2019 Jewish Intentional Communities Conference - Program Book

6th Annual

Jewish Intentional Communities Conference March 28-31, 2019 • Isabella Freedman Printed on 100% recycled paper

Gather the People

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Table of Contents Welcome Letter.............................................................................. 3 About Welcome to Isabella Freedman........................................ 4 Hakhel........................................................................................ 6 The Conference...................................................................... 6 Upcoming Hazon Retreats................................................. 7 Hazon......................................................................................... 8 About Isabella Freedman.................................................10 Childcare Information................................................................13 Shabbat ..........................................................................................14

Schedule Thursday, March 28.............................................................15 Friday, March 29...................................................................16 Saturday, March 30.............................................................19 Sunday, March 31................................................................21 Map of Communities.................................................................22 Bios Staff..........................................................................................25 Advisors..................................................................................26 Hakhel Communities..........................................................28 Isabella Freedman Map...............................inside back cover

Welcome!

A Hasidic tale tells of a Rebbe in a Russian village who used to take a dip in the river every morning. One day, the new local policeman on his first patrol just before sunrise, saw the Rebbe diving into the frozen river. He ran to the strange old man, calling him to get out of the river and shouting, "Who are you?

What do you come from? And where are you going?" The old Rebbe smiled gently and asked the policeman: "How much do they pay you for this job?" "Ten Kufeykas a day", answered the baffled young policeman. "I'll tell you what", said the Rebbe., "I'll pay you twenty Kufeykas a day if you come to me every morning and ask me who I am, where do I come from and where I am going to".

Human beings are dynamic and ever evolving creatures, and just like our muscle system becomes atrophied if it is not stimulated enough, so does our moral and intellectual system. Hence, it is crucial we get asked those questions, about ourselves and our purpose, constantly.

One way to do it would be putting a sticky note on the fridge, setting up a reminder on our smartphone or meditating about it. However, I would like to suggest that communities, and more specifically intentional communities, are the optimal environment for nurturing and sustaining moral behavior, as well as sustaining our shared identity.

Somewhere in the early 90’s, when I was in 5th grade, I remember watching a TV show describing what might be the consequences of Global Warming and the Ozone Layer Hole. I remember the sense of upcoming catastrophe that sent me to bed lying ill for three days. On the fourth day, I decided I had to do something about it, so I ran for my school’s “pupils’ council” and became chair, joined a youth movement… and eventually ended up working mostly on developing intentional communities in Israel.

What’s the connection? Well, I ask myself the same question from time to time, wondering if communities are really what we need as the climate system is going off track, along with many other social and cultural predicaments of our generation. But let’s focus for a moment on the environmental crisis: we are about to reach 8 billion people who want to live an American lifestyle, and I am not sure my children will enjoy the same nature and climate I was privileged to enjoy. We need some urgent response. How can living communally help when we need urgent moral action and behavior to save the planet?

I believe there is a strong connection, and that is not because community is somehow more important than sustainability – such things can’t be compared. Sustainable living is not a “thing” in and of itself. Sustainable living is the aggregate

outcome of many individual actions carried out by human beings endowed with free choice. People’s choices are rooted in their identities, dreams and values – which are, in turn, rooted in their families and communities. Healthy and vibrant communities can induce more sustainable actions and forms of living, if they only see such sustainability as central to their identity.

For instance, it is well known that the main factor determining the burden we put on our environment is not the number of people living but rather the ecological footprint per person (meaning, roughly, the amount of resources we each consume). When people live in an isolated manner and need to provide for almost everything themselves, within the family unit at best, they demand a much higher volume of resources from the environment. The simple examples of communities changing this include carpooling, sharing rarely used stuff (hence buying less), composting and recycling together or supporting local farmers as a group of mindful consumers (CSAs).

But it goes deeper than that.

Human beings have an internal desire to be loved, to be recognized, to belong to a group in which they can feel safe and flourish. When they are isolated, those needs transform into over-consumerism intended to compensate for the lack of social bonding, which increases probability for immoral behavior. On the contrary, deep ongoing relationships forged around shared intentions create happier and fuller people, who need to consume less in order to feel filled-up.

This is but one example of how intentional communities induce and catalyze moral behavior. However, our current communal structure is failing, and we need to be creative and innovative for the next step. This is what Hakhel is all about, and on a higher resolution this is what this conference is all about. We have gathered here for 4 days of a miniJewish-Global-Intentional-Community in order to experience life and Shabbat together, learn and get better at what we do and network with each other. This is our opportunity to build a better, more sustainable and more connected future for ourselves and for our community members back home.

As you go through the conference, please keep your eyes, minds and hearts open. You may get a life changing advice at a session or even just waiting for lunch, and you can meet a life long friend over the Tisch or during morning services and yoga. Take advantage of these opportunities, it will be worth it, I promise.

Sincerely yours,

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Guest Information Please read upon arrival If you need anything during your stay, please contact the Retreat Manager on duty.

EMERGENCY CALLS: In the event of a medical emergency, please call 9-1-1 from your cell phone, OR: 9-9-1-1 from any land line phone, located in the buildings throughout campus.

Please familiarize yourself with the location of the nearest phone to your room. You must dial 9 before making any call on our land line phones. After making a 9-1-1 call, please contact a retreat manager at the IF Emergency #: Dial 860 – 453-3963 from a cell phone. Emergencies only, please. You must dial 9 before making any call on our land line phones.

SECURITY: Isabella Freedman is an oasis in a troubled world.

And, we are committed to vigilance and preparedness for the unfortunate realities of our society today. Two general guidelines provide the basis for our security program: Please wear your name tags at all times. Our staff need to be aware of who should be on our site.

In the event of a campus-wide emergency, you will hear three one-second blasts of a very loud air horn, repeated multiple times. If you hear this, immediately evacuate to the decorative gate at Adamah farm located across the street from the main entrance and remain there until emergency services arrive.

Do not use your cellphone or take time to look for others besides children.

FIRST AID: First aid materials are located at Guest Services, in the Lounge, Yurts, Arts and Crafts Building, and Pool House. A defibrillator is located in the Lounge.

FIRE SAFETY: Please only light candles at group candle lighting in the main building. Camp fires must be approved by the event coordinator in advance and are only allowed at the fire pit by the lake. Camp fires must be put out at the end of the activity. Please see a retreat manager for any questions.

SMOKING: Smoking is prohibited in all buildings, and throughout campus. You may smoke only at the fire pit by the lake. Please dispose of cigarette butts in the designated cigarette bin.

PARKING: Driving and parking is not allowed on grassy areas.

Please only park in the designated parking areas: the lot near the main entrance and the lot near the barnyard.

KASHRUT: Our facility is strictly kosher. Please do not bring any outside food or beverages or personal drinking and eating vessels (including water bottles and travel mugs) into the main building without prior approval from one of our kosher

supervisors. Mugs from our coffee bar can be used throughout the main building. Please do not take our dishes outside of the dining spaces. Food may be brought outside of the dining spaces in compostable to-go ware found at the coffee bar. Any supplemental food you wish to have at a meal must be brought (in original sealed packaging) to be checked by our kosher supervisor.

CLEAR YOUR TABLES: Please clear your table after finishing your meal. Bins for compost and dishware are located at the corner of the Dining Hall.

CHECK OUT PROCEDURE: On check-out day, you MUST move out of your room by 10 am or a $50 late fee will be applied to your credit card. Kindly strip your bed and place all sheets and towels into the pillowcases. (Please leave mattress pads, blankets and comforters on the beds.)

COMPOST & RECYCLING: Around campus you will see containers for compost (green), recycling (blue) and trash (black). Items that are compost: All food including bones, paper napkins, paper towels, to-go ware (hot/cold cups, lids, utensils, containers) tea bags, paper wrappers, corks, and wooden coffee stirrers. We use our compost to fertilize our Adamah Farm!

GUEST FRIDGE: You may store personal food items in the fridge located in the Sunroom near Guest Services. (These items do not have to be kosher.) Please label your name on all items.

POTABLE TAP WATER: ALL tap water on campus comes directly from a local well source and is potable and delicious!

HOT WATER/COFFEE: Due to our kosher policies, on Shabbat we offer coffee and hot water until it runs out. Once Shabbat ends, our staff make fresh batches. We appreciate your understanding, and we strive to provide enough coffee and hot water through Shabbat.

CHILDREN: Please make sure that your children are supervised at all times, or are participating in children’s programming associated with your retreat.

THERMOSTATS: The thermostats in your buildings/rooms are programmed to keep you comfortable. You may adjust the temperature by increasing or decreasing the thermostat one or two degrees.

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GAMES, BOOKS AND MORE: We offer a variety of sport equipment, books, games and toys for your pleasure. Please see a retreat manager to borrow any of these items. Please do not use any bikes located on campus as these belong to Isabella Freedman staff.

HIKING: Please stay on Isabella Freedman trails when hiking. We advise telling a friend when you go out on a trail and when you return, carrying a cell phone and water bottle, and only hiking during daylight hours. Trail maps are located at Guest Services.

LAKE AND SWIMMING / BOATING: The pool and lake are closed for the season. The lake can be used as a Mikvah all year round.

TICKS AND LYME DISEASE: We recommend doing a tick check after spending time outdoors. We have tick removal information available at Guest Services.

VISITING THE GOATS: Please only enter into fenced-in areas with an Isabella Freedman staff member present, and please respect any signage and/or directions given by staff members.

We hope you enjoy your stay with us!

It’s important to us to know both what you enjoyed and ways we could improve our work here.

Please do fill out an evaluation form. If you do not receive one, please email evaluations@hazon.org.

Honoring Native Land At Isabella Freedman, we cultivate the soil to grow food, we climb mountains to gain new perspectives, we mikvah in the lake to mark transitions, and we pray, learn, and engage with our tradition and with the forests and living waters. Long before we started applying our own stories and traditions to this land, it was the sacred home of the Mohican people. For more than five hundred years, Indigenous communities across the Americas have demonstrated resilience and resistance in the face of violent efforts to separate them from their land, culture, and community. Too often their history is erased. As Jews we have experienced exile and persecution, and as part of the larger process of decolonization and reconciliation, we honor the Indigenous People who have stewarded this land for thousands of years.

Want to learn more about the history of Indigenous People where you live? Visit native-land.ca

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About Hakhel

Gather the People

Hakhel was founded on the premise that communal life is an irreplaceable component in maintaining Jewish identity, and yet existing community models do not resonate with increasing numbers of people. Derived from the Hebrew word for community, “Hakhel” means “assemble”, a term which alludes to the project’s two-fold aim of encouraging and developing young communities, and using these communities as a method for engaging young adults in Jewish life, learning, and service. The initiative is intended to cultivate the emergence of a range of new experiments in Jewish community. It exists to amplify and strengthen new expressions of Jewish community, not only in North America but also, now, in other parts of the Jewish diaspora.

We invest – both directly and indirectly – in a wide range of new initiatives and experiments in Jewish community. We want to encourage and nourish greater health and sustainability. Where possible, we hope to learn from some of the remarkable experiments in sustainable and intentional communities that have grown dramatically in Israel in the last two or three decades.

Hakhel is now a network of over 100 communities across more than 30 countries and six continents. These nascent Jewish Intentional Communities are on the brink of creating co-housing projects, developing farms and eco-villages to promote sustainable living, and tackling social justice issues, among a variety of other experiments.

If you are part of a nascent Jewish Intentional community, or you’d like to develop or join one, Hakhel can help lead the way. Applications for the next cohort open in the early summer of 2019. For more information about Hakhel, please contact us at hakhel@hazon.org.

About the Jewish Intentional Communities Conference Family, Jewish engagement, caring for others, entrepreneurship: so many of the values we share boil down at the end of the day to community. Communities that give us the power to start new initiatives, learn new things, and experience Jewish life at its fullest.

