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Aug 18, 2021
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JOCSM Shabbaton and Family Camp
We Are Family
The Jews of Color Mishpacha Project, Jewish Multiracial Network, Khazbar and Mitsui Collective, Pearlstone Center, JFam: Jewish Family Camp, Tiyul Adventure Camp and The Jacob & Hilda Blaustein…

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 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…

Jul 8, 2021
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Hazon and Pearlstone Announce Merger; Jakir Manela Named As New CEO
By Becky O’Brien | Boulder Jewish News
Hazon, the largest faith-based environmental organization in the U.S., and Pearlstone, one of the largest Jewish retreat centers and Jewish outdoor education sites…

Jul 8, 2021
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Pearlstone Announces Merger Plans with Hazon
By Alan Feiler | JMORE
The Pearlstone Retreat Center and Outdoor Education Campus in Reisterstown announced July 8 it has merged with the New York-headquartered Hazon, the largest faith-based environmental…

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…

Jun 23, 2021
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JEDI
Pearlstone’s JEDI Statement
“Do not disdain any person. Do not underrate the importance of anything for there is no person who does not have their hour, and there is nothing without its place in the sun…

May 12, 2021
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The Maryland Legislative session is over AND there is still work to be done!
Here are highlights of the BIG VICTORIES for the environment achieved this year:
- The Environmental Justice Commission: Strengthens the existing Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities…

Apr 9, 2021
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The Associated is Going Green (BALTIMORE FISHBOWL)
Climate change is accelerating, causing an increase in deadly climate events. This past year record-breaking hurricanes, devastating wildfires and soaring temperatures pummeled our planet.
Many organizations…