[New York Ride] Shanah Tovah and more!

[Newsletter] September 7 – A Labor Day to Bike Home About

In This Email

• A Labor Day to Bike Home About
• Return to Isabella Freedman for Hanukkah
• Labor Day Ponderings
• Bike Israel from Top to Bottom
• Rosh Hashanah Resources
• Welcome to New Hazon Staff
• Honor Your Loved Ones with a Tribute Gift
• Living the Seasons: Jewish Families in Nature
• How Sweet It Is: Rosh Hashanah Program Series
• Sukkah Bike Hop in Boulder County
• Food Conference Scholarships for Denver and Boulder Residents
• High Holidays at Isabella Freedman

Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list.
(more…)

A Labor Day to Bike Home About

For the first time since 2007, we enjoyed a relaxing Shabbat weekend and two-day bike ride at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. Over 200 people came together to create a beautiful of community of cyclists, crew, family, and friends. Together so far we have raised $170,000 in support of healthier and more sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond.

Our annual Labor Day weekend bike ride, and the longest running Hazon event, began with a vibrant Shabbat, bringing people of all backgrounds together. The first day of riding took cyclists through the Connecticut and Massachusetts Berkshires. The second day of riding followed the classic Hazon route down the Westchester trail. Riders were welcome to Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) by Chancellor Arnie Eisen who spoke eloquently about the commitment of Hazonniks to Jewish Values, specifically to Tikkun Olam and connecting with the natural world.

(more…)

High Holidays at Isabella Freedman

Home of many Hazon New York Rides and Food Conferences, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, in Falls Village, CT, is a 400-acre sanctuary in the Berkshires where Jews of incredibly varied beliefs and backgrounds make pilgrimages and leave transformed in remarkably personal ways.

Apples & Honey Rosh Hashanah Retreat

September 16th – 19th

Welcome the sweetness of the new year with apples from local orchards and honey from the bees that live, thrive, and hive on our land. This Rosh Hashanah, treat yourself to the transformative experience of welcoming in the new year with lively prayer services (your choice of a Traditional Mechitzah Minyan or Experiential Egalitarian Prayer Service), immersion in a relaxing wooded venue, community celebration, and fabulous farm-to-table feasting. Children’s Program, engaging lectures and discussions, yoga, meditation, and hikes all included.

Learn More (more…)

[New York Ride] 9th Participant Email

Thank you for another amazing New York Ride! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Fill out the survey by Monday and win a prize!

Please fill out our electronic survey and let us know what you thought about the ride. Your feedback is extremely valuable and helps us plan for next year. Comments from previous rides have lead us to offer babysitting, a bus from Philadelphia, our one-day rider option, expanded food options, and early meal times for families. We take your comments seriously so please take about 15-20 minutes to fill out our survey. We ask you to do it this week while your memories are fresh. Everyone who fills out the survey by Monday, September 10 will be entered into a drawing to win a Hazon 10th Anniversary Jersey.

See you soon,

Anna Hanau & David Rendsburg
Associate Directors of Programs

In this email:

• Ride Reunion
• Lost and Found
• Register for 2013
• Arava Institute and Hazon Israel Ride
• Keep on Fundraising

(more…)

[Newsletter] August 30 – The power of a casual remark

In This Email

• The Talmud! / The power of a casual remark…
• The Next Big Thing in Jewish Food Education
• New York Ride This Weekend
• What Are You Doing for Hanukkah?
• Bike Israel from Top to Bottom
• Rosh Hashanah Resources
• Honor Your Loved Ones with a Tribute Gift
• Living the Seasons: Jewish Families in Nature
• How Sweet It Is: Rosh Hashanah Program Series

Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list.
(more…)

The Talmud! / The power of a casual remark…

New York
August 30^th 2012 / 12^th Elul 5772

Dear All,

Jewish tradition is scrupulous about citation. In that spirit, I want to share with you not exactly a citation, but a throwaway remark, three weeks ago, which has already changed my life, and is likely to do so for quite some time to come.

It was from David Rendsburg, a friend and colleague who is widely admired and respected for being, in a way, the very model of a contemporary ish hazon: a fourth-generation Jewish cyclist, son of a phenomenal Bible scholar, gabbai extraordinaire.  Both in his day-job and in his spare time, David is engaged quite explicitly in doing good for others. But this was simply a water-cooler comment: have you seen the new Steinsaltz?  (more…)

Hazon in the News – August 2012

Press

• Hazon Cyclists Complete Ride in the Jewish Journal
• Jewish Cross-Country Bike Riders Finishing Food Awareness Trek in DC in the Times of Israel
• Jewish Bicyclists Pedal to Promote Agricultural Sustainability in the Intelligencer, Wheeling News-Register
• Hazon Cross-Country Bicyclists Pass through Columbus in Ohio Jewish Chronicle [PDF]
• Hazon Cross-USA Ride Combines Judaism, Environment and Cycling in The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh
• Long Schlep: Ten Cyclists Travel from Seattle to the District in the Washington Jewish Week
• Jewish Cross-Country Bike Riders Finishing Food Awareness Trek in D.C. in JTA
• Hazon Riders Spread Jewish Environmentalism Message in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
• Hazon Cycles to Dayton in the Dayton Jewish Observer
• Hazon Bikers Pedal Across the US in the Jewish Image
• Hazon Brings Its Food Message on Wheels to Pittsburgh in the Jewish Chronicle
• Hazon Cross-USA Ride combines Judaism, environment and cycling in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
• Metro Briefs August 23 in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
• Ten weeks later, Hazon cyclists arrive in Washington, D.C. in JTNews

Blogs

• Team Colorado Readying to Repeat Israel Ride on Boulder Jewish News
• Redeeming Humanity: The Jewish Approach to Women in The Times of Israel
• Heading to Siach to Make the World a More Just and Sustainable Place on ROI Community
• Register now for Hazon Food Conference on Kosher Like Me

Video

• Cross-USA Ride on Shalom TV Daily News

New York Ride: Crossing the Finish Line

The 2012 Hazon New York Ride is this weekend. Over 200 people are coming and have raised over $150,000 in support of healthier and more sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond. (more…)

[New York Ride] 8th Participant Email

Can you believe the 2012 New York Ride is just three days away? We are really look forward to another fabulous ride and Shabbat experience. Please take a few minutes before Friday to read over the following information to ensure a safe and smooth weekend.

All the best,

Anna Hanau & David Rendsburg
Associate Directors of Programs, Hazon (more…)