Hazon Educational Library

Curricula, sourcebooks, and other educational resources from and for the field of Jewish Outdoor, Food, Farming & Environmental Education

This open source collection includes resources produced by individuals and organizations throughout the JOFEE field. Our Educational Library, like our community, celebrates the diversity of religious observance and thought and we make every effort to accommodate the breadth and diversity of the Jewish community in our programs and curricula. We hope you will take and use what is appropriate for you and invite others to do the same.

While this resource will continue to grow and evolve, it currently includes:

  •  Hazon’s Publications (available online and in print)
  •  Curricula produced by JOFEE Fellows during their Fellowship year
  •  Curricula and resources shared from partner JOFEE organizations

All materials are available for free download. Most are available for use and adaptation under creative commons license. Please cite authors and organizations on any materials used or adapted from these resources.

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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.
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Sukkot on the Farm in 20 mins

by Noah Weinberg
Gann Academy
This program is a snappy rotational way for lots of young people to experience the farm.

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.

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.
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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.
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Exploring the Water Cycle and Hebrew Holidays

by Jessica Wolfe
Isabella Freedman
Students will learn how the Jewish holidays relate to the water cycle. We will look at the water cycle of North East United States & Israel to compare and contrast the differences between the water cycles in each region and the holidays that occur during those times.

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.
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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.
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Ruach: Torah of the Wind

by P Stern Christian
Pearlstone Center
The purpose of this program is for participants to begin to understand wind as an ecological force, and connect that understanding with ruach.

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.
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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.

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.

Perek Shirah In the Woods: Discovering Songs

by Sarah Rockford
Colby College
This activity is designed to take Perek Shirah off the page and onto the trail?using it as a Jewish tool of observation, discovery, and reflection on the natural world.

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.
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