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Amid a challenging year for staff and revenue, Pearlstone adopts new programs – Baltimore Jewish Times
“…the Pearlstone team was able to come together to reimagine what the organization could and needed to be during the pandemic, and they began to pivot to a number of new objectives and programs.”
Pearlstone Reinvents Itself in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic
“Pearlstone has created dynamic, new strategies for community impact during these difficult times.” Read this article from The Associated, published May 21, 2020.
Pearlstone Center Offers Solar Energy Program to Community Residents
Read this JMORE article to learn about Community Solar through Pearlstone…no roof required!
Pearlstone on Maryland News Network
Hear Deputy Director, Eve Wachhaus and Director of Marketing, Rachel Moses with Meredith Marx on Maryland Viewpoints. They discuss everything from family programming, high ropes and U-Pick Strawberries…
Pearlstone Celebrates 18th Anniversary with Locally-Sourced Cuisine
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On Sunday, Sept. 22, The Pearlstone celebrated its 18th anniversary with a sold-out farm-to-table reception. Read this beautifully written article from the Jewish Times to be transported…
Living Judaism: Pearlstone Eyes Future with Intentional-Living and Hands-On Learning
On a chilly Wednesday morning in April, a school bus filled with fourth graders from Liberty Elementary School in West Baltimore pulled up in front…
Finalists announced for Lippman Kanfer Prize for Applying Jewish Wisdom
The top prize winner in the Local category is Hadran Alach: Bringing Our Jewish Agricultural Heritage to Life, a program of the Pearlstone Center in Baltimore, MD. Each year Pearlstone inspires over 20…
Pair of Associated agencies named to most innovative list
Two Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore programs and agencies – the JCC’s Charm City Tribe and Pearlstone Center – have been named as two of North America’s top 50 innovative Jewish…
City Paper Editor Remembers Neely on His Last Issue
…As my time here was winding down last week, tragedy struck, as it too often does in Baltimore. Neely Snyder, a 37-year-old mother of three daughters and a friend of mine, died in a car accident in Reisterstown…
Unique Gathering on Jewish Community Farming
In January 2015 at a unique gathering convened by the Leichtag Foundation with the strong support of Urban Adamah and other practitioners, Jewish farmers from across North America and from Israel came…