In previous conferences, we’ve explored: where we’ve been – biblical communities, 20th century kibbutzim and moshavim, the case study of Beit Chavura; where we are – examples of modern Israeli communities, Moishe House, Adamah and other young adult programs; and where we’re going – refining our joint visions for the future, gaining skills to enhance our capacity to build sustainable communities, and facilitated networking to identify common interests and visions.

This Spring, the Jewish Intentional Communities Conference will be the opportunity for a global community to convene in order to learn, connect, and experiment. Over the course of four days, friends and families will work with entrepreneurs and experts in the field to gain skills and knowledge from each other, learn various models to implement in their own communities, and participate in a meaningful, diverse Shabbat. From exploring challenges to marking out the path to success, this conference will pave the way for you to network and explore new concepts which speak to your values and interests.

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Upcoming Hakhel Retreats Hakhel Israel Trip May 9-16 2019

May 2019 will hold the next round of the Israeli Intentional Communities Road trip. The tour will be led in English. The trip will be heavily subsidized, including flights (up to 900$ from the US, or 400 Euro from Europe).The diverse communities you are about to visit are all born out the strength, the creativity and the social engagement of their members. Inspiring talks, fruitful insights and beautiful views are guaranteed, after all, it's spring time. Up to 3 participants from each community are welcome.

New York Gathering May 20, 2019

Hakhel NYC based communities, and other community representatives coming to the Collaboratory, are welcome to join this one day gathering of learning and networking, around what’s most important for you.

Lavi Olami and Bnei Akiva Communities Retreat May 18, 2019

Small European Communities Conference June 2-4, 2019

In partnership with the European Council of Jewish Communities, in scenic Florence.

Australian Gathering June 15-17, 2019

This gathering will take place around Limmud Oz

Johannesburg Gathering

Late-August

This gathering will take place around following Limmud SA.

Intentional Communities Studies Association July 18-21

Hakhel partners with the ICSA to broaden our horizons and understand more about intentional communities.

Hakhel Israel Trip

European Gathering Mid October

This year the conference will be held in Milan, in partnership with the ECJC.

The Israel trip will be open for applications until August.

December 2-9 2019

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About Hazon

The word "hazon" means "vision."

We're the Jewish lab for sustainability. We work to create a more sustainable Jewish community – and a healthier and more sustainable world for all. We do this through immersive multi-day programs like food conferences, retreats, and bike rides; through thought-leadership (writing, teaching and advocacy); and capacity-building – fostering new experiments in Jewish Outdoor, Food, Farming & Environmental Education, across the Jewish world.

“The Torah is a commentary on the world and the world is a commentary on the Torah.”

Our theme quote reflects our belief that turning Jewish life outwards to address some of the greatest challenges of our time is good not only for the world, but also for the renewal of Jewish life itself.

Our programs are multi-generational and open to people of all religious backgrounds and none. We are based in New York, Detroit, Denver, Boulder, and at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in the Connecticut Berkshires.

Education

Action

Advocacy

We offer Jewish Outdoor, Food, Farming & Environmental Education (JOFEE), providing thought-leadership and immersive experiences for a spectrum of ages and interests.

From institutions and individuals using our wide range of curricula and sourcebooks to kids at our Teva programs weighing their leftovers and young adults living in community and farming with Adamah, Hazon supports learning at the intersection of Jewish life and sustainability.

Hazon participants take action. We compost and pickle. We improve the energy profiles of our Jewish institutions, use our food dollars to support local farms, and meet thousands of our neighbors at regional Jewish Food Festivals. We raise environmental awareness while riding our bikes. We share sustainable Shabbat meals, create gardens at our Jewish institutions, plant seeds for future generations, build intentional communities in North America, and visit our partners in Israel’s environmental sector.

And in settings from synagogues to community board meetings to global climate marches, we advocate on local and regional projects like bike lanes and family-owned farms, as well as on national issues like climate change and sustainable agriculture.

Hazon provides rabbis with sermon materials on climate issues, and training and support for meetings with government representatives.

Hazon participants speak up to help make the world we all share healthier and more sustainable for everyone.

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Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center: Organizational Retreats & Simchas With decades of retreat hosting experience, Isabella Freedman is the ideal setting for your organizational retreat or simcha. We offer a unique gathering place for meetings, workshops, and team-building, as well as weddings, b’nai mitzvah, milestone birthdays, and family reunions. Our event coordinators will work with you to design and curate an experience that is perfect for you and your guests. Enjoy a tour of the Adamah farm, Teva nature programs, farm-to-table food education, yoga, meditation, and other on-site amenities and activities.

JOFEE Because Jewish life is short of acronyms, we’ve added a new one to summarize the fast-growing field that we’re catalyzing: JOFEE, which stands for Jewish Outdoor, Food, Farming & Environmental Education. Our range of programs has grown steadily since 2000. We offer retreats here at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, plus bike rides, food festivals, curricula resources, mini-grants, and capacity-building. Flagship programs include Adamah, Teva, JOFEE Fellowship, and the Hazon Seal of Sustainability.

Seal of Sustainability Many Jewish institutions want to engage in healthier, more humane, and more sustainable behaviors, but don’t know where to start or how to keep up the momentum. Through the Hazon Seal of Sustainability, we are providing a solution – a roadmap to advance sustainability-related education, action, and advocacy in the Jewish community. The Hazon Seal will help you improve sustainability and strengthen your institution in three areas and through three audits: sustainable food and animal welfare, renewable energy and facilities, and ecosystems and health. Tap into our expertise, online resources (including our Food Audit), workshops, and field trips, for your Green Team to create a culture of sustainability through signage, educational programming, gardens, green kiddush, green roofs, composting, solar panels, and recycling.

Sustainable Israel Tour Join community leaders on a one-of-a-kind mission highlighting developments in Israel towards more sustainable food production, healthy living, and social justice.

Adamah Our flagship farming fellowship, based here at Isabella Freedman, is a three-month leadership training program for Jewish adults ages 20 – 35 that integrates organic agriculture, farm-to-table living, Jewish learning, community building, and spiritual practice. Adamah – a program of extraordinary impact – cultivates the soil and the soul to produce food, to build and transform identities, and to gather a community of people changing the world. We grow vegetables, fruit, herbs, goats, flowers, eggs, and more, using organic and sustainable methods.

And we grow people by creating hands-on experiences with ecology, food systems, spiritual practice, a vibrant evolving Judaism, and intentional community. Adamah alumni are fanning out across the American Jewish landscape as educators, rabbis, activists, entrepreneurs – and farmers.

Teva Teva works to fundamentally transform Jewish education through experiential learning that fosters Jewish, ecological, and food sustainability. Teva was founded in 1994 with the philosophy of immersing young people – children ages 2-17 years old and educators of children – in the natural world and providing structured activities to sensitize participants to nature’s rhythms, help them develop a more meaningful relationship with nature, and deepen their own connection to Jewish practices and traditions. Teva works with day schools, congregations, camps, JCCs, BJEs, youth groups, and other Jewish institutions that cover the spectrum of religious affiliation. Our Teva educators have been inspired by their experiences living and teaching in community to start initiatives that are making real impact in Jewish communities around the world. "Camp Teva" is available for children during most of our retreats at Isabella Freedman.

Hakhel Founded in 2014, Hakhel is the first and largest global incubator for Jewish intentional communities. Its mission is to spark and support new expressions of Jewish life in the Diaspora by nurturing the growth of intentional communities with mentorship, seed funding and network building. Through a partnership with the Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, Hakhel supports the efforts of these communities and provides them with a network of other communal entrepreneurs across the globe. While the world is transitioning from hierarchical and centralist structures to networks and shared economies, Hakhel is on the forefront of implementing this spirit of innovation in Jewish life.

Bike Rides In 2000, we launched our first Jewish Environmental Bike Ride aimed at raising both environmental awareness and much needed funds to support greening initiatives in the Jewish community. What started as a singular program now includes several supported rides in cities across the United States, as well as a popular series of fun, free community events called Tribe Rides. Thousands of people have participated in our various bike rides which often serve as entry points to organized Jewish life for those who are excited about biking, sustainability, the environment, and/or the outdoors. Our two largest bike rides – the New York Ride & Retreat (which takes place over Labor Day Weekend here at Isabella Freedman) and the Israel Ride – are powerful immersive experiences, as well as important fundraisers for Hazon and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.

Educational Curricula and Sourcebooks We have developed a diverse library of curricula and sourcebooks that can be used in the classroom, at home, or as experiential programs. Our tools are geared towards various age groups and are used in synagogues, day schools, JCCs, and camps around the world. Check the Hazon Bookstore here at Isabella Freedman for titles including Food for Thought: Hazon’s Sourcebook on Jews, Food & Contemporary Life, Tu B’Shvat Haggadah: The Hazon Seder & Sourcebook, Sustainable Shabbat Dinner, and more.

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Our Food Values at Isabella Freedman How do we create an American Jewish community that is measurably healthier and more sustainable, demonstrably playing a role in making the world healthier and more sustainable for all? Our food choices impact the earth, animals, indigenous peoples, agricultural workers, local communities, factory workers, and food industry workers.

Hazon is working to build connections and relationships between farmers, entrepreneurs, farm workers, consumers, distributors, rabbis, Jewish leaders, business leaders, and other faith leaders, among others. We are supporting farmers, building CSAs, inspiring farmers’ markets at our synagogues and JCCs, and helping to source local food at Jewish institutions.

At Isabella Freedman, we are incredibly proud of our kosher farm to table kitchen, which we call Adamah Foods. We strive to achieve the highest standards of sustainability through food sourcing that is seasonal, local, organic, fair trade, and supports animal welfare. Following are some of our guiding principles.

Sustainable Fish

Pickles of All Kinds

As worldwide demand for fish has increased, wild fish populations can't keep up with our appetites and find themselves threatened by overfishing. Certain fish farming practices have very little effect on the environment while others are devastating. We use the Monterrey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch list in determining how to serve ocean friendly fish.

The Adamah farmers harvest organic vegetables from our land for seven months of the year, but the bounty of their labor is available every day on our salad bar thanks to oldworld preservation techniques. After harvest, Adamah fellows submerge cucumbers, cabbage, and other fresh veggies in salt water brine. Over the course of a few days or even several months – depending on the vegetable, time of year, and desired result – nutrients inherent to the vegetable are preserved while delicious pickle flavors and additional nutrients are brought out. Eating fermented foods restores beneficial bacteria to your intestinal tract, which aids with digestion and absorption of nutrients.

How can you make sure you are eating safe and sustainable fish at home? Get the Seafood Watch mobile app at seafoodwatch.org.

Fair Trade

When we buy foods grown far away, like chocolate, tea and coffee, we make sure they come from Fair Trade sources. We choose reputable certifiers like the worker cooperative Equal Exchange and the indigenous rights and environmental advocates Deans Beans. Our fair trade chocolate costs four times more than most brands, but it is our priority to nourish our guests with food produced in fair and sustainable ways.

Craving chocolate? You can find ethically-sourced chocolate bars in the Hazon Bookstore!

Want to avoid consuming foods produced by slave labor? Choose fair trade in all of your shopping!

Taste the Forest

Experience the liminal moment between winter slumber and spring vibrance in the maple syrup we serve. In late winter, when nights are below freezing but days are warm, trees move sap up to their branches and emerging leaf buds. Our neighbors Jude and Winter Mead siphon off a portion of the excess sap production of their maple trees each season, boil it down, and bottle it for us to serve throughout the year.

40 gallons of sap yield just one gallon of syrup, making this precious regional delicacy a real reminder to slow down and savor the sweetness of the world.

Want to bring some home with you? We produce a small amount of maple syrup from the trees right here at Isabella Freedman by hand – schlepping buckets and boiling the sap down in an outdoor evaporator. Purchase your taste of the Isabella Freedman forest in the Hazon Bookstore!

