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Tu B’Shvat on Campus

Compiled by Adamah on Campus student leaders Consider the time your group has and pick an activity from any or all these categories to build out a customized program that will meet the moment on…
Categories: Tu Bishvat
Tags: Holidays, Tu B'Shvat

Sustainable Passover Resources

New for 2026: Adamah Seder Supplement to Download This new Adamah resource draws from deep Torah of the Earth to ground and inspire your seder. Learn about karpas from Adamah’s Farm Director, go on a…
Categories: Food Systems & Food Justice, Passover,
Tags: Holidays, passover, pesach

Shabbat Sustainable Resources

Hosting a Shabbat meal is a wonderful way to spend quality time with family and friends without the distractions of the everyday (email, ringing cell phones, distracting smartphone messages…). It also offers an amazing template…
Categories: Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Holidays, Shabbat

Purim Sustainable Resources

What is Purim? Purim celebrates Esther and Mordechai’s triumph over Haman. Set in ancient Persia, the Book of Esther tells how an inept monarch allowed a hate-filled minister to threaten the Jewish community. Mordechai aided…
Categories: Adamah Publications, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Jewish Food Traditions
Tags: Holidays

Tu B’Shvat Sustainable Resources

Tu B’Shvat is February 1 – 2, 2026 Adamah is hosting virtual and in-person events around the country. Join us at a Tu B’Shvat event near you! The resources below offer thoughts and ideas to…
Categories: Tu Bishvat
Tags: Holidays, Tu B'Shvat

Chanukah Sustainable Resources

What is Chanukah? Chanukah celebrates the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple following its defilement by Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE. Since then, Chanukah has become known as the Festival of Lights, due to the one…
Categories: Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual
Tags: hannukah, hanukkah, Holidays

Sukkot Sustainable Resources

What is Sukkot? The Jewish holiday of Sukkot celebrates the Fall Harvest. We are told to sleep, eat, and relax outdoors in our sukkah. Sukkot also celebrates the time when farmers have completed their harvest…
Categories: Sukkot
Tags: Holidays

Yom Kippur Sustainable Resources

What is Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. Observance of Yom Kippur traditionally includes fasting; abstaining from leather, lotion, and other physical comforts; and spending the day…
Categories: Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Holidays

Why Do We Blow Shofar?

Rosh Hashanah and indeed many moments in Jewish life would not be complete without the sound of the Shofar – as we hear this note we reflect on the meaning and origin of the Shofar…
Categories: Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual
Tags: Holidays

Rosh Hashanah Sustainable Resources

Rosh Hashanah, which literally means the “head of the year”, is the Jewish New Year. The holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the perfect time to let the blasts of the shofar shake you awake to…
Categories: Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Holidays

Shavuot Sustainable Resources

What is Shavuot? The Festival of Harvest is more than a celebration of the first harvest of fruits and vegetables, it also commemorates the gift of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is a time…
Categories: Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Holidays, Shavuot

New Year for the Animals

There are four New Years festivals recorded in the Mishnah. You’ve probably heard of Tu B’Shvat, the new year of the trees, and Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year. But did you know that Judaism…
Categories: Animals, Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Holidays

Min Ha’Aretz: Making Meaning from Our Food

[button color=”red” link=”https://store.adamah.org/product/min-ha-aretz-making-meaning-from-our-food-journal” window=yes]Purchase Min Ha’aretz Student Journal [/button] [button color=”red” link=”https://store.adamah.org/product/min-ha-aretz-making-meaning-from-our-food-lesson-plan-manual” window=yes]Purchase Min Ha’aretz Lesson Plan Manual [/button] This curriculum allows students from grades 5-9 to explore the question, what is the relationship between Jewish…
Categories: Adamah Publications, Food Systems & Food Justice, Jewish Food Traditions
Tags: classroom, farm and garden, food justice, Holidays, ritual, waste
Age: Elementary

Sukkot, the Jewish Earth Day

This program is designed to engage families with young children with the holiday of Sukkot and the festival?s connection to nature and the environment. Through stories, activities and arts & crafts, families will begin to…
Categories: Crafting + DIY, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays, Sukkot
Tags: family, Holidays, Sukkot
Age: Early Childhood, Elementary, Families

An Exploration of Jewish Time and Space

Categories: Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Hebrew Calendar, Heschel, Holidays, Jewish Time, Shabbat
Age: Adults