Podcasts about Hazon

Rabbi Marc Soloway discusses the legacy of Sarah and the very contrasting responses of Abraham and Isaac to her death.Rabbi Soloway has been Bonai Shalom's Spiritual Leader in Boulder, CO. since 2004, the same year that he was ordained at The Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies at The American Jewish University in Los Angeles. His rabbinical training spanned six years in London, Jerusalem, and Los Angeles. Before that, he was an actor and storyteller in his native London, and developed and performed a spirited one-man show of Jewish stories called The Empty Chair, as well as a show for children called The Jewish Princess and Other Stories with the acclaimed Besht Tellers Theatre Company. He was also a practitioner of complementary medicine, including massage and cranial-sacral therapy. Marc is a fellow of Rabbis without Borders, an alum of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, the former chair of Hazon's rabbinical council and was in the Forward's 2014 list of America's most influential rabbis. 

Paracha Devarim Chabbat Hazon « des Réprimandes À L'amour ». by Rav David SHOUSHANA

Shabbat Hazon - Parachat Devarim 5784 - Message du Rav avant Shabbat by Rav David Touitou

Dunque partiamo dall'8 settembre 1943. O forse dovremmo consigliarvi prima di ascoltare almeno le due puntate precedenti (70 e 71) dedicate alla morte del Comandante Generale, al cosiddetto arresto di Mussolini e alla situazione generale dell'Italia in un periodo davvero drammatico. Se mi permettere una battuta triste: il peggio deve ancora venire.   Il Comando Generale dell'Arma dei Carabinieri Reali. La perdita delle due più importanti figure dell'Arma di quel periodo, il comandante generale proveniente dai Carabinieri e il suo capo di stato maggiore, una fine mente dotata di grandi capacità, mette in crisi il piccolo centro nevralgico dei Carabinieri. Il generale Angelo Cerica subentra ad Hazon e svolge il ruolo di Comandante sino all'8/9 settembre 1943. La dichiarazione d'armistizio lo coglie a Roma ed egli, dopo aver esortato gli ufficiali e i sottufficiali della legione allievi Carabinieri a difendere la capitale, si sottrasse alla cattura e si nascose in Abruzzo, venendogli poi riconosciuta la qualifica di “partigiano isolato”. Il nuovo capo di stato maggiore, il colonnello Dino Tabellini, assunse l'incarico qualche tempo dopo la morte di Barengo ed era presente a Roma quando fu diramato il proclama di Badoglio. Ebbe un ruolo anche nei mesi successivi al quella data. Il Comando Generale fu dichiarato sciolto, a voce, dallo stesso Comandante Generale anche se poi Tabellini ne dispose il riavvio, consentendo poi lo spostamento del medesimo al Nord dove fu poi assorbito definitivamente dal comando generale della Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana, ibrido malformato della Repubblica Sociale Italiana. Diversa fu la situazione per l'Arma territoriale, le Stazioni Carabinieri e i comandi superiori fino alla legione. Questi reparti dei Carabinieri ebbero vita distinta rispetto a quella dei reparti mobilitati, battaglioni e sezioni Carabinieri Reali mobilitati. Diverse furono le vicende per i Carabinieri che si trovavano all'estero, specialmente nei Balcani. Ci trovate anche su YouTube dove abbiamo caricato sul nostro canale qualche episodio dedicato all'8 settembre a Roma. Per approfondire: I Carabinieri 1814 – 1980, Roma, Ente Editoriale per l'Arma dei Carabinieri, 1980; Il Notiziario Storico dell'Arma dei Carabinieri (vari articoli). Vi chiediamo di valutare il nostro podcast (non il singolo episodio), su Spotify o anche su Apple podcast se siete possessori di un melafonino. A voi costa pochissimo ma per noi che investiamo tanto tempo in questo progetto è molto importante. Se volete aiutarci ancora iscrivetevi alla nostra newsletter. #linkinbio! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storiadeicarabinieri/message

