Adamah Educational Library

Curricula, sourcebooks & educational resources

This open source collection includes resources produced by individuals and organizations throughout the JOFEE field. Our Educational Library, like our community, celebrates the diversity of religious observance and thought and we make every effort to accommodate the breadth and diversity of the Jewish community in our programs and curricula. We hope you will take and use what is appropriate for you and invite others to do the same.

While this resource will continue to grow and evolve, it currently includes:

  • Adamah Publications (available online and in print)
  • Holiday Resources
  • Curricula produced by JOFEE Fellows during their Fellowship year (2017-2019)
  • Curricula and resources shared from partner organizations

All materials are available for free download. Most are available for use and adaptation under creative commons license. Please cite authors and organizations on any materials used or adapted from these resources.

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Food for Thought

Sourcebook on Jews, Food & Contemporary Life Food for Thought is designed to encourage participants to think critically about the food that they eat and the ways their food choices affect the health of their community…
Categories: Adamah Publications, Food Systems & Food Justice
Tags: Adult learning, food justice, Text, young adult, young adults
Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Teens, Young Adults

Food Justice Shabbat Dinner

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Community Education, food justice, Jewish Ritual, Shabbat
Age: Adults

Food Systems and Jewish Values

Categories: Food & Climate, Food Systems & Food Justice, Jewish Agricultural Traditions,
Tags: food systems, garden, jewish values, mitzvot
Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Elementary, Families, Teens, Young Adults

From the Earth, Back to the Earth: Natural Building with Cob

Cob is a structural composite of earth-based materials: clay, sand, straw and water. People all over the world have used cob for centuries to sculpt buildings by hand. Learning to build with earth-based materials can…
Categories: Cooking and Nutrition, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Sustainability
Tags: ba'al taschit, Cob, DIY, mud, natural building, permaculture
Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Early Childhood, Elementary, Families, Teens, Young Adults

Gan Nashim

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Categories: Adamah Publications, Food Systems & Food Justice, Group-building
Tags: camp, Food, girls
Age: B'nai Mitzvah, Elementary, Teens

Garden Shabbat

Categories: Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: agriculture, history, jewish farmer network, ritual, shabbat dinner
Age: Adults

Genesis, the Shmita Covenant, and the Land Ethic

The Genesis texts in this study trace the devolution of humanity’s two most important relationships, the relationship with the land and the relationship with God. Specifically, whenever one relationship degenerates so does the other one.…
Categories: Shmita
Age: Adults

Gratitude: God, Heschel, and Neruda

Categories: Group-building, Jewish Food Traditions, Nature Exploration and Outdoor Wilderness
Tags: discussion, farm and garden, fruit, gratitude, mindfulness, poetry, Text, vegetables
Age: Adults, Teens, Young Adults

Green Kiddush Guide

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Categories: Adamah Publications, Food Systems & Food Justice, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability
Tags: Compost, Shabbat, waste
Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah

Greening Chanukah Guide

The Greening Chanukah Guide offers an overview of  Chanukah through the lens of sustainability. Find tips and tricks for greening your holiday and learn more about the environmental implications of oil production to help create…
Categories: Adamah Publications, Environmental Justice, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays

Guess that Smell

Categories: Spiritual Nature Experience, Sustainability
Tags: Teva
Age: Elementary, Teens

Hakarat Hatov

Categories: Animals, Nature Exploration and Outdoor Wilderness
Tags: bugs, exploration, gratitude, insects, nature
Age: Youth

Havdalah Sachets

Developing ritual objects can bring a depth of meaning into our lives. Create your own blended Havdalah spices to bring home in its own sachet. Learn about different herbs and spices and how they connect…
Categories: Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Herbalism & Wild Edibles, Nature Exploration and Outdoor Wilderness, Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: havdalah, herbs, Teva
Age: Elementary, Teens

Havdallah Candle Making

Categories: Crafting + DIY, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability
Tags: arts & crafts, bees, DIY, Havdallah, ritual objects, sustainable
Age: Elementary

Hiking Through the Sefirot

Categories: Nature Exploration and Outdoor Wilderness, Spiritual Nature Experience
Tags: kabbalah, meditation, nature walk, sefirot
Age: Adults, Young Adults

Holy Compost! Sacred cycles of rest and work

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Sustainability
Tags: Compost, Havdallah, Shabbat, soil, vermicompost, waste, worms
Age: Adults, Teens, Young Adults

Home Experience: Elderberry Syrup Buffet

Categories: Herbalism & Wild Edibles, Jewish Food Traditions, Spiritual Nature Experience
Tags: elderberry, Foraging, immunity, intention setting, kavana, self-care, self-reliance
Age: Adults, Youth

Home for Dinner

Home for Dinner: Hazon’s Family Meals Initiative is a synagogue-based pilot program for late elementary to early middle school students and their parents. Ty looked at the text and said he didn’t know what it…
Categories: Adamah Publications, Food Systems & Food Justice
Tags: Adult learning, Families, gratitude, home, ritual
Age: Families