10 Ways to Make your Passover More Sustainable
Here are the Top 10 quick and useful suggestions from Hazon, to make your Passover more healthy and sustainable. To find out more information and suggestions from Hazon for Passover, visit the Hazon Passover Resource Page.
1 – Passover Recipes
Charoset from Around the World
2 – Plan Ahead
In the time leading up to Pesach , be mindful of what you buy. Try to finish those “almost empty” containers in your fridge, and half empty bags of bread, rather than automatically resorting to buying new. You can get rid of chametz in the most sustainable and cost effective way by planning ahead in order to use up as much as you can of what you have before the start of pesach.
3 – Invest in Passover Dishware
Pesach is a time when many families break out the fine china and heirloom silverware. It is a good investment, cost effective, and a sustainable method to invest in a set of Pesach dishware, that way you do not need to buy disposables every year. However, if you’re using disposable plates this year, use post-consumer waste paper or plant-based ones. For some great compostable disposable dishwear products, check out Leafware, Go Green in Stages, Let’s Go Green, and World Centric.
4 – Get Rid of Your Chametz – Sustainably
You don’t have to douse your house in poisonous chemicals—noxious to both you and the people who work in the factories that produce them—to get rid of your chametz (bread products and crumbs which are literally, and ritually, cleared before Pesach). Try using natural, non-toxic cleaning products, and scrub away. Eco-cleaning products that we like are Seventh Generation and Ecover.
5 - Buy Veggies at Your Farmers Market
Meat dishes like chicken soup with matzah balls and brisket are traditional favorites for Passover. Try buying your meat from the person who raised it (or as close to that as possible. Where to shop: farmers’ markets, meat order co-ops, local butcher shops (ask themwhere the meat comes from). If you’re looking for kosher organic meat, visit our page on kosher, sustainable meat for some great options!
6 – Every Charoset Tells a Story – Lean More about Charoset!
Charoset’s mixture of apples and nuts is already healthy and delicious and, when made with local apples, sustainable. Charoset also offers you the chance to explore other cultures within the Jewish Diaspora. Check out the Jew & the Carrot to find recipes from Russia, Spain, Holland, Yemen, Turkey, Surinam… – or ask your guests to bring their own favorite charoset recipe and have a taste-test. Check out this delicious Sephardic Charoset recipe!
7 – Sprout Your Own Karpas
If you can’t find locally grown greens to dip for karpas, sprout your own! Although many sprouts come from corn, soybeans, and other chametz or kitnyot, in just 2-3 days, you can have fresh, delicious quinoa sprouts that you “grew” yourself!
8 – Buy Fresh or Make Your Own Horseradish
Buy and grate fresh horseradish root for maror on your seder plate. When it comes time for the Hillel sandwich, hold up an ungrated root so your guests know where that bitter stuff comes from. Or learn how to make your own horseradish.
9 – Use Free Range Eggs
Buy organic, free-range eggs, and be willing to pay slightly more for them. They taste better, didn’t cause suffering to the animals who laid them, and support farmers who are making it possible for you to eat good food.
10 – Roast a Beet
If you’re going vegetarian for your seder (see below), substitute a roasted beet for the roasted lamb shank. Or follow The Jew & The Carrot reader, Sarah Fenner’s suggestion: “In place of the shankbone in my home, we have often roasted a “pascal yam” instead!”
Power of Bro: Second Screening
Power of Bro Encore Screening
March 14th, 7:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY
If you weren’t able to attend the first sold-out screening, come see the second showing of this incredibly moving and inspirational film about how the Israel Ride changed two brothers’ lives. The stars, Eyal and Ronen, and the director, Ofer, will be there to share their personal experiences.
Brothers Ronen (holding microphone) and Eyal at the first screening of the film
Wine and cheese served after the show.
Buy tickets | Read more | Watch the trailer
Or order tickets by calling 800-838-3006 or at the CAC Box Office.
Israel Ride Info Session in Englewood, CO
Discover how the Israel Ride can be your next adventure
Tuesday, April 16th, 7:00 pm
Hosted by Israel Ride alum Michael Marcus
Host Michael Marcus, second from left, on the Fall 2009 Israel Ride
What does it feel like to cycle on the Israel Ride? Hear from Michael Marcus- Friends of Arava board member and Israel Ride alum- about cycling through Israel, the Middle East’s environmental challenges, and the potential for regional cooperation at the Arava Institute.
