Bruce Spierer
Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition Director
New Haven, CT
Adamah Los Angeles
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Adamah LA is the flagship Southern California hub of Adamah, North America’s largest Jewish environmental organization, serving Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, and San Diego Counties. We bring Jews of all ages together to strengthen belonging, learning, and leadership — rooted in the deep, ancient connection between the Jewish people and the earth.
For teens, college students, professionals, and families, Adamah LA is a place to find your people and live your values on the ground, together. Join us at an upcoming community event or join the movement through the following opportunities:
- The Jewish Youth Climate Movement empowers a new generation of proud Jewish leaders at a moment when many young Jews are searching for community that holds both their identity and their convictions.
- Adamah on Campus supports and connects college students with community, education and service, with 10 active campuses in California.
- The Jewish Green Business Network connects 800+ Jewish professionals, entrepreneurs, and funders who are committed to sustainability.
- Our LA Sustainability Fund offers matching grants up to $20,000 to help schools, synagogues, and Jewish institutions across the region grow more resilient and vibrant.
- The Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition supports 500+ organizations to take climate action, including 50 member organizations in Southern California. See all of our Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition members (LA, OC, SD, Ventura)
This work is generously supported by the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Samueli Foundation, and a rapidly expanding network of donors like you.
Adamah LA is one of six Community Impact Hubs nationwide, part of a national platform engaging nearly 50,000 people each year through retreats, education, youth leadership, and climate action. To see the full ecosystem that Adamah LA is part of, read Tree Rings 2025, our annual impact report.
For more information, reach out to our staff or contact la@adamah.org for general inquiries.
Get to know Adamah LA through past newsletters
- April 2026: Join Adamah LA for Climate Week In April
- December 2025: LA Powers a Cleaner, Greener and More Joyful Los Angeles
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Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition
Powered by Adamah, the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition is a network of Jewish community organizations who recognize the existential threat and moral urgency of climate change and are committed to taking action.
The Adamah LA team works with local Jewish institutions, to develop and implement organizational Climate Action Plans that both reduce institutional emissions and mobilize the broader Southern California Jewish community around climate action.
Join our growing network of Southern California Jewish Organizations:
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Success Stories from LA Coalition Members
Congregation B’nai Israel (Tustin, CA)
Shalom Institute (Malibu, CA)
Contact Coalition Team
Climate Action Fund
Start your energy saving project with an Adamah Climate Action Fund grant or zero-interest loan!
The next LA Sustainability Fund application will be open in Fall 2026. For more information, please reach out to LA Hub Director, Becca Bodenstein, at becca.bodenstein@adamah.org.
LA Sustainability Fund: Grants up to $20,000
LA Sustainability Grant Fund, Los Angeles, California, up to $20,000. Supported by a generous grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles and Robert S. De Leon and Susan Mattisinko.
Zero-Interest Loans up to $250,000
Start your energy saving project this year with an Adamah Climate Action Fund zero-interest loan! Coalition members across North America can apply for interest-free loans of up to $250,000. Pay it back in 5 years with lower energy bills, and continue saving!
Projects in three areas are eligible
Must be a member of the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition
The following organizations in Southern California received matching grants, up to $10K or $20K, from the LA Sustainability Fund, the Orange County Climate Fund, and the North American Climate Fund.
The Los Angeles Sustainability Fund Recipients
(2025-2026)
American Jewish University
Green Roof
Congregation Kol Ami
LED expansion and upgrade
Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa
Solar Panels
Hillel Hebrew Academy
Solar Panels
Hillel UCLA
Solar Panels
Shalom Institute
Emergency Solar Generators; electric landscape equipment
Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue
Solar Panels
The Orange County Climate Fund & North American Climate Fund Recipients (2023-2025)
Congregation B’nai Israel
Carport Solar Panels, LED Light Installation Upgrade
Merage Jewish Community Center of Orange County
VFD Pool Pump, LED Expansion and Upgrade
Temple Beth El of South Orange County
Sensor Light Installation
Temple Beth Tikvah
Thermostat Replacement
Temple Judea of Laguna Hills
Heat Pumps, Solar Panels
Temple Israel of Hollywood
LED Transition and Expansion
Youth Empowerment
Adamah Youth Movement
The Adamah Youth Movement develops Jewish teens into leaders for our people and our planet. Together, we draw on Jewish wisdom, build joyful community, and take action to create a more just, resilient, and sustainable future.
The Adamah Youth Movement functions both nationally and locally. Adamah offers teen programming through our growing network of Community Impact Hubs, allowing each community to respond to its own needs while participating in a larger movement united by shared values and common purpose.
Adamah Youth Movement Regional Boards serve as local leadership cohorts where teens learn together, design programs, and strengthen Jewish environmental life in their communities. We currently have Regional Boards in New York and Boston. We anticipate launching a Los Angeles Regional Board in 2027; nominate a teen leader for this opportunity here.
Adamah Youth Movement monthly Community Calls connect participants across regions through shared learning, collective action, and relationship building. The national Adamah Youth Movement Leadership Board brings together teens from across the country to share movement-wide initiatives while developing advanced leadership skills.
Together, these interconnected experiences allow every participant to experience both belonging within the local community and the inspiration of belonging to a national movement.
For more information about the Adamah Youth Movement in Los Angeles, please email Anna Goldings at anna.goldings@adamah.org, or visit our webpage.
Adamah on Campus
Adamah on Campus is building a joyful, resilient generation of Jewish environmental leaders through education, action and community building.
We cultivate vibrant Jewish campus-life in deep connection with the earth, engaging thousands of college students across North America and hundreds across California, through Jewish environmental education, climate action, and community building.
We are expanding our impact by establishing new chapters on college campuses in Southern California, with a strong focus on social justice and the climate justice movement.
California chapters include:
- UC Berkeley
- Sacramento State & UC Davis
- Hillel Silicon Valley
- UC Santa Cruz
- UC Santa Barbara
- Claremont
- Hillel 818
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- USC
If you have any questions about the program, or know of a college student passionate about Judaism & the environment, please connect with Adamah on Campus CA Coordinator Marissa Fink marissa.fink@adamah.org.
Jewish Green Business Network (JGBN)
JGBN brings together Jewish leaders, professionals, and experts to accelerate climate solutions and strengthen Jewish peoplehood. We do this through facilitating business collaborations, supporting values-driven career growth, and building connections across borders, sectors, and generations.
We host in-person gatherings such as networking events, Climate Week LA programs, and affinity group meetups designed to spark partnerships, share ideas, and advance meaningful change.
As of today, we have over 800 members ranging from investors, climate experts, funders, and sustainability professionals.
Staff
Marissa Fink
Adamah on Campus California Coordinator
Newport Beach, CA
Anna Goldings
Adamah LA Youth Engagement and Program Coordinator
Los Angeles, CA
Advisory Council
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