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Welcome to Embrace Shabbat. On this Shabbat before Tisha B'av, it is important to recognize the strong connection between Shabbat and the Beit HaMikdash. Every Friday night, we welcome in Shabbat with the singing of Lecha Dodi, written by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz: מִקְדַּש מֶלֶךְ עִיר מְלוּכָה. קוּמִי צְאִי מִתּוךְ הַהֲפֵכָה רַב לָךְ שבֶת בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא. וְהוּא יַחֲמול עָלַיִךְ חֶמְלָה Beit HaMikdash, the city of G-d's Kingdom, stand up from the overturned building. It is too long that you are sitting in the deep valley and G-d should have mercy on you. The continuing verses also talk about the Beit HaMikdash and the Geula. What is the connection between Shabbat and the Geula? Rav Shmuel Auerbach z”l quotes the passuk: אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֣י תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י תִּירָ֑או ּ, you should guard my Shabbat and fear my Beit HaMikdash. The Gemara in Masechet Yevamot (6b) comments that the same term of fear applies to both the Beit HaMikdash and Shabbat. However, the “fear” should not be of Shabbat or the Beit HaMikdash themselves. Rather, just a person does not fear Shabbat, but the One Who commanded us to keep Shabbat, so too, a person should not fear the Beit HaMikdash itself, but the One Who dwells in the Beit HaMikdash. Shabbat and the Beit HaMikdash both have the shechina dwelling inside of them. There is a special fear and happiness that comes upon a person as Shabbat enters, and that same feeling should fill a person as they walk into the Beit HaMikdash. (Today, the Rishonim say that our shuls have the same status as a “mini-Beit HaMikdash” and therefore this sense of fear should fill a person as they walk into a shul). אימת שבת על עם הארץ - even an ignorant man has a sense of fear on Shabbat . Therefore, as Shabbat enters each week, a person should channel that special feeling to remembering the Beit HaMikdash, as a sense of the Beit HaMikdash comes into this world. While this, of course, applies to every Shabbat, it is especially relevant this week, the Shabbat before Tisha B'av. There is disagreement amongst the Rabbis with regard to our Minhagim on the Shabbat of the Nine Days. The Minhag Ashkenaz was not to wear Bigdei Shabbat on the Shabbat of the Nine Days. The Mekubalim, on the other hand, did wear special Shabbat clothing. Similarly, the Gaon of Vilna also said that one should wear Shabbat clothing. Today, the majority of people follow the custom of the Mekubalim and the Gaon of Vilna and wear Shabbat clothing. The Chatam Sofer established the German custom not to wear Bigdei Shabbat. He explained that the Mekubalim truly internalized the feeling of the Churban Beit HaMikdash during the week. Therefore, when the “mini-Beit HaMikdash” came down on Shabbat, they were sensitive to the extra feeling of Kedusha and became uplifted. Therefore, they did not have to show the external mourning through their weekday clothing on Shabbat. However, according to the Chatam Sofer, most people are NOT truly sensitive to the Chorban Beit HaMikdash during the week. Therefore, if a regular person would wear bigdei Shabbat , it would send the message that they felt the mourning during the week, but stopped mourning on Shabbat, which was simply not true. Therefore, they acted in a truthful manner and wore clothing on Shabbat, genuinely admitting that they were not fully in touch with the mourning of the Beit HaMikdash. Today, Sefardim mostly follow the custom of the Mekubalim and Ashkenazim are impacted by the minhag of the Vilna Gaon. We wear Bigdei Shabbat because in truth, we will not fully feel the intensity of the aveilut , even if we wear our weekday clothing on Shabbat. As a result, we instead focus on our observance of Shabbat and tapping into the feeling of its Kedusha. Therefore, this Shabbat is more important than ever to work on feeling the Kedushat Shabbat. Let us take advantage of this special Shabbat of the Nine Days, when we overlook the rules of mourning in order to be more sensitive to the holiness of Shabbat. Let us dedicate ourselves to being extra cognizant to this kedusha , perhaps even tapping into the holiness of the Mekubalim who felt the Beit HaMikdash being “rebuilt” every Shabbat. Tap into the true meaning of Shabbat and the Beit HaMikdash, a place where we could more potently recognize G-d, feel closer to Him, and learn His Torah. Have a Shabbat Shalom.

Devarim Hazon: Pourquoi le Temple serait-il comparé à un « vêtement » et pas à "une maison" ? et quel difference entre les deux ?

HAZON | PROPHETIC VISION

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1- Toy ny hazon'orana tia mizara soa ve ianao 2- Gateau tsy mila lafaoro 3- Hantsana roa 4- ITW - Solofo Jose (Ihobaka Port Berger , Niova fo noho ny AWR sy lasa mpiara-miasa mampihaino olona) 5- Voafidy sy ekena ao amin'i Kristy

As the annual Tu B'Shevat festival takes place Monday, Feb. 6, the yearly observance—which some consider the Jewish Earth Day—was marked over the weekend by environmental events across Canada: from vegan Shabbat dinners to walks through parks. But some synagogues and sites are embracing sustainable Judaism year-round: they've installed solar panels on the roof, put LED lights in the sanctuary, and stopped using disposable paper plates at Kiddush. And in Vancouver, over a dozen Jewish sites are really buying in, hoping to earn a “Seal of Sustainability.” On today's The CJN Daily, Rabbi Shlomo Schachter of Schara Tzedeck Synagogue joins, along with Ariel Greene, head of the shul's sustainability committee. What we talked about: Read more about Jewish Vancouver's Hazon sustainability initiative Read Temple Beth Ora of Edmonton's Kashruth policy Why Canadian Jews are focusing on environmental issues in The CJN. Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here.

