Casting Our Lot: The Adamah Leadership Israel Mission
Monday, March 3
By: Jakir Manela
I arrived in Israel a few days ago, and today joined over 40 Adamah leaders for our first-ever Adamah Leadership Israel Mission.
Tuesday, March 4
By: Jackie Victor
As a long time progressive activist/entrepreneur in Detroit with a deep love of Judaism and lifelong connection to Israel, the opportunity to travel to Israel at this emotional, tenuous and complicated time is balm for my soul.
Wednesday, March 5
The Promise of Youth
By: Anya Kamenetz
I came to Adamah last year through my passion for the intersection of climate justice and youth mental health, starting with the Shamati program. The second full day of the Adamah Leadership Israel Mission required us to traverse an almost impossibly steep emotional terrain.
Read about the group’s visit to Nova including a poem inspired by the experience here.
Thursday, March 6
Pivot to Tech in Tel Aviv
By Rob Frier
Today, we traveled to Tel Aviv to learn about the climate tech, adaptation and innovation for which Israel is well known.
Friday, March 7
By Sarah Davison
We woke on Friday morning at Ye’erim Hotel which is adjacent to Kibbutz Maale HaHamisha. This hotel site is situated quite high on the mountain.
Sunday, March 9
Reflections from Daniella Hirschfeld
Adamah is my Jewish and my environmental home as it weaves together two integral parts of myself. It’s peoplehood and planethood efforts further bring together other layers of me. As such these final two days, dedicated to reflection, represent the culmination of an amazing journey and the beginning of something beautiful and new.
