[October 7, 2024] This is a day of profound grief and sorrow for many people.
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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.
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.
Bearing witness and holding onto hope
[May 6, 2024] Today is the 13th day of the Omer, corresponding to the kabbalistic sefirot- divine energies- of Yesod she’beGevurah- Foundation in Strength. Today is Day 213 since October 7th. And today is
Happy Birthday Adamah!
[March 4, 2024] This week we mark one year since the launch of Adamah- the merger of Hazon and Pearlstone. We’ve come a long way and together we will go even farther – because we’re just getting started, and the best is yet to come.
Remembering the birthmother of contemporary Jewish environmentalism
[March 1, 2024] Ellen inspired and provided rich frameworks for approaching the environmental crisis as a spiritual crisis. The Adamah mission statement speaks to the deep connection between people and planet, adam & adamah – to Ellen, adam & adamah were never separate to begin with.
Now is the time.
[December 27, 2023] This has been a hard year for the Jewish people. We’re all doing what we can in this moment…Today Adamah is North America’s leading Jewish environmental organization, with unprecedented impact—and more demand for our work than ever
This Chanukah: Hope, Steadfast
[December 7, 2023] The story of Chanukah teaches us to stand tall in who we are, but the light of the candles also beckons us to see and treat each other with warmth and compassion, to listen, to learn, to hope
Bittersweet
[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
This is who we are.
[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
Heart-Centered
[October 23, 2023] We educate, inspire, and mobilize Jews across the country and around the world to build a more sustainable future—a powerful shared goal for our people and our planet. We are committed to Jewish Peoplehood & Planethood
We Can Do This
[September 13, 2023] It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the state of the world, to turn away from the reality we live in this year, and next. But our tradition forbids it. We are called to look ourselves in the mirror, individually and collectively
Remember. And Renew.
[September 13, 2023] It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the state of the world, to turn away from the reality we live in this year, and next. But our tradition forbids it. We are called to look ourselves in the mirror, individually and collectively
A Shofar Near You
[August 16, 2023] More than once this summer, I’ve broken down trying to think about and talk to my kids about this. I feel so heartbroken for what they—and kids everywhere—are living through now and what they will step into as they grow up.