Category: Israel

[October 2, 2024] Put away the phone and listen to and learn from the trees and flowers, plants and animals, and what they evoke inside of us. Adam and Adamah. People and planet….

[September 4, 2024] Now, with gratitude to our supporters, we aim to catalyze culture change on a broader scale by bringing a significant group of amazing leaders to Israel for one week immersed in a Peoplehood & Planethood experience….

[June 11, 2024] Tonight, we step into Shavuot… Both {Pearlstone and Isabella Freedman} are welcoming a diversity of participants for retreats filled with deep learning, soulful singing, and vibrant community. We come together amidst…

[May 27, 2024] In G!d’s first encounter with Moses, G!d says:
“Take your shoes off of your feet.” – Shemot/Exodus 3:5
The words in Hebrew for “shoes” (na’alecha) and “feet” (raglecha) are…

[May 13, 2024] As we mark Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut…We carry unbearable pain these last days, weeks, and months. But there is community. There is prayer. There is love. And there is hope….

[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!…

[January 4, 2024] The cloud of travel fatigue the first two days would soon give way to a beautiful sunrise as we approach rows of bare mango trees, dormant still but showing the earliest signs of buds…

[January 2, 2024] Last night we arrived at Kibbutz Ravid…we shared a tasty dinner and were told what was going to happen during the upcoming days. In the group there are people from the US, Canada, Australia, Mexico and Chile…

[December 4, 2023] Why am I telling you about the Venus Flytraps? Because I think these carnivorous plants are such a brilliant metaphor for the Jewish people…

[November 29, 2023] One week ago, I took our two teenage boys to the March for Israel in Washington DC—the most powerful experience of Jewish Peoplehood I never wanted them to need…It was beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful all at once…

[November 28, 2023] …beyond the marches, the speeches, and the statements, what is Adamah’s relationship to Israel? Building upon many years of Israel engagement work, we continue to build strong ties between American Jewish and Israeli environmentalists and peacebuilders…

[November 13, 2023] The shlichut at Pearlstone had deepened my Jewish identity and made it clearer for me how Judaism is deeply connected to the earth and to our roots in Israel. I found at Pearlstone and in Baltimore so many beautiful people that made me feel…