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Nov 11, 2021
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Super Sunday Give for Good Telethon – For all of Jewish Baltimore!
Do good in a new way on Jewish Baltimore’s largest fundraising day!
Tune in and sing along with Broadway stars, cook with an Israeli chef and be inspired by local talent.
Register and enter to win the…
Oct 26, 2021
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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…
Aug 25, 2021
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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…
Jul 19, 2021
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Nigel Savage looks back on two decades at Hazon
By Helen Chernikoff | eJewish Philanthropy
Savage is ‘wildly in favor’ of the merger between Hazon and the Pearlstone Retreat Center
In 2000, Nigel Savage founded Hazon, an early Jewish environmental…
Jul 16, 2021
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Hazon-Pearlstone merger positions Baltimore as the new epicenter of Jewish sustainability work
By Rudy Malcom | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
With the pending merger of Hazon and the Pearlstone Retreat Center, Baltimore is poised to become a national leader in the Jewish outdoor food, farming and environmental…
Jul 16, 2021
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Climate change tops agenda in Hazon-Pearlstone merger
By Sharon Rosen Leib | The Forward
In Portland this month, the daytime temperature reached 100 degrees. In Seattle, 111. Between June 26 and July 6, approximately 800 people died of heat -related causes…
Jul 15, 2021
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With merger, Baltimore is set to become a center of Jewish environmental work
By Rudy Malcom | Baltimore Jewish Times
Baltimore is poised to become a national leader in the Jewish outdoor food, farming and environmental education movement.
On July 8, the Pearlstone Center, a Jewish…
Jun 30, 2021
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Sukkot FAQs
With the excellent success and rollout of vaccines, we are able to offer our more traditional immersive retreats with some modifications for COVID-19 safety like masks, outdoor dining and social distancing…
May 13, 2021
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Shavuot
The holiday of Shavuot is the rededication of the marriage between Creator and Creation – our rediscovery of how to live as part of nature.
Shavuot is the celebration of the culmination of the grain…
May 5, 2021
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