First Annual Shmittah Summit

Co-sponsored by Hazon

March 12-13, 2012
Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center
5425 Mt. Gilead Road
Reisterstown, MD

Join grassroots activists and top leaders for two days of compelling Jewish learning, community organizing, action and advocacy.

• Explore Jewish texts, contemporary issues and current legislation in order to make Shmittah real, both now and during the next Shmittah year.
• Use Shmittah as a context for understanding crucial societal issues such as climate change, food and agriculture.
• Travel to Washington, D.C. to impact federal policy relating to Shmittah issues, as part of a broad coalition of Jewish organizations.
• Generate action steps and plans, beyond public policy, for our communities to enact during the next Shmittah year.

Who should come?

• Jewish Community Relations Council advocates
• Congregational leaders
• College students
• Farmers
• Jewish educators
• Federation professionals