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In episode 53 Noam and Sheva talk with Rabbi Deborah Newborn who has created the innovative Divorce and Discovery retreat. It's a weekend long experience for Jews and Jew-adjacent folks to process and find meaning in their divorce and separation. Along with her personal journey through divorce, we discuss the need for Jewish community-based divorce programming for families and individuals.  We also talk about how Rosh Hashanah can be a great time to explore ones divorce journey and use the rituals involved to find meaning, grow, and move on from this major transition.   Deborah Newbrun's career as a Jewish leader (particularly in Jewish environmental education) spans more than 35 years including 24 years as Director of Camp Tawonga, four years as Hazon's Bay Area Director and serving on the founding boards of Wilderness Torah and Bay COJEL (Coalition for Jews and the Environment).   Deborah is a recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award. Her groundbreaking work as co author of Spirit In Nature/Teaching Judaism and Ecology on the Trail paved the way for numerous Jewish outdoor programs for children including the Teva Learning Center. Most recently, Deborah co-founded SVARA's Queer Talmud Camp and worked with Keshet to create a curriculum that helps Jewish summer camps be welcoming and inclusive of gender non-conforming campers and staff.  Deborah has served on the faculty of many Jewish professional fellowships currently for Hineni a Jewish leadership training for LGBTQ folks. Her recent projects also include creating: Spirit In Nature Podcasts with Sarah Lefton and “Divorce and Discovery a Jewish Healing Retreat” offered in partnership with Camp Tawonga to be launched in October 2022. Before entering the Jewish not-for-profit world, Deborah was a National Park Service Ranger. She lives in Berkeley with her wife, Rabbi Sue Reinhold PhD. Between them they have four twenty-something year old children and a beloved doodle dog.

One year ago, right before the once-every-7-year observance of Shmita began (Shmita is a year-long Jewish observance where land is given a chance to rest and debts are remitted), we spoke with Nigel Savage in a bonus episode. Savage, the founder of Hazon: The Jewish Lab for Sustainability, returns to Judaism Unbound to speak with Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg about what it might look like to transition out of one 7-year Shmita cycle, and into the next.Register for one or more of our 3-week mini-courses, in the UnYeshiva, by clicking here! To access full shownotes for this episode, click here. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here! 

On this episode, Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall and I discussed all the good stuff — including her love of cycling and snacks, the power of nature, the importance of ritual, and what happens when she tunes into her heart. Jessica is a cyclist, a hiker, and a general lover of the outdoors. She's also a rabbi with a passion for writing, creating, and helping others to inject rituals into their routines, which we are definitely going to talk about as it pertains not just to spirituality but to everyday life and sport. As a rabbi, she moved away from a traditional role in a synagogue to forge a different kind of path that pulls from a variety of traditions and really highlights her many gifts. (Which I LOVE!!) As a spiritual leader and coach, she guides participants into deeper connection with Spirit by moving beyond intellect or logic, to access soul-wisdom so their path lights up with ease, vitality, abundance, and JOY! Championing spiritual inclusivity via creative rituals, intentional reflections, mindfulness practices, and the wisdom of the natural world, Jessica guides with humor, authenticity, and Divine presence.This one is a must-listen for anyone who wants to create more joy and meaning in their life. Connect with JessicaWebsiteFacebook group Divine Winks FacebookInstagramYouTubePodcast- Sacred StoriesIn this episode, we talk about…Jessica's relationship with food; why Weight Watchers was so attractive to her at a tumultuous time in her life and how she let go of food rules. The week-long Hazon cycling trip in Israel that was her intro to road bikingHer passion for open faced nut butter and jelly sandwichesThe bike ride she was on when she knew she had to quit her job and move to a different state. Leaving a dream position as a congregational rabbi to work for herself in a non-traditional role.   The one thing Jessica can rely on to supercharge the growth of her businessSetting boundaries as an entrepreneurWhy rituals matter and how anyone can imbue their life with more of them. For full episode details CLICK HERE Sign up for my newsletter and get a FREE GIFT, 11 Things You Can Do Right Now to Feel Better About Your BodyReady to heal your relationship with food, exercise, and your body? I'm an intuitive eating coach and I can help. Click here to learn more. Want to know my secrets for getting published in top publications?They're all in my e-book, 7 Pitches That Sold. Use the code realfit50 to get half off.Let's ConnectWebsite: https://pam-moore.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pammoorewriterInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pammoore303/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PamMooreWriter/Support the show

Shabbat Hazon - Hachem parle a son peuple bien aimé by Rav David Touitou

Qu'est ce que Chabbat Hazon? by Rav David Touitou

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In honor of Earth Day 2022 Rabbi Pont goes indepth with the Karen Lewis, Director of Institutional Greening at Hazon, an innovative Jewish organization committed to the sustainability of our planet.Listen in for an interesting conversation about what we as individuals and Synagogue communities can do to make sure the world is still an amazing and green place for future generations. 

Today's ecological crisis often finds itself at the forefront of political discourse. Unfortunately, it seems like few among us have the proper tools to face this issue head on. In this episode we'll be hearing from Nigel Savage. In 2000 Nigel founded the nonprofit, ‘Hazon' which mobilizes American Jews to take action on the environment. He spoke with the Social Vision team in October of last year on the application of ideas from Jewish spirituality to his vision for a sustainable future. Please enjoy Nigel Savage on “Spiritual Ecology.”

Shemitah: Hacham Ovadia's 2nd answer to the Hazon Ish

Shemitah: Hacham Ovadia's 1st answer to the Hazon Ish

Shemitah: The Hazon Ish was against Heter Mechira. Why?