Bring your friends with you | All are welcome at this event.
With All Your Heart, With All Your Soul, With All Your Might
“With all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might”. This is my mantra. Not because I am a person who davens three times a day reciting this phrase from its original source in the Sh’ma, but simply because I think it’s beautiful. Imagine a world in which we dedicated our whole selves to every mitzvah we preform, every fleeting thought we have. In a gemara in the tractate of Brachot, the Rabbis expound upon each of these segments: “With all your heart” they explain as what Freud might call the “id”—that is the most instinctual, animalistic parts of ourselves, “with all your soul” refers to our actual life, and “with all your might” commonly refers to our physical possessions. I strive preform every action with all my heart, soul, and might whether it’s loving God as the original texts indicates, loving a friend or a stranger as some scholars interpret, doing a project at work, or even something as mundane as grocery shopping (I said strive!). (more…)
Colorado gets a Facebook Facelift!
Hazon Colorado has gotten a Facebook Facelift! You can find us now at our page Facebook.com/hazoncolorado
[Newsletter February 21, 2012] – A Rose by Any Other Name…
Denver, CO
21st February 2013 / Ta’anit esther 5773
Dear All,
Today’s the minor fast day that leads us to Purim. Not for the only time in Jewish tradition, abstinence and excess are paired. I can’t help feeling that the rabbis had a keen sense of balance, quite separate from the nominal reasons given for the fasts adjacent to the feasts (cf, exhibits 2 & 3: the fast of the first born and seder night; rosh hashanah and the fast of gedaliah). I’m struck that, as elsewhere in contemporary society, we retain affection –and observance – for the feast, whilst the numbers who observe the fast are far fewer. Part of the complex challenge of unlearning some of the behaviors that in our day are both normative but also unhealthy – for us, and/or for the wider world we live in – lies in restoring balance, of different sorts. And I note this, by the way, because I struggle with this, not because I’ve figured out how to get to balance.
In the last three days I’ve been in Denver and Boulder, meeting with stakeholders in Hazon and in the wider community. Part of this is about the steady drip-drip of year-round work, which is growing strongly here, thinking about Jewish tradition and sustainability in new and profound ways. There are four Jewish CSAs here, and six communities who have used Hazon’s Food Audit to start to develop new food policies in their institutions. Both the Ekar farm and Ramah Outdoor Adventure are entering their fourth years, each doing powerful, significant and important work.
Part of this is about the lead up to Hazon’s Food Festival. Last year we successfully piloted a one-day Jewish Food Festival here, with the intention and the belief that within a decade or two, every major Jewish community should have its own Jewish Food Festival, no differently (well, differently, but similarly) to the Jewish Film Festivals and the Jewish Book Weeks. This year our Food Festival here takes place on Sunday April 28th; we’re launching San Francisco on Sunday March 17th; and we’ll be doing our first one in Philadelphia in the fall. Plus the Boston Jewish Food Conference, founded by Leora Mallach and Becca Weaver, on March 3rd, and Michael Leventhal‘s Gefiltefest in London on May 3rd. By 2014 we’ll launch also in Palo Alto and New York. The Jewish Food Festivals bring the energy and range of our multi-day Food Conferences directly into a community, bringing people together across difference, igniting a range of conversations, inspiring respect both for food and Jewish tradition, and leading ultimately – we hope and intend – to a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community, and one that plays a role in creating more sustainable food systems for all.
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Which leads me to food labeling, and the bill announced yesterday by Jared Polis, the congressman for Boulder, and the short but strong speech that Becky O’Brien, Hazon’s director in Boulder, gave yesterday.
You can read Congressman Polis’s announcement about the Bill, and Becky’s commentsas well.
Labeling doesn’t guarantee transparency in food systems. Recent weeks have seen horsemeat sold in the UK; and today’s NY Times reminds us – again – that you may be eating a different fish than the one you were told you were eating. But labeling is a vital first step in enabling us to make prudent and moral choices in what we eat. It’s not a coincidence that the sessions we do ahead of an animal schecting are titled “lifting the cellophane veil.”
