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Adamah SF amplifies our mission in the San Francisco Bay Area to cultivate vibrant Jewish life in deep connection with the earth through Jewish environmental education, immersive experiences, youth empowerment programs, and climate action.
For more information, reach out to our staff or contact sf@adamah.org for general inquiries.

Wilderness Torah, now part of Adamah SF, is carrying on their mission in the East Bay to promote healing, belonging, and resilience through awakening and celebrating earth-based Jewish traditions with inclusive and intergenerational village-building.
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We believe that Jewish life is at its most vibrant when we gather in community and in deep relationship with the earth. By bringing together the soulful spirit of Wilderness Torah with Adamah’s powerful national programs, we’re planting new seeds for Jewish connection, climate action, and cultural renewal across the Bay Area. With the Bay Area’s rich history of innovation, leadership in the green sector, and vibrant Jewish community, there’s no better place to grow this new hub. This is just the beginning—and we’re so excited to cultivate a thriving future where tradition, care for our planet, innovation, and community come alive.
Together with the Jewish Federation Bay Area, JCC East Bay, Camp Newman, Urban Adamah, and Chochmat HaLev, Adamah SF is strengthening our communal resiliency in the face of global uncertainty across San Francisco, North Bay, and South Bay, alongside Wilderness Torah in the East Bay.





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Immersed and Unbound: Preparing for Yom Kippur in Body and Spirit
Wilderness Torah
Wilderness Torah’s earth-based, award-winning youth programs and Jewish cultural teachings & events all deeply align with Adamah’s mission, strategy, and programs.
This new structural integration will enable us to continue our holy work promoting healing, belonging, and resilience. All existing Wilderness Torah programs will continue operating in the East Bay, with plans to invest in expansion to grow participation, forge new partnerships, and scale the programs to new locations around the country.
Wilderness Torah Programs
Youth (Grades K-12)
Wilderness Torah offers pluralistic Jewish, nature-based education and community for youth and their families. We nourish strong relationships between youth, Jewish life, and the natural world while building their resilience and capacity.
- B’hootz (Grades K-5) integrates caring mentorship and nature-based exploration with Jewish spirituality, tradition, and wisdom. Youth spend time in the woods while learning Jewish prayers, holidays, and experiencing fun hands-on activities.
- B’naiture (Grades 6-8) is a 2-year program for middle schooler supporting the transition from childhood to adolescence through mentorship, deep nature connection and Jewish wisdom. Youth are faced with exciting outdoor challenges, while learning Torah teachings and building deep friendships.
- B’mitzvah (Grade 6-7) Guided by experienced mentors, Rabbis, and prayer leaders, youth receive personalized tutoring and soulful support, culminating in a handcrafted B’mitzvah ceremony that reflects their learning, identity, and relationship with Jewish practice.
- Shomrim (Grades 8-12) ia an immersive rite-of-passage for teens to cultivate leadership, embody core Jewish values, and bond in community.
- Neshama Quest for Teens (Grades 8–12) At Neshama Quest teens backpack together with adult mentors in the Californian mountain wilderness. Participants will experience Jewish practices and initiatory challenges.
Young Adult (Ages 18-25)
Neshama Quest or “soul quest” is a Jewish weeklong backpacking adventure through the California Wilderness, designed for young adults.
- Learn backcountry skills like navigation, shelter building, fire making, and foraging.
- Foster deep friendships with like-minded peers while celebrating Shabbat under the stars.
- Climb to mountain peaks, drink water from a natural glacier, and be led by your guides into a solo journey to connect deeply with what matters most to you.
Parents (B'naiture past and present)
B’dults extends Wilderness Torah’s mentorship model to parents of current and past B’naiture participants. This program is a space for connection and reflection through the journey of parenting kids entering and going through adolescence and young adult years.
Older Adults (Ages 55+)
Older to Elder is a series of programs to explore “eldering” in a Jewish context. Each program focused on practices that support the elder journey: nature connection, Jewish spiritual practices and life review/cultivating wisdom.
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 climate coalition team works with local Jewish institutions, like the Bay Area Jewish Federation, to develop and implement organizational Climate Action Plans that both reduce institutional emissions and mobilize the broader SF Bay Area Jewish community around climate action.
For more information about the Coalition in San Francisco, please contact coalition@adamah.org.
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. 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, please email aym@adamah.org, or visit our webpage here.
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 New York, through Jewish environmental education, climate action, and community building.
We are expanding our impact by establishing new chapters on college campuses in the Bay Area, with a strong focus on social justice and the climate justice movement.
As of September 2025, there are Adamah on Campus chapters at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz. Recent programs run by Adamah Campus leaders at these chapters include: Herb propagation for Tu B’Shvat; Kabbalat Shabbat service with a focus on Jewish connection to nature; Hillel Shabbat Sustainability Shabbat; Weekly reading group of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass.
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.
In the Bay Area, one of the world’s hubs for climate tech and corporate sustainability, JGBN hosts in-person gatherings such as networking events, Climate Week SF programs, and affinity group meetups designed to spark partnerships, share ideas, and advance meaningful change.
As of today, we have over 500 members ranging from investors, climate experts, funders, and sustainability professionals.
Staff

Marissa Fink


Advisory Council
Julie Wolk, Chair
Adam Cummings
Melinda Kramer
Zvika Krieger
Seth Leslie
Jason Post
Lauren Tolk
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