Author Archive | Nigel Savage

[Newsletter] July 12 – Announcing the New York Ride Mini-Grant Recipients

In This Email Announcing the Mini-Grant Recipients from the New York Ride Toronto’s Sustainable Synagogue Learn about the 2012 Israel Ride and Team JNF in Atlanta Cross-USA Ride: Week 5 from Aberdeen to Twin Cities Join Us in the Twin Cities July 13th-14th Join Us in Chicago, July 26th-29th Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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[Newsletter] June 28 – It All Began with a Bike Ride

In This Email It All Began with a Bike Ride Cross-USA Ride: Week 3 From Helena to Miles City Reflections from Siach: Conversations on the Kinneret Learn about the 2012 Israel Ride and Team JNF in Atlanta New Jersey Bike Ride with Friends of the Arava Institute Hazon Visits Chicago, July 26th-29th Support Colorado Wildfire Relief Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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[Newsletter] June 7 – Cross-USA Ride Launches This Sunday

In This Email See You at the Starting Line! Cross-USA Ride Launches Sunday Join Hazon at the Boulder Jewish Festival Join Hazon at Israel in the Gardens The Urge to Return to Israel by Bike Two Israel Ride info sessions in LA Ride to Coney Island a Week from Sunday! The Jewish Lens Shavuot Photography Contest – Final Week Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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[Newsletter] May 31 – What’s for Dinner?

In This Email What’s for Dinner? Making Time to Be Home for Dinner Bike to the Beach: Ride to Coney Island Hazon Cross-USA Ride Kicks Off in Seattle Next Week Taste Israel by Bike Hazon Food Conference Early-Bird Rates End June 1st Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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Something to Read Over Shavuot

Dear All, Shavuot is a rabbinic holiday overlaid upon an agricultural one: chag hakatzir (the holiday of reaping the harvest) and yom habikkurim (the day of the first fruits) which then became zman matan torateinu – the time of the giving of the Torah.  And it’s the time of the giving of the Torah – and not, in its name, the receiving of the Torah because, in a sense, a person can give a gift, but only the recipient can decide if s/he wants to receive it. Thus each year, as it were, the Torah is given – and we each get to decide whether and how we receive it. (more…)

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[Newsletter] May 24 – First Fruit Challah for Shavuot

In This Email First Fruit Challah for Shavuot Healthy Sustainable Shavuot Resources and Menu Bike Israel from Top to Bottom Mini-Grants Available for Denver and Boulder-based Organizations The Jewish Lens Shavuot 2012/5772 Photography Contest Hazon Hosts Wilderness First Aid Class Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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[Newsletter] May 10 – Bike Month

In This Email May Is Bike Month It’s Like Riding a Bike Congratulations to Our California Riders! Healthy Sustainable Shavuot Menu Hazon Hosts Wilderness First Aid Class Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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[Newsletter] April 19 – Halfway There: Cycling Through the Midwest

In This Email Halfway There: Cycling Through the Midwest Two Weeks Away – The Rocky Mountain Jewish Food Summit Hazon California Ride and Retreat – Only Four Weeks Left to Register Hazon Hosts Wilderness First Aid Class Not an Israel Organization, But… Help Fund Sustainable Food Education Cross the Country Through Jewcer.com Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends Not receiving our newsletters? Join our mailing list. (more…)

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