Category: Food

[April 8, 2025] This award recognizes mid-level professionals with exceptional promise and commitment to a career in Jewish communal service with at least five years of experience. The recipient, a Jewish communal professional employed in the field of Jewish communal service at least 20 hours per week at the time of nomination and whose organization serves the greater Baltimore community, will be awarded a $1,500 grant to subsidize his/her participation in a professional development opportunity….

[March 3-9, 2025] Adamah is in Israel! Over 40 Adamah leaders are together for our first-ever Adamah Leadership Israel Mission. Adamah staff, board members, committee members, donors, organizational partners, and allies are here to learn, to cultivate relationships, and to build bridges for our people and our planet. It is going to be an amazing week!…

[August 23, 2024] Staying at Pearlstone or Isabella Freedman is a transformational experience. The unique combination of farm-to-table food, along with lodging, meeting space, warm and professional guest services staff, and the beautiful land creates a nurturing space that inspires groups to connect and grow….

[April 1, 2024] As the climate emergency becomes ever harder to ignore, American Jewish organizations rooted in social and environmental justice are moving beyond localized efforts to reduce their carbon footprints to advocate for rapid system change—including an end to fossil fuel era….

[March 28, 2024] Spring was on its best behavior with a gentle breeze and temps in the high 60s. The Edgewood Community Learning Garden was buzzing on March 27 with plant-loving members of Atlanta’s Jewish community. …

[March 18, 2024] Adamah is in Israel! We are on the ground volunteering to respond to the food security crisis. As we work on the farms and connect with local Israelis and Palestinians, we’ll add our reflections from the day on the blog below. Follow along as we connect with our fellow American Jews, Israelis, and Palestinians and get our hands dirty!…

[March 4, 2024] Our interconnectedness with other species is abundantly clear when you are plucking a fresh berry off the vine with a bee nestling into an adjacent flower or while digging a potato out of loose dirt under the flapping wings of a red-tailed hawk. The imperative to be thoughtful in those relationships through food becomes unavoidable….

[VIDEO] USDA celebrated the contributions of the Jewish community in agriculture & food security for Jewish American Heritage Month…

[VIDEO] …what better place to say the blessing than a vegetable farm called Adamah. In this part of the Seder when we bless the fruits of the earth, we notice our place in the cycles of the world and how to live better within it…

On this episode of “The Food Enthusiast,” JMORE’s Dara Bunjon talks with foodie and seasoned hospitality director Eve Wachhaus, chief operating officer of Pearlstone and Hazon….

[July 26, 2022] Join a robust, intersectional movement from a Jewish perspective! There has never been a better time for working together on behalf of our food future…

[June 3, 2021] The Jewish retreat center and farm is offering a pick-your-own experience in its strawberry fields. The strawberry harvest season is short…

By Jesse Berman | Baltimore Jewish Times When families sit down to watch a show about American barbecuing, they may not be expecting to be greeted by a self-described Jewish…

One year in, we’ve rescued over 250 tons – or 500,000 pounds – of food! Hazon Detroit’s Food Rescue and Redistribution work continues to be a major focus for us,…

After the completion of ten weeks of exposure, enlightenment, and heavy back breaking work, Tania and I find ourselves longing for our internship to continue on into 2021. By working…

For our second edition of Food Rescue Hero of the Week, Tania and I instantly knew the exact woman we needed to highlight. For years, April Roe Agosta has fed…