Hazon Educational Library: Food
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
Tu B’shvat Outdoor Adventure
by Molly Sease
Milk and Honey Farm
This is a scavenger hunt style program designed as a celebration of Tu B?shvat, the New Year for the Trees. Through a variety of hands-on activities and exploration, students will connect with the holiday through the lens of contemporary Jewish environmental values and will learn the importance of self-and earth care as a whole.
Category: Food & Climate, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Spiritual Nature Experience, Sustainability
Age(s): Youth
Jewish Food for Thought: Caring for Pollinators
by Beth Denaburg
Shoresh
The series of programs focuses on the interconnections between Judaism, nature, and food - aiming to explore the threads of interconnectedness that bind people, plants, pollinators, soil, and Jewish traditions.
Age(s): Youth
dTHS Stands in Solidarity with the Global Climate Strike
by Stephanie Salem
de Toledo High School
The goal of the program is to educate students and faculty about the global climate crisis and provide them with tangible tools as individuals and as a community to help combat the issue.
Category: Food & Climate, Sustainability
Age(s): High School
Rosh Hashana Symbolism Through Food
by Sara Just-Michael
Grow Torah
A Rosh Hashana seder during which you will be connecting food to different intentions for the new year.
Category: Jewish Food traditions, Shabbat and Holidays
Age(s): High School, Middle School
Making Grape Juice
by Rebecca Leung
Abundance Farm
This program is a lesson on making grape juice from grapes. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss what makes grape juice holy.
Age(s): Middle School
WORMS!
by Jessica Wolfe
Isabella Freedman
This program is designed to help kids understand the values of Hachnasat Orchim and Bal Tashchit. Kids will have the opportunity to meet worms, explore the garden and enjoy a tasty snack. This program can be adapted to indoor locations during the colder months.
Age(s): Middle School
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.
CSA Program Write Up
by Hannah Fine
Hazon Detroit
This program seeks to engage the Detroit and metro Detroit Jewish community in an intentional, educational, local, and sustainable food buying practice with clear roots in community and Jewish tradition.
Category: Environmental Justice, Food Systems & Food Justice, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Sustainability
Age(s): Adults
Where Does Your Food Come From?
by Stephanie Salem
de Toledo High School
This program will introduce participants to the Jewish brachot over food and educate them about the food supply chain.
Age(s): Young Adult
Eco-Kosher: Innovation in Jewish Tradition through an Environmental Lens
by Sarah Rockford
Colby College
How can we use concepts of environmentalism to augment and evolve our understanding of what constitutes kosher food? What if we draw on the concept of kashrut and go beyond it to try out a new word: eco-kashrut?
Category: Environmental Justice, Food Systems & Food Justice, Jewish Food traditions, Sustainability
Age(s): Adults
Tiyul Adventure Camp?s Israel Day at Pearlstone
by P Stern Christian
Pearlstone Center
Tiyul Camp?s Israel Day introduces campers to Israeli culture by using personal and Biblical stories as teaching tools, prioritizing experiences of togetherness and nature connection, rather than specific content goals.
Category: Jewish Food traditions, Nature Exploration
Age(s): Youth
Passover on the Farm
by Molly Sease
Milk and Honey Farm
This program was designed for families with young children to connect with each other, their community, and the earth through multi-sensory activities centered around Passover and the coming of spring.
Age(s): Early Childhood with Parents