This story first appeared on Civil Eats. A class of schoolchildren gathers around a seemingly neglected garden bed at Urban Adamah, a Jewish farm and educational center in Berkeley, California.
William and Malya Levin run the Alliance Community Reboot in Salem County, New Jersey. (Photo by Ahron Moeller) In our modern capitalist society, Jewish farmers can’t really observe the shmita year — ...
We are in an era of multiple interlocking crises. From record-breaking heat waves to wildfires to water shortages, from rising authoritarianism to a pandemic rampaging across the world, it is clear ...
After a tumultuous year, this Rosh Hashanah will bring with it another momentous event: shmita. The experience of shmita is both fascinating and iconic. Occurring once in seven years, it carries the ...
Many Talmudic sages believe that shmita restrictions today stem only from a rabbinic decree. A few even assert that our observance of these laws is a pious custom. The Jewish calendar is currently ...
More than 2,000 years ago, when ancient Israel was an agrarian society, the shmita year was a huge national happening. Commencing with Rosh Hashanah, the people of Israel would gather in the fields to ...
To Jews around the world, the current Jewish year, 5782, might not seem to have great significance, but among Israeli farmers, this year is a momentous one. We’re currently in a shmita year-a full ...
A class of schoolchildren gathers around a seemingly neglected garden bed at Urban Adamah, a Jewish farm and educational center in Berkeley, California. Educator Ariela Ronay-Jinich shows the students ...
A class of schoolchildren gathers around a seemingly neglected garden bed at Urban Adamah, a Jewish farm and educational center in Berkeley, California. Educator Ariela Ronay-Jinich shows the students ...
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