Can't imagine your post-Isabella Freedman meals without sauerkraut and kimchi? We have jars for sale in the Hazon Bookstore along with our small-batch jams and other Adamah products! You can also find a wide variety of lacto-fermented vegetables in your local market or CSA. “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

Michael Pollan's adage expresses our intentions for the Adamah Foods experience. We strive to nourish, accommodating all of our guests' different dietary needs. Please begin your meals with small portions, revisiting the buffet for second helpings so that not too much precious food ends up being wasted. In the interest of our community's health and the sustainability of our planet, we serve balanced meals that center on whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes. During the spring and summer we grow and harvest the majority of our own produce at the Adamah Farm. This includes kale, collards, chard, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, scallions, garlic, salad greens, spinach, Jerusalem artichoke, turnips, radishes, kohlrabi, jalapeños, dill, parsley, cilantro, sorrel, watermelon, cantaloupe, summer squash, zucchini, winter squash (kabocha, jester, acorn, and delicata), radish, eggplant, cabbage, ginger, and watermelon radish.

Interested in reducing your footprint on the environment and feeling healthy? Try eating more vegetables by joining a CSA program, increasing your whole grain and bean intake, and keeping fruit and nuts around for snack time.

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Meat

All of the meat we serve is provided by Grow & Behold, a company started by alumni of the Adamah program and former Hazon staff. Grow & Behold's mission is to provide premium Glatt Kosher pastured meats raised on small family-run farms.

Pasture-raised meats are better for the environment, for your health, and for the animals you eat. Turn the page to read more about how we are deepening our commitment to serving ethical, higher welfare kosher meat.

Interested in finding kosher, pasture-raised meat in your area? Check out growandbehold.com or kolfoods.com for nationwide delivery and buying club options.

Pri Ha’Gafen (Fruit of the Vine)

The Twin Suns wine that we serve is produced with limited chemicals thanks to a farming system called Integrated Pest Management. The grape growers use beneficial insect habitats and predator perches to control insect infestations rather than spraying poisons. They also use a well-designed trellis system that aids production of phenolics and flavonoids – the good stuff in wine!

Want to be eco-conscious when organic products aren't available?

Look for the IPM label at the grocery store. IPM is a good alternative to organic when you are trying to minimize the amount of chemicals in your food.

Grains & Beans

All of the rice, beans, and other grains we serve are certified organic. We are particularly proud of the corn meal we get from Wild Hive Community Grain Project, a local mill using traditional stone grinding equipment, as well as our tofu which is handmade by a local company called The Bridge from organic soybeans grown in New York state.

Does it really matter if I buy organic rather than conventional food?

Whenever possible, it is best to know your farmer's growing practices.

When you are faced in the grocery store with the decision between organic and unlabeled food, choosing organic is a great way to reduce your impact on the environment, keep your body free of dangerous toxins, and support safer conditions for workers who would otherwise be harmed by dangerous chemicals.

No EGG-ceptions

We buy and serve eggs consciously. Why care about higher welfare eggs? More than 90% of laying hens in the U.S. are packed into tiny cages on factory farms. Barely able to move,

they suffer injuries, disease, and extreme distress. Many others endure similar distress in large, overcrowded barns. To support systems where hens can walk, spread their wings, lay eggs in nesting spaces, dust bathe, and perform other natural behaviors, we must support farms that value higher welfare. There’s more we can do for hens, but buying higher welfare eggs is where we start! The eggs we use are Oliver’s organic, free range, pasturefed eggs. We are also very proud to be a founding member of buyingpoultry.com’s Leadership Circle which recognizes organizations for using higher animal welfare poultry and eggs.

How can we switch to higher welfare eggs?

• Choose products with labels from “Certified Humane,” “Certified

Humane + Pasture Raised,” or “Animal Welfare Approved.” These are some of the only labels on egg cartons that are truly meaningful for animal welfare.

• Use BuyingPoultry.com to search a list of higher-welfare egg brands

and retailers.

• Download the new Hazon Food Guide for more information about

higher-welfare products.

• Contact Jewish Initiative for Animals for support in finding higher-

welfare eggs.

Keeping it Kosher

The question of what is fit to eat is at the root of our kosher tradition – and more relevant than ever in today’s word. At Isabella Freedman, keeping it kosher means following the letter and the spirit of the laws – creating a space where everyone can enjoy food that is truly fit to eat together. We also care very much about making sure that every kosher product we buy is aligned with our food values. At every meal you will find one of our mashgichim (kosher supervisors) in the dining area who will be available to answer your questions about kashrut. Thank you in advance for respecting our kashrut guidelines.

Learn More

Visit us online at hazon.org/jewish-food-movement or check the Hazon Bookstore for our resources on Jews, Food & Contemporary Issues, including sourcebooks, how-to guides, and curricula materials for adults, kids, and families.

Please enjoy the abundance, ask lots of questions, demand answers, and challenge the ever-changing thoughts on what it means to eat responsibly. Thank you for being here; we are honored to feed you.

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Deepening Our Commitment to Serving Ethical, Higher Welfare Kosher Meat In our society, all too often the readily available and familiar sources for our food prioritize uniform quality and economies of scale over taste, nutrition, environmental health, animal welfare, hospitality, and support for local communities. Hazon has developed a list of food values that we strive to reach when we are preparing food at all Hazon events, programs, and meetings.

However, we often are asked to prioritize one (or more) of our food values over another.

Hazon strives to take everything into account and prioritizes to bring you the best possible mix of foods and experiences, pushing both producers and consumers to make higher welfare foods available, and working within the realities of supply, budget, and our vision. Our food choices should not be reduced to a “this over that” mentality, but rather a holistic approach that we pursue with our vision clearly before us.

As we work towards a healthier and more sustainable food system where we will be able to meet all of our food values all the time, we are making a new, deeper commitment to foster growth and demand for the highest welfare kosher meat available.

Since the Hazon Food Conference in August 2018, Isabella Freedman has pledged to increase the heritage chicken (as defined by the American Poultry Association) that Hazon sources each year by at least 5% and we will no longer serve any conventionally bred turkey. Over the next 7-year period, we intend to incrementally move towards improving the welfare of the chickens that produce our meat and eggs, with a vision toward eliminating all conventionally bred chicken from our menu. Working with Grow & Behold Foods and JIFA (Jewish Initiative for Animals) and other allies, we aim to shift the percentage of kosher chicken that is heritage, which is important for both public health, the long-term stability of the food supply, and animal welfare.

The initial heritage chickens will hatch from eggs laid at Frank Reese’s farm, Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch. Frank focuses on animal welfare, breed conservancy, and environmental stewardship. We are also pleased to be able to support the important work that Frank is doing to safeguard genetic diversity and to preserve ways to raise poultry outside the currently dominant factory farm system.

In addition to our commitment to serving heritage chicken, and in an attempt to reduce meat consumption overall, we are developing new and creative plant-centered menus which can be augmented by flavorful preparations of meat. Some people are accustomed to always having meat at Shabbat or holiday meals. How do we take the Jewish sensibility of elevating holiday time with a particular food to enhance our understanding of, and commitment to, sustainability and gratitude? As we think about the food we use to sanctify our holiest of times, let’s make sure the food is a sanctification of life, the world, and all of our blessings. Using Michael Pollan’s approach of ‘The Third Plate’, we will be taking a ‘less meat, better meat’ approach to our meat consumption, including over Shabbat.

We will also continue to purchase our eggs from Oliver’s Organic Pastured Eggs, who maintain NOFA-NY certified organic, free-range hens. We have also connected Oliver’s with Red Barn Produce, a local wholesaler who has started selling their eggs and expanding the market for higher welfare eggs in the Hudson Valley and the Berkshires.

We encourage you to join us and help build the market for heritage poultry, higher welfare eggs, and less meat, better meat approaches to food purchasing.

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Childcare Information

Parents, you can relax into the retreat, knowing that your children are playing and learning with exceptional Jewish experiential educators. We have an engaging, thoughtful, and fun Camp Teva program planned for children ages 2–12.

Everything from designing their own intentional community to exploring the forest and the farm.

Camp Teva Programming runs between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner with some evening programming scheduled. Children must be dropped off and picked up by parents/guardians and are required to stay with educators once checked in, unless they are picked up early by parents/guardians.

All activities meet in Arts and Crafts, unless otherwise noted. From there we will move to other locations on campus.

Please see the schedule insert for specific times and details.

If you have any questions please direct them to Arielle Aronoff, Camp Teva Manager.

Arielle Aronoff, Camp Teva Manager, came to Hazon first as a Teva educator. She found a place in this community and did not want to leave. Before coming to Hazon, Arielle worked as a farmer, baker, and healthy school food advocate/educator. Arielle spends her time hiking, baking sourdough bread, and foraging for berries and mushrooms.

Neshama Sonnenschein, Teva Education Coordinator, has been a Teva educator for two fall seasons and has worked in numerous other outdoor education settings. She is passionate about the Socratic method of teaching, science, and cultivating positive outdoor experiences for kids of all ages. When she is not on trail, you can find her crafting, rock climbing, dancing, or playing ukulele.

Liana Rothman, an Adamah and Teva JOFEE Fellow, grew up in Ohio and went to school at Tel Aviv University. She worked for three years as an interfaith counselor and educator for Kids4Peace, a peace movement working with youth in Jerusalem. Liana came to Isabella Freedman last spring to do Adamah and returned in the fall as a Teva educator. She feels deeply connected to this land, community and vision, so has come back to be the Adamah/Teva JOFEE Fellow for Hazon at Isabella Freedman this year.

Leah Simonson is a recent graduate from Clark University, where she learned about psychology, feminism, art, sexual health, and community development, among others. She was a Teva Educator this fall and participated in the program as a 6th grader, so coming back was a special and deeply meaningful experience. Leah is now pursuing her yoga teacher training certificate at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.

Laura Evonne Steinman is a community arts educator. She loves working with people of all abilities weaving together nature, art and spirituality. She specializes in working with people who experience emotional, learning and behavioral roadblocks. Laura Evonne's 'home base' is in her heart and she has been 'sew'journing around New England and New York State. Laura Evonne has been a part of Camp Teva programs for a # of years and is thrilled to be a part of this conference!

Chaya Malka Spilman is a whimsical, spiritually creative Jewess. She loves sharing the love for this marvelous world with young people, and creating art! Ask her to jam out on ukulele with you!

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Shabbat Information

Hazon strives to create an inclusive community throughout all of our events. As such, Shabbat can be a complicated time, since our participants come from all backgrounds and have a variety of personal customs. For some, this may be their first time experiencing Shabbat; others may follow the letter of law regarding Shabbat each week. In crafting our Shabbat schedule, we have tried to create programming that will be of interest to all, and have a variety of minyanim (prayer services) to choose from. Feel free to participate in programs which you are accustomed to, or use this weekend to try something new – a new service, a new custom, or a new perspective.

A DAY OF REST Shabbat is called a day of rest. The fourth of the Ten Commandments states, “For six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath… you shall not do any work.” Aside from doing physical work, people traditionally abstain from many different things including using the telephone, turning on and off lights, cooking, using the computer, listening to or playing music, swimming, and writing.

CANDLE LIGHTING All Jewish holidays begin at sunset, thus Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday night. We mark the transition from the work week to Shabbat with the lighting of candles. This is a way to welcome in Shabbat, reflect on the past week and prepare for a day of rest before the week begins again.

HAVDALLAH Havdallah, (lit. separation), marks the end of Shabbat and the start of the new week. Havdallah is done as soon as three stars are visible in the sky. The rituals of Havdallah include blessings over drinking wine, smelling spices, seeing a flame of a candle, and a blessing on separation. Havdallah is intended to require a person to use all five senses: tasting wine, smelling spices, seeing fire and feeling its heat, and hearing blessings.

PUBLIC SPACES During Shabbat at Pearlstone, we strive to create a Shabbat atmosphere which is inclusive and uplifting for everyone. In order to achieve this, we ask that traditional Shabbat practices, such as not using cell phones, taking photos or playing music, are observed in any public spaces.