So on this minor fast day, I commend the many people, working in so many ways, to strengthen food systems in this country. As we fast – if we fast – today , and as we celebrate Purim and perhaps overindulge on Saturday night and Sunday morning, and as we start to get rid of our chometz for pesach, may we be blessed to play some role, however small, in renewing Jewish life, and creating a more sustainable world for all.
Shabbat shalom,
Nigel Savage
Why We Ride: Sustainable Holiday Resources
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For over 2000 years, we have been adapting and evolving traditions that help us celebrate the holidays of the Jewish calendar. On Passover, we break the middle matzah, on Rosh Hashanah, we dip apples in honey, and on Shabbat, we sanctify the day with a glass of wine or grape juice. In the 21st century, how can we make our celebrations healthier and more sustainable? What ways can we incorporate new food sensibilities into the celebration of our sacred days?
Fundraising from the New York Ride supports the creation of Healthy and Sustainable Holiday Resources. These tools help individuals, families, and institutions think about sustainable issues which relate to the cycle of Jewish holidays throughout the year. These include tips on how to make your celebration healthier and more sustainable, ways to relate to the agricultural roots of our harvest holidays, and ideas, questions, and text to spark conversation around your table.
| Prices for the New York Ride are rising on Monday! Register now and get the lowest rate of the season. Join us over Labor Day Weekend for an inspirational Shabbat retreat, and a great two-day ride through the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley. For more information visit hazon.org/nyride |
Why We Ride: Sustainable Holiday Resources
For over 2000 years, we have been adapting and evolving traditions that help us celebrate the holidays of the Jewish calendar. On Passover, we break the middle matzah, on Rosh Hashanah, we dip apples in honey, and on Shabbat, we sanctify the day with a glass of wine or grape juice. In the 21st century, how can we make our celebrations healthier and more sustainable? What ways can we incorporate new food sensibilities into the celebration of our sacred days?
Fundraising from the Golden Gate Ride supports the creation of Healthy and Sustainable Holiday Resources. These tools help individuals, families, and institutions think about sustainable issues which relate to the cycle of Jewish holidays throughout the year. These include tips on how to make your celebration healthier and more sustainable, ways to relate to the agricultural roots of our harvest holidays, and ideas, questions, and text to spark conversation around your table.
| Prices for the Golden Gate Ride are rising on Monday! Join us over Memorial Day Weekend for an inspirational Shabbat retreat, and a great two-day ride along the edge of Tomales Bay and Point Reyes National Seashore, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and into San Francisco. For more information visithazon.org/goldengateride |
Freedom Food: Passover Delights
for the Whole Family
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Learn to prepare delicious, kid-friendly Passover treats. Parents will learn essential tips and cooking techniques that will help them learn special ways to spice up snack time while babies and toddlers play in the kids “kitchen”. Then everyone will come together for a delicious snack! Childcare will be provided during the class, while parents learn new skills in the kitchen.
Sunday, March 3 10:00-11:30 am
Congregation Beth Elohim
Garfield Place and 8th Ave., in Brooklyn
Sunday, March 10 3:00-4:30 pm
14th Street Y
14th Street between 1st and 2nd Ave., in Lower Manhattan
God’s Green Earth: The Jewish Environmental Movement at Home and Abroad
Learn about the values that inform the Jewish Environmental Movement from two of the most dynamic, experienced leaders in the movement: Nigel Savage, founder and director of Hazon, and Michelle Levine of the American Society for the Preservation of Nature is Israel.
Wednesday, February 20
7:00 p.m.
Congregation Har HaShem
3950 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO.
Riding in the 5 Boro Bike Tour?
Join the Hazon team to ride as a group, leaving from the Hazon office! Forward David Rendsburg your name, registration number, date of birth, and email address by March 1st.
Hazon Jewish Food Festival at the JCCSF:
Keynote Speaker, Vivien Straus
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Join us for the closing keynote presentation by Vivien Straus at the Hazon Jewish Food Festival at the JCCSF on Sunday March 17 at 4:15pm. A true pioneer of the new Jewish Food Movement, Vivien Straus of the Straus organic dairy family will tell the tale of how a Jew became a farmer, of her family’s activism, and give an update on the state of dairying in the Bay Area today.
Registration for the Hazon Jewish Food Festival is $36 and includes full-day access to workshops and a lunch by 12 Tribes.
10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday March 17 2013
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Get Discounted Gear and Support the Hazon Ride!