What can each of us do to repair the world during this year of Shmita? Rabbi Lizzi welcomes Jakir Manela, CEO of Hazon: The Jewish Lab for Sustainability, for a conversation about how we can create a healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable world for all.Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets to The Prom are available now! Use Mishkan's special offer code PARTY49 for $49 tickets, valid for April 19 and 20 (evening only), and April 21, in the Orchestra, Dress Circle and Loge seating area. This episode is the sermon from Mishkan's Friday night  service on March 18th. You can watch this interview on our YouTube channel. For upcoming Shabbat services and programs, check our event calendar, and see our Accessibility & Inclusion page for information about our venues. Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates.Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.Transcript

"We are commanded to sustain the world."- Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin & Rabbi Avram Resiner “They shall forever inhabit this earth, the result of My planting, the work of My hands in which I glory.” (Isaiah 60:21)Shmita is a set of commandments in the Jewish and Christian Bibles (The Torah) to practice and celebrate the cyclical "release" of agricultural lands, financial debts, slaves, and ancestral lands. "Shmita Live" was a conversation on Zoom, March 1, 2022 exploring the ancient shmita commandments' many meanings today. The event brought together a number of the amazing people who contributed to AllCreation.org's "Shmita Now" collection, created by guest editor Yaira Robinson. Our fun and incisive hour celebrates these fine folks, welcomes some outstanding guests, and gives everyone a chance to share some truly breakthrough ideas on how to integrate the ancient shmita commandments into our lives now. We hope you enjoy listening. Co-hosted by: AllCreation.org, National Wildlife Federation, Shmita Project Northwest, and Hazon. Presented by BioIntegrity Partnerships. Original event page: Shmita Live.Background info:  The shmita verses: Exodus 23: 10-11, Leviticus 25:2–7, Leviticus 25:20–22, and Deuteronomy 15:1–3 "Shmita Live" PDF with panelists' names & links (for download) Shmita explanation on Wikipedia PANELISTS Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin of St. Mary's Seminary, and MDEHR  Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb of Adat Shalom, Interfaith Power & Light, and COEJL Dr. Mirele Goldsmith of Jewish Earth Alliance Simcha Scwhartz of Wilderness Torah Rabbi Laura Bellows of Dayenu Nati Passow of Dayenu, and Jewish Farm School Shmita Project Northwest's Deirdre Gabbay Hazon's Sarah Zell Young National Wildlife Federation's Naomi Edelson AllCreation.org's Chris Searles (moderator) PROGRAMI. WELCOME  0:00 Preroll 0:08 Welcome & Introductions -- by Chris Searles (moderator), AllCreation.org  3:35 "Shmita 101" by Deirdre Gabbay (co-host), Shmita Project Northwest II. PANELIST SELF-INTRODUCTIONS  6:30 Naomi Edelson, senior dir., National Wildlife Federation. references: Deuteronomy 30:19 (the life verse), and -> Sacred Grounds

In this podcast, we explore different ways to put shmita values into action through congregational and community projects and by advocating at the local level. Two speakers—Naomi Edelson, Senior Director for Wildlife Partnerships at The National Wildlife Federation; and Dr. Mirele Goldsmith, an environmental psychologist and co-chair of Jewish Earth Alliance—lead the way.About Our GuestsNaomi Edelson is the Senior Director of Wildlife Partnerships for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). In this role, she leads partnerships with state wildlife agencies and other state based partners to secure greater funding to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered, including legislative, communications, grassroots, and coalition building elements of the campaign. On the federal side this includes the Recovering America's Wildlife Act campaign. Naomi has also developed a toolkit for wildlife leaders on “Strengthening State Wildlife Agencies” that includes securing state-level funding for wildlife with numerous tips, tools, and case studies. She also works with Gardening for Wildlife program to restore wildlife habitat where people live, work, learn, play, and worship, including creation of the Native Plant Finder and Sacred Grounds, a program for faith communities. Naomi is a wildlife biologist with a M.S. from the University of Florida where she studied wading birds and wetlands, and a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Mirele B. Goldsmith is an environmental psychologist, educator, and activist. She is an expert in how to change human behavior to solve environmental problems. As director of Hazon's Jewish Greening Fellowship, she guided 55 community-based organizations to save energy, invest in renewables, implement sustainable operations and educate youths and adults. She co-founded Jewish Earth Alliance, a national network mobilizing Jews to raise a moral voice for action on climate change to the US Congress. More notes coming soon. 