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Thursday, March 28th 3:00-6:00 PM Check-in Great Hall Check-in and make a fresh smoothie.

7:45-9:00 PM Orientation & Welcome Great Hall Aharon Ariel Lavi & Sara Shadmi

3:00-4:30 PM Welcome Snack Great Hall

9:00-9:15 PM

5:45-6:00 PM Optional Mincha Synagogue

Optional Ma'ariv (Egalitarian) Library

6:30-7:30 PM Dinner Dining Hall 7:00-7:45 PM

Optional Ma'ariv (Orthodox) Beige Yurt

9:00-10:30 PM Opening night by Habonim Dror North America Great Hall Habonim Dror North America Communities Time to get to know new friends at the JICC and maybe even learn something new about yourself.

Meet & Greet Options Gan Adamah & Camp Teva Arts & Crafts Families who will be participating in Gan Adama or Camp Teva are invited to meet the staff.

Advisors & Communities Library Touch base with your Hakhel advisor.

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Friday, March 29th 7:00-7:45 AM Shacharit (Egalitarian) Library Shacharit (Orthodox) Beige Yurt 7:00-8:00 AM Morning Run Red Yurt Anna Yun Outrun the jetlag and enjoy the scenery at Isabella Freedman.

Overlook Hike Meet at Arts & Crafts Eli Weinbach Steep at times, always rewarding.

Capriccino Barnyard Isabella Freedman Staff Up early? Watch our Adamah farmers milk the goats. Plus, bring your coffee for a fresh goat milk cappuccino.

7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast Dining Hall 8:30-9:45 AM Workshops In this slot, you should attend the workshop you signed up for in advance.

Decision Making Models Library Roger Studley & Sara Shadmi Think about how your community makes decisions.

What models exist to make this process more representative and streamlined?

Gishur – Mediation Red Yurt Ruti Shalev & Diego Goldman What can you do if members of your community, or leadership team, have deep disagreements or just are not getting along?

Social Mission Beige Yurt Barak Sella & Sarah Shadmi Discuss how to clarify your social mission within the framework of a democratic community.

I'm Not a Rabbi, But: Addressing the Spiritual Needs of your Community Great Hall Isaiah Rothstein & Meital Studenya This workshop will think about how to create events around the festivals and lifecycle events which are meanigful and authentic.

One Head, Many Hats Synagogue Deborah Fishman Shelby & Nitzan Winograd Becoming the pastor of your community, and the diversity of roles of a community leader: planning, marketing, content and more.

Self Generated Income & Fundraising 101 Bookstore Lev Berman & Aharon Ariel Lavi How to make your community sustainable through self generated income, participant fees and more.

9:45-10:00 AM Break 10:00-11:00 AM What made Keren Shachaf Jump on the Intentional Communities Boat? And How to Approach Foundations as an Intentional Community Great Hall Dr. Haya Jamshi Dr. Haia Jamshy is the CEO of the Shahaf Foundation, a philanthropic partnership between foundations, federations and private donors from Israel and abroad who decided to join forces and support the mission driven community movement. Today there are over 255 mission driven communities operating in Israel, with over 20 philanthropic partners supporting their work. In 2016, The Shahaf Foundation won the JFN Shapiro prize for this unique partnership, leading the way for other philanthropists to join forces and support mutual goals. This plenary is your opportunity to gain an insider perspective about how the biggest foundation in the field of intentional communities thinks and allocates its resources.

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Friday, March 29th 11:00-11:15 AM Break Great Hall 11:15 AM-1:00 PM Open Space: Part One Great Hall Lev Berman & Aharon Ariel Lavi “Open Space” is a code name for one of the most popular social technologies in big gatherings nowadays. It is a semi-facilitated method intended to give each and every participant to raise an issue, spark a debate and diffuse new ideas. The ground rules are set in advance, but the content will be determined on the spot by no one but yourselves. So, if there is an issue you would like to discuss, a challenge you are struggling with and are looking for advice, an idea you want to share: start thinking about it and come to the Open Space. We will explain how it works when we all get there. Discussion guaranteed.

1:00-2:00 PM Lunch Dining Hall Breakout Meal for Israel Trip Participants Library If you have participated in a Hakhel Israel trip, or are signed up to join one in 2019, bring your lunch to the library to share you experiences or hear suggestions on how to get the most out of the trip.

2:00-3:15 PM Peer-lead learning Jewish Learning as a Tool for Building Community Library Aharon Ariel Lavi For over three millennia, Judaism has been at the forefront of the battle of ideas. Debates, disagreements and exchange of opinions are at the core of our culture and has infused countless generations of Jews, and non-Jews, with the spirit of learning. But Jewish learning is not only about the transmission of knowledge, information, and ideas. It is also a space for creating bonds and friendship, it is the optimal opportunity for Hevruta.

In this session, we will learn about Jewish learning, and how it can be a tool to inspire and grow ourselves and our communities.

MAKOM Red Yurt Rav Avraham Lifshitz Hear about the past and present of the Israel Intentional Communities movement from an expert in the field.

COM.unity Beige Yurt Shula Bahat Com.unity is a life of substance, a lifestyle that keeps up with the times; a different residential environment, the kind that does not end at your doorstep.

We believe this is the answer for those of us who are looking for a new way of life that provides meaning, culture, community, and countless new experiences.

Join us in this exploration of community in the 21st century. Beit Hatefutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, is now creating a new exhibition of Jewish communities throughout the world. Come learn more about this global initiative and how can be a part.

How to Build Community Culture Great Hall Elad and Rivka Nehorai It is one thing to build a community. It is another to build a community that has a specific culture. How do we make sure that our values infuse our community, and that our communities reflect our mission? How do we create a community culture that affects our members and increases the amount of members who align with our mission? In this session, Elad and Rivka Nehorai of Hevria will explore these questions in a lecture followed by a Q & A. Managing a Team of Volunteers Synagogue Leah Palmer When "You're fired!" isn't an option, what are the best practices for managing volunteers?

Creación de Nuevos Modelos Comunitarios Bookstore Diego Goldman Exploraremos por qué los modelos comunitarios tradicionales fueron perdiendo vigencia y las nuevas tendencias en el mundo. Cómo liderar la transformación comunitaria en nuestras ciudades

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Friday, March 29th 3:15-3:30 PM Break Great Hall 3:30-5:00 PM

5:00-5:45 PM Kid's Dinner Dining Hall

3:30-5:00 PM Workshops In this slot, you should attend the workshop you signed up for in advance.

5:00-7:00 PM Break before Shabbat

Decision Making Models Library Roger Studley & Sara Shadmi Think about how your community makes decisions. What models exist to make this process more representative and more streamlined?

Gishur- Mediation Red Yurt Ruti Shalev & Diego Goldman What can you do if members of your community, or leadership team, have deep disagreements or just are not getting along?

Social Mission Beige Yurt Barak Sella How to clarify your social mission within the framework of a democratic community.

I'm not a Rabbi, but: Addressing the Spiritual Needs of your Community Great Hall Isaiah Rothstein & Meital Studenya This workshop will think about how to create events around the festivals and lifecycle events which are meanigful and authentic.

One Head, Many Hats Synagogue Deborah Fishman Shelby & Nitzan Winograd Becoming the pastor of your community, and the diversity of roles of a community leader: planning, marketing, content and more.

Self Generated Income and Fundraising 101 Bookstore Lev Berman & Aharon Ariel Lavi How to make your community sustainable through self generated income, participant fees and more.

5:15-6:30 PM Machon Kehilot Gathering Red Yurt LAZOS Gathering Bookstore Habonim Dror North America Gathering Beige Yurt 6:57 PM Candlelighting Great Hall Shabbat starts at 6:57 pm 7:00-7:45 PM Musical Kabbalat Shabbat (Renewal) Synagogue Rabbi David Curiel & Irina Kozhanovskaya Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv (Egalitarian) Library Katharine Vogel & Viktoria Trofimenko Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv (Orthodox) Beige Yurt Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein 7:45-9:00 PM Dinner Dining Hall Kiddush by Gabe Axler, Welcome message from Nigel Savage, founder and CEO of Hazon.

9:00 PM-12:00 AM Tisch Great Hall Aharon Ariel Lavi Relax over dessert and drinks for a tisch to remember.

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Saturday, March 30th 8:00-8:45 AM Breakfast Dining Hall 8:15-10:15 AM Shacharit (Orthodox) Beige Yurt 8:45-10:45 AM Shacharit (Egalitarian) Library Shacharit (Renewal) Synagogue 8:45-9:45 AM Parshat HaShavua: What was the Sin of Nadav and Avihu?

Bookstore Leah Palmer Take a closer look at the text describing the sin of Nadav and Avihu, and come away with a new understanding about the relationship of Cohanim and the Am. We will look closely at the text of the parsha, so basic Hebrew skills will be an advantage. Based on the work of Rabbi Yonatan Grossman.

Blue Trail Morning Hike A&C Eli Weinbach Today we will be tackling the blue trail, bring sturdy shoes!

9:45-11:30 AM Inspiring Secular Songs of Prayer Red Yurt Nir Geva This session will be held in Hebrew. All are welcome.

9:45-10:45 AM Blessings: Sources and Tributaries Bookstore Shamu Sadeh What does it mean to offer a blessing? We will explore both origins and connections of blessings in the Torah, and the creative possibilities for each of us to offer blessings.

10:45-11:15 AM Kiddush Great Hall

11:15 AM-1:00 PM Open Space: Part Two Great Hall Deborah Fishman Shelby & Aharon Ariel Lavi “Open Space” is a code name for one of the most popular social technologies in big gatherings nowadays. It is a semi-facilitated method intended to give each and every participant to raise an issue, spark a debate and diffuse new ideas. The ground rules are set in advance, but the content will be determined on the spot by no one but yourselves. So, if there is an issue you would like to discuss, a challenge you are struggling with and are looking for advice, an idea you want to share: start thinking about it and come to the Open Space. We will explain how it works when we all get there. Discussion guaranteed.

1:00-2:00 PM Lunch Dining Hall 2:00-3:15 PM Break & Sports Open field, soccer, volleyball, frisbee, basketball... do what you enjoy and let off some steam.

2:15-3:15 PM LAZOS Gathering Red Yurt Machon Kehilot Gathering Beige Yurt Russian-Speaking Jewish Communities Networking Library Text Studies on Intentional Community (optional) Synagogue Aharon Ariel Lavi 3:15-4:30 PM Intentional Community as a Tool for the Journey Library Craig Oshkello In this session, we will be exploring how intentional community is an organic tool for community development in the long term.

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Saturday, March 30th How do Community Gatherings Build a Community?

Red Yurt Sara Shadmi How can we use our community gatherings to as a tool for building and thickening our communities? What should this look like, and how do we do it?

Moved by the Spirit Beige Yurt Rabbi David Curiel Whether spirituality is central to or a growing edge in your community, learn some practical techniques for cultivating spiritual presence in your community gatherings, or even board meetings, as a leader and seeker.

Organizing with Less Facebook Great Hall Katharine Vogel Sure, you've threatened to delete Facebook. But it just hasn't been practical for you or your community. Here's how to build a community organizing strategy that's about people, not about platform.

248: From Communities to Global Network and Back Synagogue Gideon Vennor, Director, 248 Community Action Network Have you ever imagined an initiative of yours going global? Why are first followers as important as leaders?

How can we bridge the divide between the establishment and the swarm? What can intentional communities and a self-organizing network learn from each other? And how does all of this relate to Tikkun Olam and to the next big project of the Jewish People? Join us for an interactive exploration of 248 – An emerging Global Network of Jewish Doers – to co-create some understandings and to generate additional questions.

Let's Jew it Bookstore Gabi Grabin The changing reality of the present day in many ways challenges the sense of belonging, mutual responsibility and unity that are the strength of the Jewish people.