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In conjunction with some riders on this year’s AIDS LifeCycle, Hazon will be hosting a free Happy Hour/Discounted Shopping event at the Bryant Street Sports Basement in San Francisco. Get 10% off all your gear needs, with an additional 10% of your purchase going to support Hazon and LifeCycle! Come schmooze with other riders, get some great deals, and learn about riding for a cause!
Passover in the Desert: Rediscovering Village
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What if you could experience your own Exodus, instead of simply recounting it around the dinner table? What if you could rediscover the essence of village life as you move from your own experience of slavery into freedom, using the expansive desert as your guide?
Hazon Helps Announce New Federal GMO Labeling Bill
While environmental, health and consumer advocate voices are common in the chorus supporting the labeling of foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), other voices are less prevalent. In a move to directly counteract that, Congressman Jared Polis (Colorado’s second district) invited representatives from the faith and business communities to share their perspective on why labeling of GMOs is so important.Hazon’s own Becky O’Brien, Boulder director, spoke at a press conference in Boulder where Polis announced that he is a lead co-sponsor of a federal GMO labeling bill. The room was filled to capacity with press and concerned citizens to hear about this exciting new development.The GMO labeling bill, which will require that accurate information be disclosed to consumers when food contains a genetically engineered material or is produced with such material. Following state GMO labeling efforts in California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Missouri and Washington State, this federal bill will grant consumers the right to know what they are eating. “I am proud to help lead the GMO Labeling Bill, which is all about consumer choice and information,” said Congressman Jared Polis. “It’s important to empower people with the information they need to make their own healthy choices. People have the right to make consumer decisions based on accurate transparency in labeling, and knowledge is power.”
O’Brien shared, “In Genesis, God lays out the relationship between humankind and Creation, humankind and the rest of the earth. We are meant to be both stewards of Creation as well as partners in Creation. Is it possible to determine a point at which our roles and responsibilities of being partners in Creation might prevent us from being stewards? This is a fascinating question and important to discuss thoughtfully. And, it cannot be adequately explored without transparency and information. Labeling of foods with GMOs takes us in the right direction.”
Genetically Modified Organisms have become a major part of our food supply, but today consumers have little ability to identify which products contain them.
· Over 50 countries around the world have significant restrictions or bans on GMO foods.
· According to a recent Washington Post article, 94% of Americans believe genetically modified foods should be labeled.
· An estimated 85 percent of U.S. corn is genetically engineered and 91 percent of soybeans.
· An estimated 70 percent of processed foods on supermarket shelves–from soda to soup, crackers to condiments–contain genetically engineered ingredients.
The GMO Labeling bill:
· States that consumers have a right to know whether the food they purchase contains or was produced with genetically engineered material.
· Defines the term genetically modified organism including plants, animals and fish and requirements for labeling.
· Provides a framework of civil penalties for violations.
O’Brien concluded her remarks, “We must not lose sight of our responsibilities to ensure a healthy and sustainable world for future generations. Labeling of GMOs provides consumers with freedom of choice and enables us to fulfill our role as partners in Creation.”
Israel Ride Info Session: Poughkeepsie, NY
Discover how the Israel Ride can be your next adventure
Wednesday, May 8th, 7:00 pm
Hosted by Israel Ride alum Paula Reckess
Host Paula Reckess, celebrating a successful Israel Ride in the Red Sea
What does it feel like to cycle on the Israel Ride? Hear from David Eisenberg, 7-time Israel Ride alum, and Rabbi Michael Cohen, Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Friends of Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. They will talk about cycling through Israel, the Middle East’s environmental challenges, and the potential for regional cooperation at the Arava Institute.
Bring your friends with you | All are welcome at this event.
[Golden Gate Ride] Participant Email Feb. 19
Build Your Team, Get A 2013 Jersey!
One Week to Recruit Your Friends
Is there someone in your life who is just the perfect person to join the Golden Gate Ride? Now’s your chance to get them registered and get rewarded yourself, too!
If you recruit a Hazon Rider to join your team (or ride solo) before prices rise on February 25th, you get a 2013 Ride Jersey and they get $50 off the price of registration by using the discount code ‘friend’. If you recruit a Crew member, you and your new Crew member each get an awesome Hazon T-Shirt! (Limit one of each incentive per participant.)
