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Adamah-NY’s first Roots and Resilience Environmental Journey to Israel
WHAT A WEEK. Just one week ago, we embarked on Adamah-NY’s first Roots and Resilience environmental journey to Israel. Landing in Israel on a Friday afternoon was a powerful moment
A Semester at the Arava Institute
[May 20, 2025] Since February, I’ve had the honor to study at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Ketura, Israel. Here, I have had the opportunity to study with incredible peers and professors, and have made connections which will last far beyond the conclusion of the semester.
Reflections on the Adamah Leadership Mission to Israel
[April 23, 2025] Mission highlighted Israel’s achievements in fighting climate change. I was invited by the National Adamah group to join their staff and 30 other climate activist lay leaders from around the country, England and Canada, to learn more about our joint Israeli-Diaspora mission to help fight climate change.
I am deeply grateful to Adamah for the opportunity to experience Israel in a way unlike any of my previous visits. This was not a sightseeing tour; it was about peoplehood, planethood and problem-solving — focusing on one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change.
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!
Strengthening Jewish Climate Leadership Through Adamah’s Israel Journeys
Adamah has built a movement that engages tens of thousands of people each year. Now, with two life-changing trips to Israel in 2025, Adamah is deepening its impact—bringing together Jewish environmental leaders to learn, collaborate, and take action.
From the Hermon to Pearlstone: Snow, Stories, and a Song of Longing
[January 6, 2025] “…As I’m warming up inside after being out in the snow (Sheleg), I thought it might be nice to share a few thoughts about snow from our Jewish tradition, along with a beautiful story and israeli song
October 7 – One Year Later
[October 7, 2024] This is a day of profound grief and sorrow for many people.
A Prayer for 5785
[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.
Do Something. Elul 5784
[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.
The Torah of Resilience
[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
Lag B’Omer Magic
[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
Israel needs us now
[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.
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!
Hakhel Israel Resilience Trip – January 2024: The Journey Continues
[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
Hakhel Israel Resilience Trip – January 2024: Days 1-2
[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