[April 8, 2025] This award recognizes mid-level professionals with exceptional promise and commitment to a career in Jewish communal service with at least five years of experience. The recipient, a Jewish communal professional employed in the field of Jewish communal service at least 20 hours per week at the time of nomination and whose organization serves the greater Baltimore community, will be awarded a $1,500 grant to subsidize his/her participation in a professional development opportunity.
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Peoplehood & Planethood: Adamah Leadership Israel Mission
[March 3-9, 2025] Adamah is in Israel! Over 40 Adamah leaders are together for our first-ever Adamah Leadership Israel Mission. Adamah staff, board members, committee members, donors, organizational partners, and allies are here to learn, to cultivate relationships, and to build bridges for our people and our planet. It is going to be an amazing week!
Our Food Will Nourish Your Body, Mind & Soul
[August 23, 2024] Staying at Pearlstone or Isabella Freedman is a transformational experience. The unique combination of farm-to-table food, along with lodging, meeting space, warm and professional guest services staff, and the beautiful land creates a nurturing space that inspires groups to connect and grow.
Beyond Greening: Jewish Responses to Climate Emergency
[April 1, 2024] As the climate emergency becomes ever harder to ignore, American Jewish organizations rooted in social and environmental justice are moving beyond localized efforts to reduce their carbon footprints to advocate for rapid system change—including an end to fossil fuel era.
Adamah holds dinner in the Edgewood garden
[March 28, 2024] Spring was on its best behavior with a gentle breeze and temps in the high 60s. The Edgewood Community Learning Garden was buzzing on March 27 with plant-loving members of Atlanta’s Jewish community.
Peoplehood & Planethood: Israel Farm Mission March 18-24
[March 18, 2024] Adamah is in Israel! We are on the ground volunteering to respond to the food security crisis. As we work on the farms and connect with local Israelis and Palestinians, we’ll add our reflections from the day on the blog below. Follow along as we connect with our fellow American Jews, Israelis, and Palestinians and get our hands dirty!
Connecting to the Source
[March 4, 2024] Our interconnectedness with other species is abundantly clear when you are plucking a fresh berry off the vine with a bee nestling into an adjacent flower or while digging a potato out of loose dirt under the flapping wings of a red-tailed hawk. The imperative to be thoughtful in those relationships through food becomes unavoidable.
USDA Celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month
[VIDEO] USDA celebrated the contributions of the Jewish community in agriculture & food security for Jewish American Heritage Month
Adamah leads blessing at White House Passover Seder
[VIDEO] …what better place to say the blessing than a vegetable farm called Adamah. In this part of the Seder when we bless the fruits of the earth, we notice our place in the cycles of the world and how to live better within it
The JMORE Food Enthusiast with Guest Eve Wachhaus
On this episode of “The Food Enthusiast,” JMORE’s Dara Bunjon talks with foodie and seasoned hospitality director Eve Wachhaus, chief…
Hazon Farm Bill Campaign: for Justice and Climate Resilience
[July 26, 2022] Join a robust, intersectional movement from a Jewish perspective! There has never been a better time for working together on behalf of our food future
Pearlstone opens strawberry fields so you can pick your own
[June 3, 2021] The Jewish retreat center and farm is offering a pick-your-own experience in its strawberry fields. The strawberry harvest season is short
Pikesville native returns home to film cooking show
By Jesse Berman | Baltimore Jewish Times When families sit down to watch a show about American barbecuing, they may…
Hazon Detroit: Food Rescue Update
One year in, we’ve rescued over 250 tons – or 500,000 pounds – of food! Hazon Detroit’s Food Rescue and…
Food Rescue Hero: Darraugh Collins
After the completion of ten weeks of exposure, enlightenment, and heavy back breaking work, Tania and I find ourselves longing…
Food Rescue Hero: April Roe Agosta
For our second edition of Food Rescue Hero of the Week, Tania and I instantly knew the exact woman we…