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Putting Our Values into Practice – Seattle Jewish Community School
When presented with the opportunity to join Adamah’s Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, Seattle Jewish Community School, a K-5 school, proudly jumped on board.
Jewish Schools Taking Care of the Earth, and Themselves
By Greg Altman The importance of Tu B’Shvat has shifted throughout the centuries, and now at Adamah we have a new ritual through the work of our Jewish Climate Leadership…
Eve Wachhaus: Towson Resident Brings a Lifetime of Purpose to Adamah’s Mission
“At one point, I was a synagogue president… and saw that my own Jewish community needed ways to feel more joy, more connection, and more belonging.”
JTS Awarded $10,000 Grant from the Adamah Climate Action Fund
JTS has been awarded a grant of $10,000 for an LED lighting upgrade in 2026, matching JTS’s own financial commitment. By converting JTS’s building light fixtures to LED, we are projected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 69 tons and save $50,000 per year. This is a critical next step in the significant energy efficiency investments that JTS has already made in its infrastructure, such as heating systems and window replacements.
Turning mourning into action to address a modern tragedy, Jewish Earth Alliance holds pre Tisha B’Av environmental lobbying day
[July 31, 2025] Jews have survived many tragedies. Temples destroyed; revolts quelled; expulsion, expulsion, Holocaust. This Saturday night, on Tisha B’Av, the ninth of Av, Jews around the world fast in recognition of these horrors. Now, environmental activists want to add global warming to the list.
Montreal Temple Goes Green to Save Money and the Planet
[July 15, 2025] Geothermal is the most cost-effective solution to replace the temple’s aging gas-powered HVAC system. The new system will draw heat from the ground
Rockland Synagogue Takes Action to Deal with Climate Change
[June 27, 2025] The [oil] heating system is being replaced by mini-split electric heat pumps, which also provide air-conditioning in the summer. The project is being financed by an Adamah Climate Action Fund loan. This 0%-interest loan
‘Climate anxiety’ isn’t a fad. For Jewish teens like me, it’s our inspiration.
[June 27, 2025] Ever since I was evacuated on a raft from my home in the pouring rain during Hurricane Harvey, I have cared about climate action. When I was 15, I learned that climate change intensified the Category Four hurricane that decimated Houston, Texas in 2017. That same year, I joined the Jewish Youth Climate Movement as a climate activist.
Save Our Swamp
[June 27, 2025] Oh, Okefenokee. Adamah, the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America, is celebrating a small victory after the announcement that Twin Pines Minerals, the company trying to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp, has agreed to sell its land in south Georgia to The Conservation Fund for $60 million.
Two Greenbelt Women Learn Art Of Building an Earthen Oven
[May 28, 2025] Greenbelters Jeannie Bellina and Melissa Ann Ehrenreich traveled on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11 to Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown to learn from former Greenbelter Joe Murray how to make an earthen, smokeless pizza oven using natural materials.
SAR Academy Embarks on Teva Trip
[May 15, 2025] Last Wednesday and Thursday, SAR Academy’s fifth grade embarked on a fantastic overnight trip to Teva. The experience was filled with bonding, learning and plenty of fun.
The adventure began with early morning tefillah at school, followed by breakfast. Afterward, the fifth graders boarded buses headed to the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, ready for two days of outdoor exploration and connection.