Category: In the News

[March 13, 2025] For many smaller agencies, navigating local energy laws is a major challenge. UJA is stepping in to provide guidance, helping them understand regulations and avoid costly fines. …

Golda Och Academy (GOA) Chapter of the Jewish Youth Climate Movement (JYCM) joins other finalists for ecoAmerica 2025 American Climate Leadership Awards….

[February 24, 2025] We sat down with Shaina, a passionate Jewish community-builder and environmental advocate, to hear about her journey in the Greater Hartford Jewish scene, her love for sustainability, and the connections she’s fostering….

Joining to celebrate with a festive meal — the Tu b’Shvat seder — about 60 people from the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (IADS), Adamah Detroit, Repair the World Detroit, The Well and Congregation T’chiyah gathered at the Samantha Woll Center for Jewish Detroit (home of IADS) in Downtown Detroit….

Adamah has built a movement that engages tens of thousands of people each year. Now, with two life-changing trips to Israel in 2025, Adamah is deepening its impact—bringing together Jewish environmental leaders to learn, collaborate, and take action….

Faith groups mobilize to keep fighting climate change as Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris accord….

A new Jewish climate initiative says it has secured $18 million in philanthropic commitments for grants and advocacy work in the United States and Israel. …

On Tu B’Shvat 5785, Adamah announced a three-year, up to $3 million dollar investment in Adamah’s climate work from the newly launched Jewish Climate Trust (JCT), a new think-and-do tank co-chaired by Stephen Bronfman and Michael Sonnenfeldt. At the helm as CEO is Nigel Savage, founder of Hazon….

Once again, it’s the new year of the trees (see below for context on the holiday). On the one hand, Tu b’Shvat is about hope. Our tradition notes that even at the height of the global north’s winter, when deciduous trees are decidedly bare and spring feels so very far off, the process toward new verdancy is unfolding as it should. The trees, bare now, will shortly bear fruit. Deep within each tree, the sap is already rising. And so are we….

This Tu B’Shvat, We Can All Take Steps for Climate Action….

Groups launch initiative to find solutions to climate-driven insurance crisis…

[February 3, 2025] In many Orthodox Jewish settings, including the vast Haredi world, strict adherence to Torah and Jewish law has kept many closeted or unable to live openly in synagogue settings. At Eshel retreats they are embraced….

[January 29, 2025] Atlanta community Tu B’Shvat Seder will be held on Feb. 12 at The Temple….

[January 23, 2025] Jewish tradition teaches us to care for the world as stewards of Creation. Whether through advocacy, funding or personal action, we have the power to protect the people and places we love….

[January 16, 2025] Thanks to generous funding from Maimonides Fund, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Crown Family Philanthropies, the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation, and the Jim Joseph Foundation, Adamah is hosting a series of 10 retreats for Jewish communal professionals across the country. …

[January 9, 2025] If this resonates with you, and you’re thinking “well, I care about my community, but I’m really not sure if I have the time to engage in activities like the ones above”, you’re in luck…