The Let’s Jew IT! cards of “Kol Ami - The Center for a Global Jewish Connection”, touch each and every one of us. They allow space for identity, choice and personal expression, and expand the familiarity and discourse with the rich human and cultural diversity that are at the heart of the Jewish people.

The Jews of Minsk GH Stage Maxim Yudin The Jewish community of Minsk is thought to date back to the 8th century, and 50% of the population of Minsk was Jewish at the start of the 20th century. Explore the history of a Jewish community you may never have heard about before.

4:30-5:00 PM Break Great Hall Mincha (Orthodox) Beige Yurt Mincha (Egalitarian) Library 5:00 PM Kid's Dinner A&C 5:00-6:30 PM Meeting in Sub-Networks See separate list.

6:30-7:15 PM Check-in with Advisors Library Digest the day and think about how it applies to us.

7:15-8:15 PM Dinner Dining Hall 7:50-8:15 PM Maariv (Orthodox) Beige Yurt Maariv (Egalitarian) Library 8:00-8:30 PM Havdallah Great Hall Jew Salsa will lead us in a memorable Havdalla

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Saturday, March 30th 8:30-9:45 PM Why I'm Looking for Community- Panel Great Hall Bradley Cook, California, USA, Maxim Yudin, Minsk, Elias Shuchleib, Mexico, Talia Chain, UK, Nir Geva, Holland - Moderated

by Nigel Savage, founder and CEO of Hazon Hear about what motivates different people from different places to join or create communities. The panelist are from all four corners of the world.

9:45-11:00 PM Creative Farbrengen Great Hall Hevria Hevria, a creative Jewish community based in Brooklyn, will be hosting this creative farbrengen. For those unfamiliar, a creative farbrengen is a farbrengen mixed with an open mic. It's where we share our spiritual and creative selves in a vulnerable way through our art and a raucous farbrengen. The idea is to create a comfortable, informal atmosphere where creativity melds with our open dialogue. You may like to bring something creative to share. It can be music, poetry, or just you talking for a bit about something.

Sunday, March 31st 7:00-7:45 AM Meditation Red Yurt Katharine Vogel Optional Shacharit (Egalitarian) Synagogue Optional Shacharit (Orthodox) Library 7:00-8:00 AM Earlybird Hike on the Yellow Trail A&C Eli Weinbach Farm Tour Great Hall 7:45-8:30 AM Breakfast and check out of rooms Dining Hall 8:30-9:45 AM Meetings in Sub-networks See separate list 9:45-10:00 AM Break

10:00-11:00 AM MAKOM Library Rav Avraham Lifshitz Hear about the past and present of the Israel Intentional Communities movement from an expert in the field.

How do Community Gatherings Build a Community?

Red Yurt Sara Shadmi How can we use our community gatherings to as a tool for building and thickening our communities? What should this look like, and how do we do it?

Building Inclusive Discussion on Israel Beige Yurt Daniel Roth Israel, and the Israel-Palestine conflict in particular, is one of the hardest things for Jewish communities to discuss in an open, honest, and caring way. Often communities deal with this by limiting discourse. We need to get better at building community spaces that invite folks in to talk about these important issues. We need to create space for our opinions, ideas, fears and dreams to be included in Jewish community spaces. In this session we'll talk about all of the above while working to create that open, honest and caring space in the session itself!

For continued Sunday schedule, turn to page 24.

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Europe Northern

Cambridge, UK London, UK (3) Oxford, UK Amsterdam, Netherlands Maastricht, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands Berlin, Germany Dusseldorf, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Hessen, Germany Koln, Germany Munich, Germany

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North America

Vancouver, Canada Seattle, WA Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA (2) Greater Los Angeles, CA (5) San Diego, CA Phoenix, AZ Hotchkiss, CO Boulder, CO (2)

Vancouver, Canada Seattle, WA Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA (2) Greater Los Angeles, CA (5) San Diego, CA Phoenix, AZ Hotchkiss, CO Boulder, CO (2)

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Ottowa, Canada Kingston, Canada Toronto, Canada Morehead, VT Boston, MA (2) Willimantic, CT Greater New York, NY (11) East Brunswick, NJ Philadelphia, PA Harrisburg, PA

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Lancaster, PA Ottowa, Canada Baltimore, MD Kingston, Canada Washington,Toronto, DC (2) Canada Cincinnati, OH Morehead, VT Cleveland, OH Boston, MA (2) Detroit, MI (2) Willimantic, CT Atlanta, GA Greater New York, NY (11) Miami, FL East Brunswick, NJ Philadelphia, PA Harrisburg, PA

Lancaster, PA Baltimore, MD Washington, DC (2) Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Detroit, MI (2) Atlanta, GA Miami, FL

Central and Centra South America South Mexico City, Mexico Panama City, Panama Lima, Peru Santiago, Chili Buenos Aires, Argentina Montevideo, Uruguay Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Paris, France Vienna, Austria Budapest, Hungary Zurich, Switzerland

Southern Barcelona, Spain Milan, Italy Rome, Italy

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Bobruisk, Belarus Gomel, Belarus Minsk, Belarus Vilnius, Lithuania St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Dnepro, Ukraine Kharlov, Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine Lvov, Ukraine Odessa, Ukraine (2)

Asia

Yekaterinburg, Russia Karaganda, Kazakhstan Bishkek, Kyrgystan Seoul, South Korea

Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa (3)

Oceania Perth, Australia Melbourne, Australia (6) Sydney, Australia Auckland, New Zealand

Sunday, March 31st Jewish Consumerism Great Hall Caden Feldman-Gubbay How money ruined everything, and what you can still do about it.

248: From Communities to Global Network and Back Synagogue Gideon Vennor Have you ever imagined an initiative of yours going global?

Why are first followers as important as leaders? How can we bridge the divide between the establishment and the swarm? What can intentional communities and a selforganizing network learn from each other? And how does all of this relate to Tikkun Olam and to the next big project of the Jewish People? Join us for an interactive exploration of 248 – An emerging Global Network of Jewish Doers – to co-create some understandings and to generate additional questions.

In or Out? Bookstore Deborah Fishman Community thickening and community identity in an age of blured identity.

Forging Connections GH Stage Asherah Cinnamon Skills for building community among Jews, when people know each other "too well" or not well enough. 8 things that are useful... with interactive practice.

11:15 AM-12:00 PM Closing Session Great Hall Aharon Ariel Lavi 12:00-1:00 PM Lunch Dining Hall 12:40-1:00 PM Optional Mincha (Orthodox) Beige Yurt Optional Mincha (Egalitarian) Synagogue 1:00 PM Shuttle to Wassaic A&C Train Leaves @ 2:15pm

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Staff Bios Aharon Ariel Lavi is the founder and director of Hakhel: The Jewish Intentional Communities Incubator in the Diaspora. Aharon is a professional community organizer and serial social entrepreneur who believes that networks are key to shaping our reality. Aharon is a co-founder of Garin Shuva on the Gaza border; the Nettiot Intentional Communities Network, reengaging Haredi Ba’aley Teshuva into society; And MAKOM: the national umbrella organization of intentional communities in Israel. Lavi lives with his wife Liat, their four children, and a dog in the Negev and when he isn’t working or studying Torah, he likes to ride his bikes in the open fields of the Negev, and is desperately trying to learn to play the flute, a guitar or anything that makes music.

Nigel Savage founded Hazon in 2000.

In 2015 Nigel was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has twice been named a member of the Forward 50, the annual list of the 50 most influential Jewish people in the United States. He is a recipient of the Bernard Reisman Award, and has given Commencement speeches at Wagner (NYU, in 2011), at Hornstein (Brandeis, in 2014) and at Spertus (in Chicago, in 2018). Before founding Hazon, Nigel was a professional fund manager in London. He has an MA in History from Georgetown, and has learned at Pardes, Yakar, and the Hebrew University. He was a founder of Limmud NY, and serves on the board of Romemu. He is believed to be the first English Jew to have cycled across South Dakota on a recumbent bike.

Leah Palmer is the administrative director at Hakhel, and is based in the Negev region of Israel. Leah plays an active role in her Intentional Community whose vision is to bring one of Israel’s forgotten southern towns into the 21st century. Her home bustles with the noise of her two boys, visits from local Holocaust survivors she has “adopted” as grandparents, and an inevitable flow of international guests. Originally from London, Leah enjoys encountering new cultures, engaging in interfaith dialogue and hiking across Israel.

Ruti Shalev is the community building advisor for Machon Kehilot and director of PR and Communication at Hakhel. A mother to two, she grew up in Israel and has been living in the Netherlands for 18 years. Ruti is an entrepreneur of social, educational and cultural projects and events. She is a co-founder of Kehila Ivrit in Amsterdam and has managed Kehila’s Hebrew Sunday school since its establishment, 7 years ago. As an associate and consultant at Machon Kehilot, Ruti guides and advises local leaders and activists across Europe and South America.

Developing learning programs for children and youngsters, enhancing education and self-directed learning within the Jewish communal framework.

Ruti is a creative coach and mediator and runs an independent practice. Her second book is due to be released in the next few months.

Isaiah Rothstein serves as the Rabbiin-residence for Hazon. Growing up in a multi-racial Chabad family in Monsey, NY, Isaiah is pulled towards building platforms for Jews of all backgrounds to celebrate their identities and affinities – together – with the rest of the community. Isaiah received rabbinic ordination and master of social work from Yeshiva University’s RIETS and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. During his spare time, Isaiah is a Jewish Engagement and Diversity Consultant with his organization, the Union Street Sanctuary, and plays music with his band Zayah. Isaiah currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Advisor Bios Noa Asher Berkeley lives in Sderot (western Negev) in an urban Kibbutz called Migvan.

She’s married to Daniel, and has two cool kids – Geva (5.5) & Rona (3.5) She works as a community facilitator in Eretz-Ir, a non-profit organization that promotes community and economic resilience in cities across Israel's periphery. Eretz-Ir focuses on improving the quality of life in cities in the periphery through community, social entrepreneurship, and employment. She works mainly with the Bedouin sector, where she helps local residents develop a strong and independent civil society through social projects in their cities. She loves doing yoga, camping and spending time with her family and community.

Lev Berman is a consultant and expert in community entrepreneurship and community development. He is also the Director of Entrepreneurship Center at the Shevah Mofet High School in Tel Aviv and coordinator of Masa leadership.

Caden Feldman-Gubbay is an informal educator and member of an urban educator’s kibbutz in Haifa, Israel. After spending his younger years in Sydney, Australia at the leadership of the Socialist-Zionist youth movement Habonim Dror, he made Aliyah in January of 2016 in order to continue his educational work and Jewish community building from within Israeli society. He is today the informal education director of two vocational high schools in Haifa, and maintains an educational relationship with various intentional diaspora communities of young adults in Australia and New Zealand, whom he mentors through the running of seminars, shlichuyot and educational content.

Deborah Fishman Shelby is the founder of FED, a platform for ideas built into an inclusive Jewish community. She is also a Hakhel advisor, the director of communications for The AVI CHAI Foundation and NYC Igniter for ROI Community. Deborah’s mission is to ensure everyone is fed -- physically, intellectually, spiritually and on a basic human level.

Nir Geva is the founder and chairman of Machon Kehilot and lives with his family in the Netherlands since 2008, serving as a senior executive at a multinational company. In addition, Nir is a cofounder and board member of Kehila – a thriving organized community of Israelis living in the Netherlands, carrying out cultural, social and educational activities, including a Hebrew Sunday school. Nir is also a co-founder and board member of Home for Israeli Culture in Amsterdam, and he leads Jewish ceremonies and events in a secular spirit, and hosts meetings and workshops in the fields of Jewish identity and Israeli culture.