Hazon Jerseys are a special treat indeed. They’re normally reserved for those who fundraise above $1500, but for this week only we’re offering them as a team-building incentive. Click here to view a preliminary design!
Take a moment right now to spread the word – forward this email to a few friends and tell them why you signed up for the Hazon Ride!
Remember that the best time to register is today! Registration prices rise by another $50 in one week.
Mark your calendars – every Sunday morning from now until the end of May, Hazon is offering free Training Rides for anyone interested. Bring your friends, get in shape, and get outdoors!
Training Rides are led by talented and dedicated volunteers, and follow pre-tested routes of varying difficulties.
Training Rides alternate between SF, East Bay, and Peninsula starting points each week.
Be sure to consult our handy Training Rides Calendar to find out which Rides you’d like to join.
And don’t forget to RSVP so we know you’re on your way!
Discount Gear Party Next Wednesday!
In collaboration with a couple of AIDS LifeCycle Riders and through the generosity of Sports Basement, we’re hosting a Discount Gear Social (complete with free beverages!) next Wednesday in San Francisco.
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Everyone gets 10% off just about everything in the store, plus an additional 10% goes to support AIDS LifeCycle and Hazon!
It’s all going down at the Bryant Street Sports Basement on Wednesday, February 27th, from 6pm to 9pm.
Questions? Call or Email Anytime!
We’re here to help. If you have fundraising questions, queries about registration, questions about Hazon, training, or really anything else related to the Golden Gate Ride, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! Email adam.kotin@hazon.org or call (415)397-7020. We look forward to hearing from you!
Hazon Newsletter [2/14/2013] – Purim, Household Junk, and the Journey to Freedom
- Purim, Household Junk, and the Journey to Freedom
- Why I Ride: Kim Burnham
- Highlights of the Israel Sustainable Food Tour
- Hazon Jewish Food Festival at the JCCSF: More sessions announced!
- God’s Green Earth: The Jewish Environmental Movement at Home and Abroad
- Teach and Learn with Teva
- From Our Friends
Purim, Household Junk, and the Journey to Freedom
As kids we think of Purim, Pesach, and Shavuot as very separate holidays. Purim is hamantaschen and fancy dress; Pesach is Seder night and eating matzah; Shavuot is something to do with receiving the Torah and eating cheesecake.
But properly understood I think the three holidays are more deeply connected than we realize. The key to understanding them is Seder night, the central fulcrum around which this season turns. Tu b’Shvat is 8 weeks before; Purim is 4 weeks before; Shavuot is 7 weeks later. Seder night is the night that we ourselves move from slavery to freedom. Our springtime journey to freedom begins with tu b’Shvat – the reminder of new beginnings, new life and new possibility.
Which leads us to Purim.
The Purim story looks like it’s really anarchic: there’s no mention of G!d (the only book of the tenach of which this is so); we get drunk, we cross-dress. But it turns out that there is a hidden order to the Purim story. At its heart, Purim says to us: things may not be as we think they are; we may not be who we think we are. Purim at springtime, therefore, comes to shake us up, to loosen our sense of certainty, to disconnect our deeper self from the masks and identities that reveal and obscure us. And that’s how it leads to seder night and freedom. On the night that Purim goes out: that’s the time to start to get rid of your chametz. The key to truly being free on Seder night, our tradition suggests, is to spend four weeks getting rid of our chametz.
And that’s not just the breadcrumbs in our kitchen, it’s also the crap in our attics and our basements and our garages, the things that litter up our homes and our heads, the chametz that we watch, the additives we put in our bodies, and so on.
I’ll say more in a future email about the two freedoms of Pesach and Shavuot, and the relation between them. But this email comes to you today because – just like preparing for the Shmita year long before it arrives, just like getting ready for Shabbat on a Monday or Tuesday – I wanted to give you time to get ready for Purim and Pesach.
I certainly hope that you have a great Purim and dress up and eat hamantaschen and read the Megillah and feed the poor and give gifts and and get drunk – certainly you should do all that. But, as well as all that, go ahead and plan right now, a week on Sunday night, to start to get rid of the chametz in your home and in your body.
If you want to use this period to lighten the load on your body, I recommend two very wise books:
- Hale Sofia Schatz & Shira Shaiman’s ‘If The Buddha Came To Dinner‘
- Alejandro Junger’s ‘Clean‘
And if you want to remove some of the clutter in your home in an interesting way, check out Yerdle, a new initiative from Adam Werbach, and introduced to me by Jessica Haller. It’s a way to accelerate the gift economy – and reduce our chametz. Go ahead and register at Yerdle and see what you’d like to give away.
