Author Archive | Nigel Savage

In This Email Ride Across the Country with Hazon Israel on Two Wheels 2012 California Ride & Retreat: Sonoma County to San Francisco Healthy, Sustainable Hanukkah Resources Community-Supported Agriculture: Transforming Your Jewish Community Siach: An Environment and Social Justice Conversation Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends (more…)

In This Email The Jewish Student’s Guide to Sustainable Living Ride for 1, 2, or 3-Week Segments of the 2012 Cross-USA Ride Healthy, Sustainable Hanukkah Resources 2012 California Ride & Retreat: Sonoma County to San Francisco Community-Supported Agriculture: Transforming Your Jewish Community Sign on to the NYC Food and Farm Bill Principles Siach: An Environment and Social Justice Conversation Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends (more…)

In This Email Turkey Talk by Rabbi Marc Soloway Blogged: Arava Institute and Hazon Israel Ride Ride for 1, 2, or 3-Week Segments of the 2012 Cross-USA Ride 2012 California Ride & Retreat: Sonoma County to San Francisco Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends (more…)

In This Email Time to Write a Check to Federation Ride for 1, 2, or 3-Week Segments of the 2012 Cross-USA Ride 2012 California Ride & Retreat: Sonoma County to San Francisco Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends   Time to Write a Check to Federation   By Nigel Savage, Executive Director, Hazon Dear All, The period from the end of the Jewish holidays (i.e. now) till the end of December (the end of the tax year) is peak season for non-profits raising money. That’s no less true for Hazon than anyone else: we’re doing important work on a relatively shoe-string budget, and we need your help. Despite that, this email isn’t a request to write us a check: it’s a request that you write one to your local Jewish Federation. That’s especially true if either A. you’ve never written a check to Federation before or B. it’s a few years since you last did so and you got out of the habit. In this email, I want to say why I think this is important, and I especially want to address critiques that are made of the system in relation both to Israel and to issues of diversity, democracy, and […]

In This Email Reading Noah in 2011 – Where Do Our Values Really Come From? Learn More About the California Ride and Retreat Grab Life by the Handlebars! 2012 Hazon Cross USA Ride The Hazon Food Guide and Food Audit Toolkit Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends   Reading Noah in 2011 – Where Do Our Values Really Come From? By Nigel Savage, Executive Director, Hazon Dear All, I’m back from my mini-sabbatical. My time away included riots in England, the European debt crisis, the Occupy movement, the Palestinian application for statehood, the death of Gaddhafi, the release of Gilad Shalit, and, most recently, Manchester United’s catastrophic home defeat to Manchester City.  In the Jewish world, JDub, The Curriculum Initiative, and Milestones all announced their closure, at least in their current form. This is an unsettling time. Over the coming weeks I’m going to use these emails to reflect on some of what I’ve been thinking about, as we look back on Hazon’s first dozen years and look forward to the future. For now I want to think about this coming week’s parsha to reflect very straightforwardly (i.e. unromantically and honestly) on how we read the Torah itself. This […]

In This Email Introducing the Hazon Food Guide and Food Audit Toolkit Grab Life by the Handlebars! 2012 Hazon Cross USA Ride Setting the Table: A Cooking Class for Expectant Parents How 2011 California Ride Fundraising Dollars Are Working for Change Sukkot: Gleaning and Resources How Do We Measure Sustainability in Our Food? Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends   Introducing the Hazon Food Guide and Food Audit Toolkit Over the years, many of you have come to Hazon asking “What next?!” You’re alredy doing Jewish Food Education or have started a garden or a CSA What else can you do to change the food at your Jewish institution? Hazon’s New Food Guide and Food Audit Toolkit  will enable you to: Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your institution’s policies and practices for promoting food sustainability and justice. Develop an action plan for improving your institution’s food sustainability and justice policies and practices. Involve your institution in implementing this plan. We’re looking for 5-8 synagogues, Day Schools, JCCs or other Jewish institutions to participate in our pilot season, and at least one staff member or lay person to lead the project at each institution. Please forward this information along […]

In This Email 2012 Hazon Cross USA Ride Taste the Sustainable Flavors of Israel Cycle from Jerusalem to Eilat A Closer Look at the 2012 Farm Bill 3rd Annual Hazon California Ride & Retreat (more…)

In This Email Smaller Plates and Bigger Forks Lead the Way to Healthier Eating Habits New York Ride and Retreat Blog Round Up Follow the Action at the Food Conference Learn About the 2011 Arava Institute Hazon Israel Ride Connect to the Land of Israel in a Whole New Way Setting the Table: Sustainable Food, Sustainable Families Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends (more…)

In This Email Jewish Food Movement Rising A Closer Look: New York Ride and Retreat See the Land from the Seat of Your Bike Connect to the Land of Israel in a Whole New Way Vote for Hazon in Citgo’s Fueling Good Summer Charity Contest Setting the Table: Sustainable Food, Sustainable Families Local Events and Features from our Partners and Friends (more…)