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Nov 7, 2017

Weddings & Life Cycle Events

Celebrate life’s milestones at Pearlstone Center.

Situated just outside of Baltimore, MD, our campus and facilities provide an elegant and serene backdrop for your special event. Pearlstone Center is the…

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Apr 25, 2022

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…

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Oct 3, 2021

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…

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Jul 16, 2021

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…

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Jul 16, 2021

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…

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Jul 15, 2021

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…

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May 12, 2021

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…
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Feb 22, 2021

Staff Perks

Pearlstone Employment has its privileges!

The following discounts and other opportunities are given to Pearlstone Staff on a fiscal year cycle (July 1- June 30) as one of the many ways we wish to acknowledge…

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Feb 9, 2021

Fire Circle Rites of Passage

100% OUTDOORS • MONTHLY • JEWISH CYCLES OF NATURE

Where Kids can be Kids, Have Fun, and Learn—OUTSIDE!

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Dec 29, 2020

Amid a challenging year for staff and revenue, Pearlstone adopts new programs

Jesse Berman | Baltimore Jewish Times

In a normal year, Pearlstone Center, a Jewish retreat center in Reisterstown, has a $6 million budget and more than 120 staff members, with around 45 of them full…

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