Wishing you a Shabbat shalom, an early happy Purim, and a spring season of lightness and wellness,
Nigel Savage
Executive Director, Hazon
Why I Ride: Kim Burnham
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I am riding in the Cross-USA Ride this summer. My grandfather died of diabetes. My uncle lost his leg to the disease shared by 18 million Americans. Avoiding their footsteps at age 55, I rode with Hazon in the 2012 New York Ride. I found such a great sense of community and empowerment that I signed up to cycle across the country this summer.
When I am not busy training, I use my PhD in Integrative Medicine and Matrix Energetics training to help people feel, focus and move better. I am also an author, and write about the beauty I see. I deeply appreciate my eyesight because when I was 28, I was told I might go blind. Fortunately, my vision is better than ever and I love sharing the solutions I have found. My partner, Vicki Carmona, will be cycling with Hazon for one week in the middle.
Ride with Kim this summer on the Cross-USA Ride – join for a week, a month, or the whole summer. Find out more this week at one of our sessions on our mid-west tour!
Highlights of the Israel Sustainable Food Tour
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“It was wonderful to get beyond the “tourist” view of Israel and experience people in their homes, kibbutzim and work places. That really made a difference. It was also incredible to have a trip explore issues that are so important to me and see them expressed in Israel.”
Larry – New York, NY
Explore the issues that are defining the sustainable food movement in Israel. Meet with key players, and taste the movement first hand.
- Hit the ground gleaning produce for Leket – Table to Table, and learn about issues of food insecurity.
- Meet with activists who are pushing sustainability issues into the mainstream: Yossi Wolfson of the Zangvil Center, Bakker Arwawdy of the Galilee Society, and Miki Haimovitch of the Israeli Meatless Mondays Campaign.
- Explore the range of the Israeli agricultural economy. Meet with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Faculty of the Hebrew University to discuss policy and cutting edge technology, and learn from Abbie Rosner, an expert on traditional foodways that have survived from the bible to today.
Join us May 22-27, 2013 in Israel!
Hazon Jewish Food Festival at the JCCSF:
More sessions announced!
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Have you seen the hearty lineup of workshops? Check out the tasty opportunities to connect with food, sustainability and Jewish traditions at the Hazon Jewish Food Festival at the JCCSF. You won’t want to miss Maggid Jhos Singer’s “Judaism in a Bottle: The Life and Times of Manischewitz Wine”, Alix Wall’s “Kale for Carnivores”, or Rebecca Ets-Hokin’s “The Jewish Life of Bees”. See the full list of presenters and workshop titles athazon.org/foodfestival.
Sunday, March 17 2013
10:00am – 5:00pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
God’s Green Earth: The Jewish Environmental Movement at Home and Abroad
Learn about the values that inform the Jewish Environmental Movement from two of the most dynamic, experienced leaders in the movement: Nigel Savage, founder and director of Hazon, and Michelle Levine of the American Society for the Preservation of Nature is Israel.
Wednesday, February 20
7:00 p.m.
Congregation Har HaShem
3950 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO.
Teach and Learn with Teva
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It’s hard to believe we’re nearing springtime, with more light and more growth in our near future. We are already planning our program schedule for our upcoming Teva Seminar, June 4 – 7, at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. We are currently inviting proposals from Seminar participants who are interested in teaching one to two classes. In order to build a deeper community of learners and teachers all together, we are no longer accepting one-day participants and educators.
Dealine for Course Proposals: February 26, 2013
Love, Hate, & the Jewish State 2.0
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Hazon is proud to be a Dialogue Supporter for the New Israel Fund’s upcoming ‘Love, Hate, & the Jewish State 2.0’ event in San Francisco. ‘Love, Hate, and the Jewish State’ is a civil dialogue for Jews in their 20s and 30s to share personal experiences about Israel and social justice. We are creating a space where authentic discourse and diverse opinions are welcome. You get to own the discussion. Share your story. Leave the boxing gloves at home.
February 21, 2013 – 7:00-10:00 PM; Swedish American Hall – 2174 Market Street – San Francisco; $5 – Space is limited; A 21+ event
