Hazon Educational Library: Adults
Judaism and Food Waste Source Sheet
by Lior Gross and Hazon
This source sheet is a dive into Jewish tradition's commentary on prohibitions against wanton waste, environmental stewardship, responsibility for community members in need, and responses to hunger and surplus. We hope that it serves to mobilize Jewish communities to act on climate change and food injustice by reducing food waste, keeping it out of landfills, and transforming it to reduce food insecurity.
The Joys of Sukkot
by Sarah Julia Seldin
Jewish Farmer Network
This program leads a discussion through text of the significance of joy to Sukkot and how Jewish tradition teaches us to inhabit that joy through generosity and hospitality.
Age(s): Adults, High School
Tasting the Torah, Torah as a Food Memoir of the Jewish People
by Sarah Rockford
Colby College
There are anecdotal stories about food throughout the Torah. These food-cameos are, perhaps, even more instructive in the origins of Jewish food culture than the direct instructions about what may be eaten.
Age(s): Adults, High School
Behavioral Management in an Outdoor Setting
by Maddy Winard
Urban Adamah
We have created this framework to allow camp staff to best practice behavioral managment for campers while also meeting the camp expectations.
Category: Group-building
Age(s): Adults
A Hanukkah Dilemma: Dairy Making, Judith and the Dairy Industry
by Liana Rothman
Isabella Freedman
Three-fold workshop, which involves delving into the history of dairy on Hanukkah, making cheese and butter, and a discussion about the dairy industry and striving towards greater ethical consumption under capitalism, under the lens of our environmental crisis.
Age(s): Adults
Breaking Bread Together
by Hannah Fine
Hazon Detroit
Breaking Bread Together was a community event of cross-cultural engagement over local, regeneratively grown, heritage grains.
Age(s): Adults
Let’s Eat! Why Do We Eat Together?
by Cole Siegel
Isabella Freedman
This program is designed to be primarily a discussion based around eating, looking both at Jewish texts as well as secular contemporary sources.
Age(s): Adults
Pasture Politics: Exploring the Tragedy of the Common
by Clara Feigelson
Pearlstone Center
This program is an introduction to collective responsibility as humans to each other and the Earth in the context of games.
Age(s): Adults, Middle School
Exploring Do it Yourself Judaism: Crafting Hand Dipped Beeswax Shabbat Candles
by Aliza Heeren
Eden Village Camp
In this program, participants explore the intention of Shabbat and the traditional and modern meaning and purpose of lighting Shabbat candles. Participants learn about the value of making Jewish ritual objects by hand, and get a small taste of the exciting world of bees!
Sephirot Ha’Omer: Oracle Cards
by Chelsea Taxman
Eden Village Camp
Allow intuition to guide you. Explore what resonates for you. Leave behind what does not resonate. Ultimately, the oracle cards are you ? your connection, intuition and interpretation.
Mikveh: Jewish Ritual Immersion in Living Waters
by Sarah Julia Seldin
Jewish Farmer Network
This program leads participants in mikveh, Jewish ritual immersion, in a spring-fed stream.
Age(s): Adults
ZMAN KODESH ON THE FARM
by Noah Weinberg
Gann Academy
This program was created as a way to engage a group of a variety of comfort levels with prayer in an authentic yet accessible farm-based prayer experience.
Nonviolent Communication with Young Children
by Maddy Winard
Urban Adamah
This program is intended to showcase the social emotional learning content we provide our campers and camp staff with in both camp staff training, and on a daily basis. The program includes a beginning intro to nonviolent communication (NVC), games, and practice.
Category: Group-building
Age(s): Adults
Meditative Kabbalat Shabbat on the Farm
by Liana Rothman
Isabella Freedman
Explore the landscape and tune into your spirituality by engaging with nature and self through song and silence.
Home Experience: Elderberry Syrup Buffet
by Chelsea Taxman
Eden Village Camp
Elderberry Syrup Buffet is a hands-on lesson about simple plant medicine making with tangible connections to place and seasons.