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GOING GREEN – Shmita-scale learning
Shmita-scale learning: A seven-year reflection from Jewish environmental leaders
By Jakir Manela, Rabbi Zelig Golden, and Adam Weisberg
As published in ejewishphilanthropy.com

The JMORE Food Enthusiast with Guest Eve Wachhaus
On this episode of “The Food Enthusiast,” JMORE’s Dara Bunjon talks with foodie and seasoned hospitality director Eve Wachhaus, chief operating officer of Pearlstone and Hazon.

Pearlstone Marks the Return of Autumn with its Fall Harvest Celebration
September 13, 2022
by JMORE Staff
Falling for Autumn: Approximately 220 people attended this year’s Fall Harvest Celebration and enjoyed a farm-to-table feast at Pearlstone. (Photo by Becca Friedman)

Looking Forward and Back at Pearlstone’s Annual Meeting
July 1, 2022
The Baltimore Jewish Times Cover Story about Annual Meetings featured Pearlstone.
Outgoing Board Chair, Emile Bendit is quoted.

National Shabbaton inspires Jews of color with the power of connecting as family.
May 11, 2022
By TaRessa Stovall, The Forward
National Shabbaton inspires Jews of color with the power of connecting as family.
This year’s gathering drew 105 diverse Jews and allies from 12 states and…

We Are One: Tu B’Shvat and MLK, Sustainability & Justice
We find ourselves immersed in another dark pandemic winter, a reality we could not have fathomed two years ago. And as the pandemic drags on, our social fabric continues to fray, while the climate crisis…

COP26: Hope & Despair
Friends,
I recently returned from COP26 – the United Nations Conference on Climate Change – and it was an unforgettable experience. The number of people, events, issues, spaces…it was truly one of…

Moments of Truth: Climate, Antisemitism, & Justice
We arrive at a moment of truth, and we must push through.
World leaders are gathering for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Scotland (COP26). Many say this is our last chance to avoid runaway…

The Story of Creation
This past week we read the Creation story twice: once during Simchat Torah then again over Shabbat, the first of the new annual Torah reading cycle, known as Shabbat Breishit.
I love the early chapters…

Jakir Manela, CEO of the combined Hazon-Pearlstone Center, talks next steps
By Helen Chernikoff | eJewish Philanthropy
Two decades after the founding of Hazon, the merger is a milestone in Jewish environmentalism.
The combined Hazon-Pearlstone Retreat Center will release its vision…