Join your friends in Colorado for the annual Sukkah Bike Hop! Sunday, October 7 beginning and ending at Chabad NW of Metro Denver (more…)
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Last Chance to Register!
The Israel Ride is six weeks away, but it is not too late to join us. We have a great new route this year, including two days of riding up north. Details of our daily route options are now available – we will be riding through the Galil, stopping at the Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary, climbing the lower slopes of the Golan (with the Chalutzim do a bit more climbing!), and riding around the Kinneret. As per tradition, we will still spend Shabbat in Mitzpe Ramon, visit the Arava Institute, and end with a finale on the shores of the Red Sea in Eilat. If you are still considering joining us, we invite you to use the code “newyear” which will discount registration by $200. You can also share this code with friends who may wish to ride this year as well. If you cannot join us, we invite you to sponsor one of our riders. You can register online at www.israelride.org. Final discount expires Oct. 10th.
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Jewish Farm School’s Sukkot Harvest Celebration
Jewish Farm School on the Farm at Eden Village, invites you to the Sukkot Harvest Celebration, Sunday, October 7, from 10:30am-2:30pm. We’re celebrating our favorite Jewish holiday with a day of farming, feasting and fun in and around our Sukkah. Be a guest at our table and experience the beauty of our farm in the wealth of natures bounty!
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Modern Manna
“Modern Manna” will be the first public LABA event of our EAT year. It will be held October 3, 2012 at 7pm in the Sukkah on the roof of the 14th Street Y. During the evening we will study texts about manna while experiencing the modern interpretations of the miracle food. There will also be wine, art and music from this year’s fellows and LABA alumni. For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, please visit:
Shmita Study Group Convenes in New York
On September 20, 2012, twelve people gathered at Makom Hadash for the first of a seven-part shmita study group, which was coordinated by Kevah with Rabbi Ari Hart as our educator. The first session focused on understanding biblical texts with a focus on how shmita has evolved over time and what we can learn from comparing and contrasting analysis of different Biblical references. Download the study sheet. With the next shmita year starting Rosh Hashanah 2014, some might ask, why run a shmita study session now? But with less than two years until the next shmita year begins, now is the exact right time to think and plan for that year. As we can’t properly prepare for Shabbat 5 minutes before it begins, we cannot properly plan for the shmita year just as it arrives. So, what is shmita all about? (more…)
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Embracing the Shmita Cycle: A New Year Vision
by Yigal Deutscher The article below is reposted from Tikkun Daily, where it was originally published on September 16, 2012. The fabric of the entire Jewish cosmology, culture, and story is interwoven with the patterns of cycles. This cycle begins with each of us, in our own bodies, with the rhythm of breath, the rhythm of inhale, exhale, and the moments of stillness and calmness in between each breath. It is this cycle which creates our collective, evolving body. Not just the human body, but the body of Earth, of life itself. We mark time with these movements of transformation, with this cyclical breath of the moon. We count our months and years as her body waxes and wanes, exhales and inhales. It is this cycle which is the same as our own rhythmic breath, our own beating heartbeat and flowing pulse. On this particular Rosh Hashana, while invoking the year 5773, as you complete one yearly lunar cycle and begin a new one, you are invited to recall another cycle, mostly forgotten, but one as old as the Jewish story itself, still unfolding in the undercurrents of our collective subconscious. We are now welcoming in year 5 of a […]
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Congress Back at Work… But Not on the Farm Bill
Just to recap: Congress left DC in July with a Farm Bill mess: 5-year Farm Bill legislation was moved aside in the House for a Disaster Relief Bill, which was turned into discussion about a one-year short term bill while the Senate was holding on to the version of the Farm Bill they passed in June. Ultimately, the session closed and the two houses couldn’t agree on what type of bill to pass, let alone what the details of the bill would be. (more…)
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10 Ways to Make your High Holidays More Sustainable
Quick and useful suggestions from Hazon to make your Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur more healthy and sustainable
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A Labor Day to Bike Home About
Over 200 people came together to create a beautiful of community of cyclists, crew, family, and friends.
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High Holidays at Isabella Freedman
Travel to Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in the Connecticut Berkshires for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot!
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New York Ride Reunion September 27th
Join us on September 27th at the Crooked Knife for the annual Ride Reunion!
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The Talmud! / The power of a casual remark…
So, have you seen the new Steinsaltz?
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 […]
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New York Ride: Crossing the Finish Line
All are invited to join us for closing ceremonies Monday, September 3rd at the Jewish Theological Seminary
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Last Chance to Join Hazon for Labor Day Weekend
Join us for the whole weekend, just for shabbat, for a one-day ride, as a rider, or as crew.