Partner Created Resources
Hazon is proud to share the following educational resources that were created by our partners and friends. It has always been one of our goals to grow the Jewish Environmental Movement in North America and Israel, and by providing these resources, we are thrilled to create new connections and expand the reach of our partners and friends.
Living the Legacy – Jewish Women’s Archive
Workers tending the vegetable garden at Camp Kinder Ring, in New York. Courtesy of Camp Kinder Ring.
When you think about Jews and labor, what do you picture? A garment worker in a crowded sweatshop? Workers on a picket line? Or a farmer in a field?
The history of Jews and agricultural labor is a little-known part of American and American Jewish history, despite the fact that there has been a continuous, if small, Jewish farming presence in the U.S. for more than 100 years. Those of us who are interested and involved in the contemporary Jewish environmental movement might wonder what precedents exist for this form of Jewish activism, and what role agricultural labor has played in the American Jewish community. (more…)