Diego Goldman lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina with his wife and 2 kids. He is a psychologist with a degree in organizational psychology, and owner and director of F5 Consulting. Diego works as an organizational development consultant for one of the biggest companies in Argentina and Latin

America, where his specialty is leadership. Diego founded and leads LAZOS, an Iberoamerican network for professional youngadults that aims to strengthen the Jewish life through regional integration and community innovation. LAZOS has members in 17 countries and works as a platform to create and scale innovative Jewish projects in the Spanish-speaking world. For 15 years, Diego has held numerous community leadership roles in Argentina. Now he assesses Jewish Communities and volunteers in Maccabi Buenos Aires and the Latin American Jewish Congress.

Gabi Grabin lives in Jerusalem, is married to Sara and has two children. He has been in the field of Jewish leadership for ten years. He began his career as an instructor in the IBC Youth Program for Australian teens and subsequently coordinated and directed the program. He is one of the founders of Kol Ami, The Jewish peoplehood leadership academy and is also responsible for the IDF's preparatory programs for new immigrants and overseas volunteers (Mahal). He is a lecturer of Bible Leadership in Kol Ami and other Mechinot. He studied for a bachelor's degree in political science and communications at Bar-Ilan University and served in the IDF as an infantry and engineering officer in the Golani Brigade and today as an officer in the reserves. He is a graduate of the religious kibbutz yeshiva in Maale Gilboa.

Michal Guttman, born in Jerusalem, Israel.

Served for 13 years in various executive positions within the public sector in Israel (Government and municipal). She headed efforts in different areas in the public sphere, with expertise in building and optimizing organizational strategy, change management, program planning and implementation, content development, HR development and training. Michal and her family relocated to Stanford, California in 2004 and 10 years later moved to Tenafly NJ, were they resides today.

Currently and in various roles, Michal has been working both in Israel and in the United States, initiating and developing platforms that connect and engage Israelis with World Jewry by extending knowledge, elevating emotion and building commitment to action. Michal served as a program director for leadership and community building initiatives, both locally and nationally: She directed the G’vanim Leadership program in Palo Alto, and later expanded the program nationally as she headed IAC Engage at the IAC (Israeli American Council). In this role she led the organizational community building strategy and supported the regional directors in developing and leading their communities.

Today, Michal is consulting various Jewish organizations on community strategic planning, organization and program development. Michal holds a BA in political science and MA in public policy and management from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Hart Levine runs the Beis Community, an inclusive Jewish community in Washington Heights (NYC), part of Hazon's Hakhel incubator.

Hart has a degree in bioengineering, rabbinical ordination, and community organizing training. He also works for the OU on leadership and outreach initiatives for North American collegiate and young professional populations.

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Craig Oshkello, MLA, is a landscape architect and a founder of Living Tree Alliance. In a holistic expression of social justice, environmental activism, and art, Craig has been dedicated to the design and development of intentional, ecological based communities and landscapes for 27 years. From humble starts on a Australian permaculture field station and solar adobe Earthship construction in Taos New Mexico, Craig now channels an ethic of sensitive creativity through his work. Craig lives with his wife Sephirah, children Ayla (‘01) and Adyn (’04), dogs Luna and Bowie, cat Jade, sheep, ducks and chickens at Living Tree Cohousing in Vermont’s Mad River Valley. Craig enjoys spending time with the family, skiing, dancing and engaging with a myriad of projects on the homestead.

Daniel Roth is the Coordinator for Hashomer Hatzair World Movement’s English Speaking Countries and the Co-Director of Solidarity of Nations – Achvat Amim. Daniel grew up in the Hashomer Hatzair movement in Toronto and lived with others from Hashomer Hatzair North America in a Kvutza/Commune for five years, both in Israel and in Brooklyn. During that time they established multiple educational projects and helped other groups to set up similar communal frameworks in New York and Toronto. He moved to Israel in 2011 where he co-founded Achvat Amim and other projects including “This is Not an Ulpan”. Daniel has an MA in Education, Community, and Social Change and currently lives in Jerusalem.

Barak Sella is currently serving as the Central Israeli Emissary for the Habonim Dror North America, Labor-Zionist Youth Movement in New York City, through the Jewish Agency for Israel. Prior to coming on shlichut, Barak Sella worked as the Spokesperson for Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed (The General Federation for Working and Studying Youth), one of the largest youth movements in Israel as well as the official labor union for young workers. Barak holds a BA in Informal Education from the Beit Berl Academic College and a teaching degree in history. He is an educator and member of "Dror Israel", a movement of educators that vision for Israel is a society of democracy, equality, and peace created through education and community in all parts of the Israeli society. Barak currently lives in Brooklyn and is member of a Dror Israel Urban Kibbutz in Rishon LeZion. Barak has come to work with Habonim Dror North America in order to expand in strengthen the youth movements activities and to increase Israeli engagement and Israel based programs by movement members.

Meital Studenya was born in Avnei Heffetz in Samaria, and today lives in Jerusalem. She has a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science from Ariel University and a master’s degree in public administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Meytal volunteered for her two years of national service as youth director for Bnei Akiva branches, and the next year worked as the youth director coordinator for Bnei Akiva branches in the north. She took part in the “shlihut” program of Lavi Olami, and was an emissary in Berlin for a year. Part of her role was

fundraising, recruitment, and project management.

Meytal started the first branch of Lavi Olami in Berlin, which until today is prospering and successful. After she returned to Israel, she was a counselor for student groups from Israel Experience, Jewish Anowerd Israel, ABC Australia, and Masa. Today, Meytal works at Lavi Olami as Director of Community Engagement, as emissary coordinator for Lavi communities in Europe, and as coordinator of community representatives.

Roger Studley is founder of Urban Moshav – a nonprofit development partner for Jewish cohousing – and convener of the Berkeley Moshav effort to create Jewish cohousing in Berkeley, CA. He and these projects were members of the first cohort of the Hakhel incubator for Jewish intentional communities, and he currently serves on the Hakhel advisory committee and as a mentor for five of Hakhel’s Jewish cohousing groups. Roger has been a contributor to previous JIC Conferences, an organizer of independent minyanim (including San Francisco’s pluralist Mission Minyan), and co-chair of a Hazon Food Conference.

He also works as a Senior Research Associate for RTI International, a world-wide non-profit research institute.

Roger is married to Rabbi Chai Levy, the incoming spiritual leader of Berkeley’s Congregation Netivot Shalom, and looks forward to moving into Berkeley Moshav with Chai and their seven year-old Torah scholar/baseball fanatic in the next few years.

Nitzan Winograd is a consultant in Machon Kehilot and lives with her spouse in the UK since 2016. She is a co-founder and committee member of the Israeli community in Oxford – a developing community of Israelis living in Oxford and its suburbs, carrying out holidays celebrations, lectures and different social and cultural events, including establishing Hebrew Sunday school that will start operating soon. In addition, Nitzan is a PhD student at Henley Business School, University of Reading and her field of research is 'Social Enterprises Governance'. Nitzan graduated Mandel Social Leadership MBA at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and was involved with many NGOs and social enterprises in Israel before moving to the UK. Bracha Zaafran resides in Jerusalem, where she was born. She has a bachelor’s degree from Efrata College in Jerusalem. She volunteered for her two years of national service with children at risk in Ashdod, and at the same time managed projects for underprivileged populations in the city.

Bracha finished a course for parliamentary aides in the Israeli Knesset and has worked for over a year at Lavi Olami and as coordinator for other nonprofits whose goals are to connect Diaspora Jews. Bracha’s role in Lavi Olami is project management, and she also works in fundraising and communicatsions with members of Knesset and office managers.

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Hakhel Community Bios Independent Communities MoEd Chevy, MD, USA Moed is a Jewish after school program for kids which has evolved into a community in which elementary and middle school kids learn leadership, problem solving, Hebrew and Jewish culture, and families join together in celebration of Jewish and Israeli national holidays, as well as to think about the education and future of their kids. MoEd is proud of its diverse community, involving children and parents from each and every stream of Judaism, from public, private and day schools. They are currently focusing on condensing the leadership core of the parents' community.

Sadeh Kent (London), UK Sadeh aims to create a physical space to inspire disconnected Jews to re-engage with their Jewish traditions through the rich and diverse tradition of Jewish farming, and weave them into a warm and open community. Sadeh's retreat center in Kent is a place that Jewish people can work together with members of other faiths and communities on the common goal of preserving our environment.

In order to grow the community, Sadeh is currently focused on expanding the capacity of their retreat center, improving the facilities to make the space attractive to a wider range of people, and increasing the number of events open to the wider community.

Living Tree Alliance Moretown, VT, USA Living Tree Alliance is a multigenerational, ecologically oriented initiative, dedicated to redefining community, regenerating land and revitalizing culture. Specifically, a cohousing community, a regenerative working lands cooperative and a space for enrichment programs. Our residential culture is oriented toward sharing in the rhythms of Jewish life, while maintaining a spiritually inclusive consciousness.

The Seattle Chevra Seattle, WA, USA The Seattle Chevra is a community of welcoming young professionals that encourages individuals to create and participate in Jewish life.

Seattle is the fastest growing city in the country (with a net influx of 4,000 newcomers every month) and has many Jewish residents who are searching for community and connection. This diverse group creates thought provoking, spirited, and meaningful Jewish gatherings that help people feel a part of the broader community while inspiring them to think and participate in new and different ways.

Harrisburg Tzibur Harrisburg, PA, USA Harrisburg Tzibur is a community which revolves around Musar learning the lifestyle which comes out of it.The community allows each person the freedom to find their own place and purpose within it, and together they celebrate each other's joys and commemorates each other's sorrows. The community seeks to be of service beyond itself, and in preparation of this, the hold regular meetings of the community.

Kibbutz Detropia Detroit, MI, USA Kibbutz Detropia’s mission is three fold: to educate, empower, and provide safe space for growth, all the while fostering a community based on agriculture in the city of Detroit, which is undergoing a process of renewal. They aim to base their community life around ancient Jewish practices, whilst finding ways to bring them into the modern day.

Yummy Soul Farm and Kitchen Atlanta, GA, USA Yummy Soul Farm and Kitchen believes that the best way to include people in a community is to empower them to be givers and leaders. Yummy Soul is a collective of adults with special needs who work side by side to enrich their own lives and the lives of those around them. Whether building social skills by baking and playing the role of host, or developing life skills such as gardening, planning and executing events, teaching cooking classes in our teaching kitchen, or running booths at farmers’ markets, Yummy Soul is place that all are empowered and everyone is welcome. By bringing the families of the collective together, a tight bond is formed as differences are celebrated and a special type of shared understanding is found.

Hevria Brooklyn, NY, USA Hevria is a combination of the words “Hevreh” and “Bria”: “Group of friends” and “Creation”. This is because while most people view creativity and community as separate, it is their deeply held philosophy that the two are inseparable. While there is a pervasive myth of creatives as loners, the truth is that such people wilt without communal support. At their events, everyone is an artist and everyone is the audience. They say: "Ultimately, it is this that distinguishes us. We are not an arts organization. We are not a synagogue. We are a home."

Batlanim San Francisco, CA, USA Batlanim is comprised of participants from both Israel and the USA amid the larger Jewish community of Palo Alto, and priotises Jewish learning over the rat race of city life. The learning style is pluralistic and non-coercive – a learning style based on BINA’s Secular Yeshiva in Tel Aviv. This approach to Jewish study is inclusive, egalitarian and engaging, with the goal of instilling the love of learning alongside the ability to question, criticize and interpret ancient sources, so that they remain relevant and inspirational for us today.

UWS Jews Upper West Side, NY, USA UWS Jews is a cohesive, spiritually uplifting, and intellectually compelling community of young Jews on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. We are the home of a space where diverse groups come together with the commonality of seeking something more, where newcomers are immediately welcomed warmly without question, and where existing community members feel equal ownership and responsibility for making the community thrive.

