Nature
A recent article in ZEEK: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture by alumni Zelig Golden, co-founder and co-director of Wilderness Torah. Read the whole article here. Humanity’s current alienation from nature is unprecedented. As Wendell Berry explained in his seminal 1977 work The Unsettling of America, we are confronted with a “crisis of...
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Recent Adva Community Simchas
We are a community blessed with Simchas…. here’s just a few of the recent ones: Engagements: Elisheva Marguiles (Adamah Fl ‘08) & David Levine Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit (Adamah Su ’03) & Emily Peck Aliza Sandberg (Teva Fl ’09) & Ian Roblee-Hertzmark (Adamah Fl ’05) Alona Jasik (Teva Fl ‘03) & Aharon Abba Monroe Laurel...
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Gan Torah: Children’s Jewish Nature Program
Wilderness Torah (www.wildernesstorah.org), based in the Bay Area, and growingly serving Jews interested in reclaiming the spiritual roots of Judaism through nature-based experience and holiday retreats, has established a children’s program. Gan Torah is a weekly, year-round, seasonal program oriented toward students grades 4th-6th seeking to integrate and ground nature-based exploration and environmental action within Jewish spirituality, tradition, and ethics. Gan Torah is an opportunity...
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Josh Lichtman: AVODAH NOLA Program Director
Prior to his life transforming summer as an Adamah Fellow in 2005, Josh was a corporate lawyer in New York City. Originally from Detroit, his life has been a journey including working at Ingersoll Cabinet Makers, being a farm apprentice at Chubby Bunny Farm in Connecticut, and a development associate at Isabella Freedman Jewish...
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Risa Alyson Strauss: Kavanah Organic Community Teaching Garden Director
Risa Alyson Strauss is a passionate educator, environmentalist, and aspiring farmer! Risa completed her B.A. (Hons) at Queen’s University in Comparative Religious Studies, and her M.A. at the Centre for the Study of Religion (U of T), focusing on Contemporary Jewish Environmental Ethics. Upon graduating, Risa began working for the Teva Learning Center as...
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The NY Jewish Week: 36 under 36
MAZAL TOV to all those honored by the NY Jewish week, including two Adva Network alumni: Yoni Stadlin/Vivian Lehrer and Nati Passow. To go see the article, click here. Visionaries for a New Era: Thirty-six young innovators who are re-imagining Jewish life here, in Israel, and abroad. In our third annual “36 Under 36”...
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