“This moment in history calls on us to think about what is our relationship with the natural world, which is G-d's creation.”  Jakir Manela, CEO of Hazon and Pearlstone, joins David Bryfman to share his views on Jewish environmentalism, the growing JOFEE (Jewish Outdoor Food Farming & Environmental Education) movement, and the fundamentally deep ties between Jewish tradition and the natural world. They discuss how to cultivate deep authentic Jewishness and universalism simultaneously, how Gen Z is driving sustainability conversations in the Jewish community and beyond, and how Jewish educators can help students embrace a sense of “holy wow.”  Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education is a production of The Jewish Education Project. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and be the first to know when new episodes are released. This episode was produced by Dina Nusnbaum and Gabriel Weinstein.  The show's executive producers are David Bryfman, Karen Cummins, and Nessa Liben. This episode was engineered and edited by Nathan J. Vaughan of NJV Media.  If you enjoyed the show please leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or even better, share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and be the first to know when new episodes are released.To learn more about The Jewish Education Project visit jewishedproject.org where you can find links to our Jewish Educator Portal and learn more about our mission, history, and staff. We are a proud partner of UJA-Federation of New York.  Additional Resources:Hazon WebsiteTeva Learning CenterJOFEE Seeds of Opportunity StudyIsabella Freedman Jewish Retreat CenterPearlstone Hazon: The PodcastThe Shmita ProjectFarm and Forest School at PearlstoneThis Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation on AmazonWe Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast on Amazon

Today's Daf Yomi page, Taanit 5, shares a charming little story about one rabbi blessing another that he may be like a tree. Shuli Karkowsky, Executive Vice President at Hazon, joins us to explain this blessing, and what it means to Jewish environmental activists today. How is caring about the earth essential to Judaism? Listen and find out.  Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group. Take One is hosted by Liel Leibovitz and produced by Josh Kross, Sara Fredman Aeder, and Robert Scaramuccia. Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.N. Climate Change Conference has brought together world leaders and environmental groups who hope to design solutions that will combat rising temperatures around the globe.  Baltimore-based Jakir Manela, CEO of the Jewish environmental justice organizations Hazon and Pearlstone Center, attended the conference in Glasgow.  It gave him hope, and also gave him pause: ”It's just an unbelievable kind of unprecedented project that we have in front of us, for humanity to make this transition. I believe we can do it, but it is going to really take all of us.” Then we talk with UMBC art professor Lynn Cazabon to hear how the Maryland Center for History and Culture is personalizing how we consider the effects of climate change. Cazabon co-curated MCHC current exhibit, ‘Losing Winter,' and tells us about it. Plus, Dan Barrie, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration breaks down the differences between weather and climate and how those are both changing in our lifetimes. Links: Hazon, Pearlstone Center, Losing Winter at Maryland Center for History and Culture, MCHC panel discussion ‘Let's Talk About Weather: Changing Patterns in Maryland.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 9th of Av in the Jewish lunar calendar, both the 1st and 2nd Temples were destroyed on the same date: the 1st in 586 bce and nearly 700 years later, the 2nd in 70 ce. The Sages of Israel attribute God's choice to erase our Temples and scatter our nation primarily due to "seenát ḥeenám" (baseless hatred). This Shabbat, we seek to understand "baseless" as a description of truth being lost and replaced by contrived and inaccurate "narratives." We hope to learn from our history, so we do not repeat the worst episodes. May it all be for shalom.

Chava Shervington is a current board member and past president of the Jewish Multiracial Network, where she became a recognized voice on issues of racial equity and inclusion in the Jewish community. Yoshi Silverstein is the founder and executive director of Mitsui Collective, Cleveland community organizer for Edot HaMidwest: The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative, and director emeritus of the JOFEE Fellowship at Hazon. Chava and Yoshi join David Bryfman for a conversation on race and racism in Jewish Education, creating inclusive environments for Jews of Color in Jewish Education, and discuss what it means to be a good ally. Access the shownotes for this episode and watch the LIVEcast recording here. This episode was recorded on  June 10, 2020. Adapting is produced in partnership with  jewishLIVE. Learn more about  The Jewish Education Project.  