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Frum Farm Hotchkiss, CO, USA Frum Farm community revolves around a rural farm of Orthodox Jews in Denver. We believe that in spite of our varied backgrounds, we can live in harmony with each other, the community at large; and to be good stewards of the land, as we actively live out our Torah values.

Challah & Babka Kingston, ON, Canada Challa and Babka is a community based around a key component of Jewish history: food! The growing community in Kingston is all about finding the a personal connection to Judaism through one of the aspects of Jewish life that resonates so deeply with Jews of all types. Community evenings in the local brewery and hanging out whist the dough is rising are all part of communal life!

FED New-York, NY, USA FED is a community where people from diverse backgrounds and professional walks of life come together for open and honest dialogue; delicious, vegetable-forward food; and the creative energy and ideas of others at FED. Each event provides motivational, entertaining content that exposes you to ideas, art, and stories that you may not have previously considered, including through FED talks (akin to TED talks in length and style), musicians, comedians, dancers, or other artistic performers.

Eli Reiter Brooklyn, NY, USA Eli Reiter's network of young professionals is a micro community in the heart of New York, and an oasis in a climate of social isolation and loneliness. Friends feel at home when hosted in the homes and hubs of fellow community members, where time spent together is intentionally prioritized over the humdrum of urban life.

Rappers & Rabbis Philadelphia, PA, USA Rappers and Rabbis is an educators community that believe in the power of the spoken word. Whether teaching a class or rapping in mic, they know that the words the choose and the magic they can do with them is the key to bringing Judaism the next generation. Around this belief in education, the community gathers as often as they can, and they to get away together for educators retreats whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Queer and Trans Rosh Chodesh (QTRC) Boulder, CO, USA Originally a group of three friends who got together on Rosh Chodesh, QTRC is a space for all types of people to feel at home in this open and welcoming community in Denver. Differences between people are celebrated, and people of all orientations and gender identities feel included in the monthly events which take place around the new Jewish month.

Yitzmach Cleveland, OH, USA Yitzmach is a community of "Hazon-niks" living Ohio. They use their communal voice to tackle issues of income disparity in Cleveland, as well as talk about the environment and mankind's responsibility to preserve the world we live in. Yitzmach is a green community by definition, and believe that it is possible to create meaningful communal life, whilst walking gently on the earth.

Neshama - Paris Paris, FRANCE Neshama Paris as a community of young professionals in greater Paris. Like in many urban hubs, a quiet moment can be hard to come by, and internal calmness extremely elusive. Members of Neshama practice meditation as a communal activity, and learn skills to be ambassadors for meditation and mindfulness in the wider community.

Asiyah Boston, MA, USA Asiyah is an e-village with plans to become much more. Based in Boston, Asiyah opens an innovative pathway to spirituality, in a coffee shop. Under careful leadership from a core group, the coffee shop will become a hub for Jewish Spiritual life by offering a space for meditation, regular classes, workshops and discussion groups, and most importantly a community of like minded individuals.

Hakehilla Korea Seoul, SOUTH KOREA The Kehilla in South Korea is a community of young Jews of many nationalities who live in South Korea. Whilst local Jewish life is very limited, this community is the perfect space to celebrate Jewish identity and customs, and be a consistent answer to the question "Where will be celebrate the upcoming Jewish festival?". By creating their own community customs and culture, this community discovers organic ways to be Jewish in a new environment.

Alliance Community Reboot Brooklyn, NY, USA Alliance Community Reboot, or ACRe for short, is a community of families and singles who are uniting to rebuild the Alliance neighborhood and return it to its former glory. By working the land and revitalizing it, they see the fruits of their labors before their eyes, and quickly attract others to join them.

Art Kibbutz New-York, NY, USA The Art Kibbutz is a collective of Jewish artists in the New York are who come together for support and inspiration. Activities are often related to the world of art, but are by no means limited to it.

Shakshuka Boulder, CO, USA Shakshuka is a dynamic community of young professionals and students who live in harmony with themselves, each other and the planet, and who aspire to connect to Jewish tradition in a way with feels meaningful and relevant to them.

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Hakhel Community Bios Career Up Now Community Los Angeles, CA, USA Career Up Now is a community of professionals mostly working in the booming high-tech market in LA who are all-to-aware that without community and a sense of meaning and belonging, the trappings of the business word can feel unsatisfactory. The community focuses on spending time together, supporting each other in the business world, and beyond it, and looking into the Jewish traditions to find answers to the questions which trouble us today.

community. They seek to work in dialogue between tradition and innovation and offer something unique in South Africa hence not competing with existing institutions.

Organic Yeshiva of Sacramento Sacramento, CA, USA The Organic Yeshiva of Sacramento is a vibrant community of Jews committed to Torah and sustainable agriculture whose mission statement is to help Jews of all backgrounds discover what our tradition has to say about agriculture and environmental stewardship. They are a union of Jews of all ages, affiliated or not, interested in repairing the land and looking for a connection to their roots.

Jewish Artists of DC Washington, DC, USA The Jewish Artists of the National Capital Region are a proud community, bound together in artistry and commitment to Jewish values. In artists communities, too often, Jews are subtly and not so subtly attacked. Rather than confront hatred, they seek to gather in peace, and strength, and provide opportunities to share Jewish culture with the local community.

Sephardic-Mizrahi Q Network New York, NY, USA The Sephardic-Mizrahi Network is a one-of-a-kind, grassroots movement that is building a vibrant community for an often overlooked segment of the Jewish world: LGBTQ Sephardim and Mizrahim. Through monthly Shabbat dinners and other intimate gatherings, create a unique platform for the intersection of LGBTQ and Sephardic-Mizrahi life—a platform where queer Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews can unapologetically bring their full selves and celebrate their multilayered identities, together with Jews from all walks of life.

9th Street Johannesburg, South Africa 9th Street is a collective of artists, community leaders and other skilled volunteers, who aspire to allow both the group itself, as well as its audiences, to reflect on and challenge issues within our current South African context through arts and culture events. Their purpose is providing multiple opportunities to deal sensitively and deeply with the apparent disconnect of the majority of South African Jewish youth to their Jewish identity in a grassroots and immediate way.

Havaya Cincinnati, OH, USA Havaya is grassroots group working to create a safe and welcoming spiritual space, posing an alternative to the traditional "white flight" and enabling people to stay and even relocate to the Midwest within a meaningful communal framework.

Jozi Partnership Minyan Johannesburg, South Africa Jozi Partnership Minyan is a community initiated by people of diverse backgrounds, ranging from Orthodox to Habonim Dror alumni, aiming at building an inclusive, welcoming and diverse

B'tocham Education Johannesburg, South Africa Btocham is a community which revolves around creating an alternative Jewish school that targets those who opt out of the institutionalized school system, in order to keep them connected.

Lavi Communities Lavi Community Berlin Berlin, Germany Lavi Berlin is a community of students, graduates and young professions from varied varied backgrounds, many of whom are new to the city and are looking for a warm connection to a Jewish home. They get together every shabbat, and often in between to spend time together, celebrate their Jewish identity and feel that they have a place in the city.

Lavi Community Vienna Vienna, Austria Lavi Vienna is a flourishing zionist community in the heart of Austria which includes a large number of alumni of the local branch of Bnei Akiva. This ideological stronghold attracts young people looking for meaning and identity in their early adulthood, and who want to become involved in events around Jewish festivals. The community offers opportunities for its members to learn Hebrew and celebrate Israeli culture.

Lavi Community Budapest Budapest, Hungary Lavi Budapest is a family and a home for all of its members.

The community is lead by a wide pool of members, who take turns to put on weekly events and organized gatherings, as well as sharing responsibility for communal welfare and social inclusivity. All are welcome to feel at home in this growing community.

Lavi Community Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany Lavi Frankfurst is a Jewish environment where young Jews can explore and live Judaism to the extent they choose to. The community is open minded, and regular social and cultural events are held to help form communal identity and encourage everyone to fell a part.

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Lavi Community Dusseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany Lavi Dusseldorf is an open minded home for all types of Jews who want to live socially, and enjoy each other’s company. The members take an active role in the wider community, often putting on events which attract people from neighboring towns, who then in turn may become interested in joining the community.

Co-Housing Groups Brooklyn Moshav Brooklyn, NY, USA The Brooklyn Urban Moshav is a multigenerational cohousing community of individuals and households who aim to live a Jewish and mutually supportive life together. By filling their residential space with joy, study, religious practice, creativity, compassion, responsibility, and action, they are building a sustainable home for themselves while looking beyond to the needs of their neighborhood and world. Currently they are searching for a suitable location, and hosting weekend planning retreats, monthly meetings and social events to consolidate their vision.

Boston Moshav Boston, MA, USA Boston Moshav is a cohousing community which is beginning to take shape in the Jamaica Plains area. They recently helps a kick-off event which attracted over 100 people who are interested in joining, and are now moving forward with consolidating a core group and working together to define the direction of the community.

Urban Kibbutz - SD San Diego, CA, USA Urban Kibbutz SD is a community of young professionals looking to live socially and sustainably in San Diego. They see co-housing as a long term goal, and currently enjoy spending Shabbatot together on weekend retreats, getting together to talk about their vision for co-housing, and just getting to know each other better. They have regular events which keep the group connected even though their are not currently living in one location.

K'far DC Washington, DC, USA Kfar DC is a cohousing community which is currently exploring housing options and focusing on consolidating a small planning group and a larger network of individuals who have expressed interest. Currently they keep the group engaged with events around Shabbatot and Chagim, and planning meetings there the focus is split between visioning and logistical planning.

Moshav Derekh Shalom Lancaster, PA, USA Moshav Derekh Shalom will be a Jewish residential community and learning center for the daily exploration of nonviolence as a way of life. Residents and program guests will commit to daily engagement with questions of personal and political nonviolence through participation in text study, discussion, writing, creative arts, community service and activism, and scheduled community rituals

such as meditation, singing and chanting, communal meals, movement, and nonviolent communication exercises.

Urban Kibbutz - SF San Francisco, CA, USA Urban Kibbutz SF is a community of families including a large proportion of parents who work as Jewish professionals. They view co-housing as a long term goal of the community, and their current focus is on strengthening and expanding the community that is already in place. They have begun the transition into a co-housing lifestyle through the creation a child care collaboration, a shared calendar and events around the festivals.

Bnei Israel Willimantic, CT, USA Bnai Yisrael is a vibrant, diverse, multi-generation cohousing community that serves as a physical center of the wider, liberal Jewish community. The common building of the cohousing residents would also be the common building of the wider community.

Russian-Speaking Communities Dor London, UK Dor is a community of Russian speakers living in London. Dor has two core groups: one of young professionals which organizes open spaces for Russian speaking Jews to share their experiences and discuss issues that they may not have another place they would feel comfortable to discuss, and to organize a summer camp for Jews in Russia. The other part of the community, known as Dor families, organizes gatherings for kids and parents, including picnics, shabbat meals and festival celebrations in an innovative Jewish style.

Kiev - Post Metzuda Kiev, Ukraine Kiev Post Metzuda community is a group of young professionals who are mostly involved in Jewish organisations as leaders and volunteers. Together, they aim to increase the quantity and quality of Jewish social events in Kiev. These events include festival celebrations, educational events, charity events and Kabbalat Shabbat held in members' homes. Additionally, they organize an annual charity awareness week which raises money for kids who have been caught in war zones.

Kharkov Post Metzuda Kharlov, Ukraine Kharkov Post Metzuda is a community of alumni of the metzuda leadership program. Their core demographic is young professionals, and they put on regular networking events for Jewish businessmen. They have created a board of local individuals with an interest in supporting Jewish business and particularly grassroots entrepreneurship. As a community, they plan regular events, put on focus groups on the topic of strategic planning, and run charity projects for those who want to take part. In addition to these events, the highlight of the communal calendar are the Shabbatonim which take place twice a year for the women of the community.

