Zahavah Sterling ’27 has found community and connection at Dickinson and around the world, studying abroad in Spain and Argentina during her junior year and helping build community through Jewish life and environmental initiatives on campus.
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How Adamah on Campus has Impacted my College Experience
Throughout my college experience, I have always been drawn to my Hillel at University of Wisconsin-Madison for social and religious reasons. I originally got involved after participating in the Jewish Learning Fellowship 1.0 and Shabbat Hosting Lab. My instructor for Shabbat Hosting Lab came up to me and a friend that I knew from my overnight summer camp growing up and asked if we were interested in starting a chapter at Madison for an environmental Jewish club called Adamah on Campus.
How Adamah has Shaped Our Youth and Future
Hi! Our names are Ariel and Lila, and we are sisters from Brookline, MA. In 2020, going into eighth grade,…
Adamah on Campus: My Semester in Italy
This past semester I had the opportunity to study abroad in Perugia, Italy. Through the
Umbra Institute, I participated in a program called Food, Sustainability, and the Environment.
Liana’s Reflections as the Adamah ATL Hub Climate Action Intern
For the past six weeks, I’ve had the privilege of serving as the Adamah ATL Hub Climate Action Intern. I came into the internship fueled by Tikkun Olam, hoping to deepen my understanding of how Jewish values can inspire climate advocacy, while helping translate big ideas into actionable solutions. I quickly found those values reflected in Adamah ATL’s work.
Adamah Hosts First Midwest Campus Shabbaton
College students gather at Tamarack for a weekend of Jewish environmental learning.
Endangerment Finding Repeal Response
The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “Endangerment Finding” established this, stating that “greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.” This finding grounded our government’s mobilization, across multiple administrations of both parties, to regulate greenhouse gas pollution (which we call shmirat ha’adamah or protecting Creation) and to save lives (our moral imperative known as pikuach nefesh).
‘Climate anxiety’ isn’t a fad. For Jewish teens like me, it’s our inspiration.
[June 27, 2025] Ever since I was evacuated on a raft from my home in the pouring rain during Hurricane Harvey, I have cared about climate action. When I was 15, I learned that climate change intensified the Category Four hurricane that decimated Houston, Texas in 2017. That same year, I joined the Jewish Youth Climate Movement as a climate activist.
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.
SAR Academy Embarks on Teva Trip
[May 15, 2025] Last Wednesday and Thursday, SAR Academy’s fifth grade embarked on a fantastic overnight trip to Teva. The experience was filled with bonding, learning and plenty of fun.
The adventure began with early morning tefillah at school, followed by breakfast. Afterward, the fifth graders boarded buses headed to the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, ready for two days of outdoor exploration and connection.
From Passover to Earth Day
[April 22, 2025] Bringing the themes of Passover to Earth Day, we connected with our partners at Adamah to discuss, “How can we all be free from environmental injustices?”.
The 2025 Trailblazers in Clean Energy
[April 21, 2025] The transition to clean energy has entered a new phase in New York, as the state faces threats from new tariffs, economic headwinds and a pivot away from climate change policies in Washington, D.C. Yet renewable resources like solar and wind
Spotlight: Shaina Morrel
[February 24, 2025] We sat down with Shaina, a passionate Jewish community-builder and environmental advocate, to hear about her journey in the Greater Hartford Jewish scene, her love for sustainability, and the connections she’s fostering.
COALITION on the ENVIRONMENT and JEWISH LIFE
Once again, it’s the new year of the trees (see below for context on the holiday). On the one hand, Tu b’Shvat is about hope. Our tradition notes that even at the height of the global north’s winter, when deciduous trees are decidedly bare and spring feels so very far off, the process toward new verdancy is unfolding as it should. The trees, bare now, will shortly bear fruit. Deep within each tree, the sap is already rising. And so are we.
UCLA Hillel
[February 12, 2025] As Jewish organizations across the country navigate growing antisemitism on college campuses, UCLA Hillel has had to deal with more: the LA wildfires.