Did you know that most church land holdings are not located in high-priced cities? Instead, they're in countless rural locations from Maine to California, with land deeded over in wills by former parishioners or purchased over the years by church leaders. Today's guest on The Leading Voices in Food series is Nurya Love Parish, who is animated by the idea that from a religious perspective, land is part of creation and needs to be managed with wisdom. About Nurya Love Parish Nurya Love Parish is an episcopal priest and Co-founder and executive director of Plainsong Farm, a farm and ministry outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the author of Resurrection Matters: Church Renewal for Creation's Sake, and has played a seminal role in framing and advancing the Christian Food Movement. Interview Summary How did Plainsong Farm begin and what purposes does the farm serve? Plainsong Farm is, to give some geographic context, about 20 minutes north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It includes 12 acres, two houses, two barns (only one of which is usable at present, but the other one we are going to get to be able to use for events eventually). We have about an acre and a half under cultivation. We feed over just over 100 families in the growing season. That just kind of gives you the farm context, but there's so much more to it than that because our purposes are not only to grow food for people, but also to grow people for God. And the farm itself began as a response to a call from God. It is on property that my husband and I were living on at the time. It is a long story that is in my book about how this property transitioned from being the place where I lived, to the place where I serve God in ministry in addition to growing food for people. We seek to renew Christian discipleship through community-focused agriculture. We are looking to grow a generation of leaders that is articulate about the connections between faith and food and climate and health. We want to enable churches to grow their sacraments in a way that is sustainable and regenerative for the earth. And we have a week program that's in cooperation with Honorary Growers' Guild, which is another faith and food ministry. It's important to us to foster health in our community by providing vegetables that we grow on the farm to people that buy them through the CSA community supported agriculture program and also to our neighbors through food pantry partnerships. But I think one of the biggest reasons that I'm here today is the Christian Food Movement work that we've been doing and particularly the conversation around faith lands that we helped to catalyze. First, what does it mean to grow people for God? Oh my gosh. Well, that's something that we spend a lifetime trying to understand. What it means to me to grow people for God is to provide them with a place to understand that they are human and they are of one with the soil humus. To recognize that all of us have a place in creation, and that we belong to that larger life that we didn't create and that we do not sustain. And somehow, to have the humility that goes along with being human that so often after the industrial revolution, we've kind of forgotten. We seem to think that we can manage Earth and climate change is definitely proving to us that we need to be more realistic about humanity's place in the globe. And wise, in how we take our place and ensure that there is still a place for future generations. So how are you able to accomplish that through your work? What does that look like? So we do a few different programs that help people to have that immersive experience. One of our programs is called Sabbath on the Farm and it's an outdoor worship experience. When I say an outdoor worship experience, you need to imagine people sitting on hay bales around it would be a campfire, except usually we're doing this in the summer. So it's daylight really late in Michigan and there isn't usually a fire there. It is a time of worship that includes silence just to be outside, to breathe, to recenter yourself in nature and recognize that you are a created being, just as all that you see around you is a created being. Another program that we have is the way that we do our heirloom wheat program. I should say Honorary Farm and Mill in California started this ministry and that is a heirloom wheat for communion bread. So it's planted in community, harvested in community. The way that we approach it is also through the lens of using this as a meditation on scripture. So there's a place where Jesus says in the Bible, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it does not have a life. And we take literal grains of wheat and they go on the ground. And then you see, after winter--because we do wheat in the winter in Michigan--so you put your grain in the ground, you think how is this ever gonna work? Winter comes and it could be covered by snow and ice, you think is anything alive there? And then in spring it comes back up again, green and, and you realize--it just happens to be right around Easter--and it's a visual witness for the amazing work that God can do. Where it looks like everything is dead and gone, and there is life there that is invisible to the naked eye. And then months pass and the meditation that we have is around the Kingdom of God, where Jesus has this teaching, that the Kingdom of God is like a harvest. That is the grain grows. The person doesn't understand why, but when the time is right, they go in with their sickle. And we go in with our sickles and hand harvested this wheat. And it was a moment again of seeing these ancient scriptures are from an agricultural context. And they teach us something about humans and our right place that we've lost touch with when we're not in that agricultural context anymore. And my hope is that we, we can open people's eyes through the sacraments, and then also open people's eyes to their and in their community that we belong to each other and we belong to creation. And that invites us to ask questions about how food is then shared, how is food grown, how is food shared? Because these are agricultural experiences that we're having in the context of faith. So Nurya, you have so much involvement in these intersections between food and faith and you named and cataloged the Christian Food Movement and were behind the initial Faithlands Conference. Could you tell us a little bit more about these initiatives and why do they matter? Well, when I sat down today I said I was astonished that I was here. In 2014, I sat in my basement and thought, I know that there is work being done by people from a Christian faith perspective around sustainable agriculture, justice and equity and health for all. And I know this work is being done, but I know it's not visible. That moment in 2014 was inspired by Nigel Savage who founded Hazon and a speech that he had given at Jewish theological seminary earlier in the year where he said, if you type in Jewish food movement into Google, you get lots of hits. Like 80,000 hits. You type Christian food movement, you won't find many. And that speaks to...in his context, he was saying we've really come a long way. And as a Christian I read his words and I knew he was right, because I had been looking for a Christian movement. I hadn't been finding one. And so in 2014 I sat down and decided to can make what I know about a little bit more visible. It started as a little pdf guide and then it was a little bit bigger of a pdf guide. And then I asked people to send me some money if they thought it should be a website. And they did send me money, and it became a website. And now there's about 300 books, resources, and organizations. And again, I know it is the tip of the iceberg. At the same time that I was starting this website and trying to catalog all of these things and then share news about them as people sent me news, was also when we were starting the farm. So the Christian Food Movement site really kind of got put on this back burner. I was starting a nonprofit. I knew this Christian Food Movement was going to be a part of what we did, but it wasn't the front burner of what I had to do to get the farm off the ground--because we were a bootstrapped nonprofit. And so, now that Christian Food Movement work is coming back into the foreground and I'm starting to realize how many people have engaged in it without me even recognizing that it was growing. Just kind of like that wheat under the ground in the winter that you don't see. And there's a lot of life at this intersection that was totally invisible 10 years ago. So what are some pillars or tenants of a Christian Food Movement? What is it moving towards? Well, the cornerstones that I put at the top of the website when I made it-because that's what I was seeing across all of the projects are as follows: Discipleship - because it's very much grounded in this understanding that we don't fully understand our life on earth, but Jesus can show us something about life on earth that I know I we and I need to learn. So discipleship is a core tenet of it. Sustainability, which by now it probably would be called regeneration, but four years ago it was sustainability. This recognition that we need to live ecologically on this planet with a recognition that for generations to come, we need health for creation. So discipleship and sustainability. Health is a very important principle across many of these ministries. People are seeking bodily health and spiritual health as one in the same and recognizing in Christian scripture we're taught that our body is a temple for the Holy Spirit. And so how do we treat our bodies? And I am still on this journey. How do we treat our bodies? And how do we ensure health for all? Because all people have that within. So, health would be another one. And then justice. The recognition that there we inherit