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Permaculture Design Certificate Course
Study the Earth, learn how people across cultures and times have benefited from mimicking the Earth, and practice designing these benefits into our homes, schools, businesses and communities.
This is not…

Adobe Brick Making Workshop
Come see the ancient and modern art of adobe brick making. Pearlstone is making thousands of adobe bricks to construct a natural amphitheater in 2023.
Join Us Sunday, November 6th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m…

Torah of the Earth
Take online Torah classes with Rabbi Petahya Wolf Lichtenstein, Education Director!
In Perkei Avot, 5:20-21, Judah the son of Teimah describes the Jewish Wisdom Tradition of Torah as embracing the natural…

Family Camp Schedule of Events
We Are Family!
The Jews of Color Mishpacha Project, Jewish Multiracial Network, Khazbar, and Mitsui Collective Invite You and Yours to a Multigenerational JOCSM Shabbaton of Rejuvenation and Renewal
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The Pearlstone Retreat Center and The JOCSM “We Are Family” Shabbaton Covid Policy
The Pearlstone Retreat Center and The JOCSM “We Are Family” Shabbaton Covid Policy
Pearlstone, JMN, Khazbar, and the JOC Mishpacha Project are committed to your wellness and healing while in this space…

JOCSM Schedule of Events
We Are Family!
JFAM, The Jews of Color Mishpacha Project, Jewish Multiracial Network, Khazbar, and Mitsui Collective Invite You and Yours to a JOCSM Shabbaton of Rejuvenation and Renewal
May 6-8, 2022…

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…

Annual Celebration 2022
Join us in celebration of our impact over the past year, and gratitude for all those who made it possible.
SAVE THE DATE! More details to come…

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…