systems of inequity that we did not create, and that we do not want to support. And God did not create these systems of inequity either. And God does not desire an inequity among all of God's people. So how do we make justice is another question that guides the Christian Food Movement that I'm aware of. So how do people get involved in this Christian Food Movement and what actions do they take on the ground as a result? It's a really good question because there is such a continuum of what would you call a Christian Food Movement. The pantry in the church that I serve could be considered a part of the Christian Food Movement. The people that volunteer for it wouldn't probably consider themselves that way. They would just say they're doing what Jesus tells you to do: feed the hungry. And yet they're doing it as disciples. They're intentional about having healthy food on the shelves. They're doing it because they want poor people to have equal access. So it's a justice ministry. And I think the one piece--they'll probably listen to this--one piece that I'm looking to talk about with them more is how does this make sense ecologically? But there are so many food pantries in Christian churches across the country and you could say all of them. Similarly, all the gardens, you know, you could say all of them. But what I find most intriguing is the stuff that is showing up that is worship-based and food centered. So there are farm churches, there's one here in Raleigh, Durham. There are garden churches. There are dinner churches and some people are having their core experience of Christian faith and discipleship around agriculture in some fashion. Now, what is that going to become? I do not know. And yet I think it's the leading edge of something that we should all be very curious about. Is the Faithlands Conference part of that work, and essentially what is that and what came out of it? I would love to know that too! The Faithlands Conference began with this recognition that there are some factors at play in the wider culture that were not yet in dialogue with one another. One of those factors is the reality that I'm a white mainline Protestant, semi-Protestant as an Episcopalian. And when I look across the landscape of my denomination, I recognize that the ways that we do church now are not economically sustainable into the future. I noticed the same things with my compatriots along other mainline traditions. What is unsustainable about it, if you could dive into it? Sure. Well, the average age in the Episcopal church is 60. And that's not to say there are not wonderful dynamic young leaders in the Episcopal church, and there are new ministries that are springing up in the Episcopal church. But we have the historic moment where the things that we used to do don't work the way they used to anymore. And young adults are not excited about the things that we did that worked in 1955. And so what that looks like where I live, which is sem- rural Michigan, is it looks like futures of possibly closing churches. So for example, a church that is 45 minutes away from me closed not long ago. 10 acres across the street from an elementary school, with probably not a whole acre that would be cultivated. I'm not sure that any of it would be cultivatable in terms of agriculture, but it would be a great ecological demonstration site. That isn't in the imagination of the church leadership. And so the Faithlands conference existed to bring together religious leaders and land trust and land access professionals, primarily those who are seeking access to land for new and beginning farmers. Because as we know in the food world, access to land and access to capital are the two greatest barriers for anyone who is seeking to start a new farm. And in the church world, I know we have land, we have capital. What we don't have are young people and imagination. Did just say that out loud? We have more imagination than we give ourselves credit for, I should say, and than I just gave us credit for, but we don't tend to. We are too risk averse in the church because we are way too focused on preserving what we've inherited. And forgetting that what we have inherited, that is the most important, is the spirit of God and the spirit of God is always leading us beyond what our comfort zone is. I was curious what came out of the Faithlands Conference, but I think that could tie maybe a little bit to the issue of how to spark creativity when you're in a restricted environment of attempting to be sustainable as an organization? That's a great question. So let me answer it by going back to Plainsong Farm and the Faithlands conference. When we brought together people, and it was not just Christians, it was a multifaith it gathering...it was funded through Greenhorns, which is an organization for new and beginning farmers. And it brought together a combination of land access professionals and religious leaders across traditions. And one of the things that I realized in that context was that Plainsong Farm is really a demonstration project for what is possible in the future of religiously held land. When we began it, there was land and I had a little capital. We had this 10 acres and I had $15,000 and my partners in this ministry, Mike and Beth and the Edwardsons, they felt called to start a farm that was somehow connected to the church. They were both under 30 when we started. They didn't have land. They didn't have access to capital. And when we began, which happened with me giving them $15,000 and the key to my house. I thought to myself, well, if the only thing that comes out of this is that a young and beginning farmer begins a farm in the state of Michigan--where we also see the average age of farmers being in the sixties--that would be a good thing. And I hope even just that happens. And just that did happen. Plus more. And what I've found in the intersection of these sustainable agriculture, religious leadership lanes is we need more demonstration projects. And so my aim is to simply to sustain the one that we have to have it influence other people to also recognize that they can do likewise. That it's really scary. That there are a lot of headwinds and that you can still persevere and find yourself being interviewed by the Duke World Food Policy Center! Which when I put myself in that basement and said, I wonder if I can come up with some things about the Christian food movement, was certainly not anything I anticipated. In the context of your successes, how do you think the Christian Food Movement can address the question of how do you move away from a very charitable model of food distribution, which doesn't necessarily address systematic issues? What is the Christian food movements answer for that? Oh, well, first I would say I didn't begin the Christian Food Movement. I just, I just named it and tried to give it wholesome conversations. So I don't speak on behalf of a movement, I speak for myself. And I would say that it's by experimenting and learning from people that aren't necessarily disciples of Jesus. There are a lot of people doing work in this world, trying to seek justice and equity. And part of my call as a Christian is to seek wisdom and to seek knowledge and to seek understanding. And I know that there's a lot I have to learn from people that are not necessarily working in my lane. Having said that, I also would say there's a lot of wisdom in religious traditions and my hope is that as we have more conversation at these intersections. The wisdom of our faith traditions can be brought to bear. And the humility that is supposed to be the fruit of a religious life can be brought to bear on these larger questions that we continue to face as a country and as a global citizenship. What do you feel for the churches that are able to the spark of creativity to be able to pilot a solution? What would you say are the features or characteristics of those churches? What differentiates those that are really willing to step out and be in an early innovator? Well, here's a theological answer for you. They are churches that actually have faith in the resurrection. What would you say are the unique gifts and contributions of your faith or faith based communities on this broad foods to food systems work as we drive towards a more equitable system. What does that element of faith really add? Oh, I have a good answer for this. Sorry. Feel free to. We'll have to edit that out. It's not a problem because I wrote that one down and I was like, I like that. Totally didn't refer to any of these. Okay. I think as faith communities, we have this capacity. We have a theoretical capacity for a holistic approach and it's theoretical because we don't always live into our call. But faith communities are where we ask really big questions. That's what faith community is there for. What is good, what is evil, what is life, what is death? And so theoretically faith communities are where we should be able to say, is this way that we're eating truly benefiting the humanity of the future? Is this good? Is this evil? My colleague Justin Fast reminds me, scripture teaches us not just to feed the hungry but it to satisfy the hungry with good things. That is a quote. And so we have to ask, well, what are good things and what does it mean to be satisfied? And how am I hungry? I am still hungry spiritually and I will be and I will be hungry physically too. That's part of my human experience. So I would say too often religious people are uncritical handmaidens to contemporary society. And our unique gift is to be a community that asks really big questions. And, is radically willing to dare and to risk because that's what faith calls you to do. Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something which is a Cornell West quote. And we need that in the dialogue and in the conversation. Produced by Deborah Hill, Duke World Food Policy Center

Welcome to The Mom Enterprise, a weekly podcast hosted by Kendra Martinez featuring working Moms who find a way to manage it all. Episode Guest: Renanit Levy Renanit Levy has worked in leadership roles in Jewish community settings for over two decades. In 2016 she founded R.Levy Consulting, focused on tactical and strategic planning, fundraising and development with a specialty in foundation relations and grant writing, executive coaching and project management. Prior to founding R.Levy Consulting, Renanit worked as Director of Institutional Advancement as Hazon; served as the director of The Gottesman Fund; worked as a grantmaker and communal planner at UJA-Federation of New York, as well as in admissions for The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Renanit holds a graduate degree in Jewish Communal Leadership and Nonprofit Management from the University of Michigan School of Social Work, where she was the Ernie Michel Fellow. Also a certified lactation counselor, postpartum doula and yoga instructor, Renanit founded Brooklyn Postpartum, a holistic support service center for growing families, in 2012. Renanit lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and three daughters, ages 13, 10 and 4.   Listen to hear more about Renanit's story:  - A family with three girls and running your own business. - Taking the Leap: When the side hustle becomes the main focus. - Teenagers and modern technology. - Learning when to let go: a commuting story. - What raising children in NYC contributes to development. - Getting the right fit for you and your baby carrier. - Mom Time, Partner Time, Family Time.   Links mentioned: rlevyconsulting@gmail.com Velcro Swaddle Blankets Baby Carrier    Follow this podcast: Instagram: @themomenterprise Website: www.themomenterprise.com   Contact Us: themomenterprise@gmail.com Music: www.bensound.com Producer: Kendra Martinez Co-Producer/Editor: Lexi Burrows  

Hazon is a new band with a brand new single, Take Me Back. The four members of Hazon - Y.Y. Spadaro, Dov Adler, Yaacov Weiner, and Jake Sojcher - are gifted instrumentalists and skilled vocalists; they are creating a new form of Jewish music inspired by pop, metal, and jazz - in Y.Y.'s words, a form of "hyperpop." Join Scott Kahn for an interview with Dov and Y.Y., as they discuss Take Me Back, their influences, and their hopes for Hazon and for Jewish music in general. Go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp6pUCYqhEo to watch Hazon's video for Take Me Back.