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Hakhel Community Bios Menora Yekaterinburg, Russia Odessa is a community of families led by two young mothers, who are in the process of creating a space for parents to come together to share and connect. They have recently held a Shabbaton which over 25 people attended, and are forming a core group which the community will expand around. Plans for the future include festival celebrations for the whole family where healthy and creative religious education is modeled.

Reform community of Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania The Reform communities of Lithuania is a nascent community searching out a space for them and their young families to celebrate a type of Judaism which is not on offer locally. They look to build a center of spirituality for liberal minded Jews in Lithuania, which is not plagued by old politics, and where all are welcome.

Subbotnick Melbourne, Australia Subbotnik is a Russian-speaking Jewish community in Melbourne with Jewish traditions taken away by 70 years of the Communist regime, whose primary aim is to strengthen the wellbeing of the Russian-speaking Jewish community in Australia. Having recently formed, they are currently focusing on developing plans of how to do go about doing this.

Or Gavoha Encino, CA (LA), USA Or Gavoah is a home for Jewish people from Israel and all over the world, where they can meet, communicate and feel part of the Jewish hub and build Jewish families. They aim to make it easier to find Jewish partner in LA by providing opportunities to meet other Jews, and also connect to the global Jewish community through shared learning about Israel, Jewish heritage and Jewish tradition.

Hesed Tikvah Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Hesed Tikvah is a family orientated community, which looks to share their life experience though celebrating chagim together and by sending their children on camp together in the summer. As the only Jewish community in their town, they include members of all walks of life, and notably create traditional art pieces together as a social activity.

Arba Minim Gomel, Belarus Arba Minim is a community of Jewish families in Gomel, Belarus, which operates out of the local community center. They organize day trips together, and celebrate the Jewish Families as a community. As well as these much anticipated events, they host a regular club for women which runs in parallel to Jewish after school activities for the kids. That way the mothers can enjoy their time together, whilst being secure in the knowledge that their children are in a nurturing environment.

B'kizer Hessen, Germany Bkitzer is a home for young, Russian-speaking Jews in Germany which plans to create a space for traditional Russian Jewish culture, and where they can take place in Jewish and Israel related activism.

They have held discussion groups in order to think about the best way to go about doing this.

Jurashki Chatsworth, CA, USA RuJuLa was founded on the need to serve and connect hundreds of Russian speaking Jewish families in the larger LA metropolitan area, who are currently disconnected from Jewish life. They are looking to build a community of Russian Speaking Jewish families focused on Jewish culture and tradition, and to put together events where adults can meet and get to know each other. Through this communication the children will get to know other kids similar to them and will build long lasting friendship with people of similar background, upbringing, and culture.

YPS Dnepro, Ukraine YPS is a community of alumni of the Metzuda leadership program combined with other young people, including couples and families. They are focused on developing traditional Jewish life in their city so that communal living can extend beyond the festivals, and include social gatherings and just generally a space to relax. They are also trying to create a network of families who support single-parent households, and a model of community owned business which will provide an income to make the community model sustainable.

Shemesh Karaganda, Kazakhstan Shemesh is a community of families who seek a shared center of life. They plan activities, like summer getaways, women's clubs and children's events. Their plan for the future is to map out a yearly calendar which will form a structure for the year.

Hutspa Minsk, Belarus Hutspa is a community of families and businessmen in Minsk, Belarus. Whilst the businessmen have a space to network together in an closed club, the families enjoy informal activities which are a refreshing change of pace in to the formal, somewhat outdated options which otherwise exist locally.

Koah Bobruisk, Belarus Koach is a community of parents and teenagers whose community is a center of education, focusing on business and media/ communications skills. As part of this, they run a media center which receives mostly for organisations looking to outsource jobs to Russia, such as production of short videos and documentaries, which in turn provides a source of income for the project. They are planning summer camp for 2019 where they will focus on teaching the youth of the community media-related skills.

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Habonim Dror North American Communities HDNA - Brooklyn Commune Brooklyn, NY, USA The Habonim Dror Brooklyn commune is a community whose heart is an apartment shared by 7 core members who are part of the leadership of Habonim Dror on a national level. Although the identities of the individuals holding these positions changes over time, the physical space and the culture of the community stay the same, allowing a dynamic network of young Jews to take shape around it. These progressive minded individuals are primarily from outside of the city, but have moved to NY for all kind of reasons. They enjoy celebrating shabbat in a similar way to how they did when they were in Habonim Dror, and introducing these customs to community members who did not grow up in the youth movement.

HDNA - Miriam Vancouver, BC, Canada HDNA Miriam community is proud of its dynamic member base base, and is currently focusing on condensing a core group to provide additional stability to its network. The heart of the community is a shared home where planning sessions are held, and where the community can gather in a cosy environment.

As a community, they take responsibility for planning activities for the wider Jewish population of the town, as well as those targeting Habonim Dror alumni, many of whom do not move out of Vancouver for college or upon graduating. Additionally, the home acts as a space where parents of children involved in the youth movement can meet and interact, and with time feel part of this alumni community.

HDNA - Galil Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, USA The HDNA Galil community is a community which has sprung up around the Habonim Dror summer camps. Alumni of the movement, who have shared this experience in their childhood, get together to continue to share their lives and enjoy the enrichment that communal living can provide. The members of the community organise and participate in events around the themes of youth empowerment and social justice.

HDNA - Ken YC (Galil) New York, NY, USA Ken YC is a community of young adults and parents of children in the Habonim Dor movement who shape the path of the wider HDNA community. A core program of the community is "Sichat Nefesh" which is a space for members to open issues that interest them about Jewish identity and Israel where they can talk about how the values they connected with during their time in Habonim Dror have been challenged since they left the movement.

Machon Kehillot Communities Alumot Cambridge, UK Alumot is a community of Israelis in Cambridge. They operate around a educational framework, a Sunday School, where parents, educators and kids take part in bi-weekly activities. In addition to the program aimed at elementary school aged children and their families, Alumot has designed a Bnei Mitzvah program which culminate in a communal celebration in the summer. As part of learning about Israeli and Jewish heritage, they celebrate Shabbat and Jewish festivals together. Alumot has a particularly dynamic member base, as a large part of the community is families of academics who are spending a small number of years in the university town before returning to Israel.

Barcelona Israeli Community Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Israeli community is a homey space for Israelis living in the area. They operate a Sunday school for the children of the community to learn Hebrew and develop their own Jewish/ Israeli identity, as well as coordinating a calender of social events for the adults of the community, and also the wider Jewish community giving more options to secular Jews to connect. They also work with the Ken of Hashomer Hatzair to give a framework for the youth.

Kehila - Dusseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany The Kehilla Dusseldorf is a warm, welcoming bubble of belonging and mutual support. It operates an formal framework for Hebrew teaching and learning, as well as educational activities for children based on secular Jewish-Israeli values, and informal social gatherings for adults, based on the shared Jewish Israel background of the members.

Bayit Munich, Germany Bayit is quite literally a home for Israelis in Munich. They run a Hebrew library where educational and cultural activities take place in the Hebrew language. They also host festival celebrations for the community to celebrate the festivals like they would have in Israel. They are working on creating a more formal Sunday school framework for children of the community.

Kehila - Oxford Oxford, UK The Kehilla in Oxford is a community of Israelis and their families.

They operate a bi-weekly Sunday school and a social-cultural activities for adults, including a regular discussion group on topics which speak to them such as health, nature, wellness and family.

They also celebrate festivals together as a group, and host both women's evenings and men's evenings, community yoga sessions, and run a "welcome committee" which helps to provide furniture to new arrivals, which is actually donated by families are returning to Israel.

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Hakhel Community Bios Kvutsa Ivrit - The Hebrew Group Hackney, UK Kvutsa Ivrit is a place where people come to share and create together. It aims to provide their children with meaningful experiences that will deepen, enhance and strengthen their Jewish and Israeli identities, within a multicultural context. The mothers volunteer to take turns in running a sunday school for their children.

They are a group of Israelis who have made their permanent home in London.

Kehila - Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands The Kehilla in Rotterdam is a community of Israelis and Dutch locals.

Their events take place in a combination of Hebrew, English and Dutch, and as a community they run a Sunday school for children up to age 10. They celebrate together the Jewish festivals and organise social events around for the adults. Their vision is to grow and establish a strong, supportive community, that accept each and every one with their differences and uniqueness. They try to welcome the locals Israeli diplomats who are located in Rotterdam for a short period.

Kehila - Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands The Kehilla in Amsterdam is a community of Israelis and their families living in Amsterdam. The community operates an oversubscribed sunday school for children ages up to ten, where the children learn Hebrew and Jewish/ Israeli culture. They celebrate chagim together as a community, and take their children on trips around the country in the summer break. As the community is a very diverse group, containing individuals who live in Amsterdam for a wide variety of reasons, a communal priority is helping members connect to each other on a range of levels, beyond common identity. A number of subprojects have been generated by the community, including a Hebrew-language band.

Kehilla Maastricht Maastricht, Netherlands The Limburg Community will serve both as a cultural and social community for families and adults specifically around Jewish holidays, but also as a safe and nurturing community for emotional support related to living in a foreign country. Special focus is given to children who learn and practice the Hebrew language and Jewish identity to enable them to form bonds among them based on these shared principles and experiences. Our community will strive to be a place where Israelis in Limburg feel connected and welcome.

Hashomer Hatzair and Machon Kehillot Communities Kehila of Roma Rome, Italy The Kehilla of Roma will be a hub for cultural, educational and social activities in a secular Jewish-Italian spirit, and based on pluralistic and democratic values. The community will be a place where children and adults alike can learn Jewish traditions and values in their own way, where secular Jewish identity and

culture can be developed and cherished, and where a sense of belonging, social connection and mutual support can be found.

Kehila - Zurich Zurich, Switzerland The Kehilla of Zurich is a community of alumni of the youth movement HaShomer HaTzair, whose members share the common belief that “It is not good that man should be alone”. One of their core goals is to teach hebrew to the children of the community and to incorporate Israel and Hebrew in to the community culture which those children are brought in to.

CCMA - Montevideo Montevideo, Uruguay The CCMA - Montevideo community in Uruguay is a space for secular and pluralistic Jews to develop their own, unique culture, based on the principles of acceptance, mutual responsibility and creating an "added value" in all of their activities, beyond what is currently available locally. They aim to maintain their connection with the youth movement Hashomer Hatzair, whilst cultivating a culture more appropriate for alumni of the movement.

JOI - Jewish, Open & Inclusive Milan, Italy JOI is a community that is open and inclusive and where everyone can feel belonging with no fear of being "not fitting". They promote the idea that the Jewish people is one, independently of the level of religious observance and denomination. They actively encourage debate, proposal making, out-of-the-box thinking and critical approaches that are constructive and respectful, in which all feel free, safe, and equally legitimate to express themselves.

Kehilla- Paris Paris, France The Kehilla in Paris is a hebrew speaking community of young families. They are working on establishing an educational framework for the youth of the community, and creating a communal calendar which includes celebrating festivals and select Shabbatot together, as well as many other social activities.

CCMA-kehilah- Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The CCMA Kehilla is a warm home for members and guests who see themselves as Jewish or Israeli and are looking to share meaningful experiences in a pluralistic and open minded environment. One of their key goals is produce programming which connects members to Israel, and to their past involvement in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.

Hakehilla Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina Hakehilla Buenos Aires is a space for anyone and everyone who sees themselves as a pluralistic Jew to share Jewish festivals, to enjoy Israeli culture, speak or learn Hebrew, and be part of a warm, mutually supportive community. They pride themselves on the values of democracy and pluralism that they learned during their years in the Hashomer Hatzair movement.

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Hashomer Hatzair Communities

Lazos Communities

Hashomer Hatzair East Brunswick, NJ, USA Hashomer Hatzair NY is a community of families in East Brunswick who are connected to the local Ken of Hashomer Hatzair, together with a minority of families who have never had any connection to the movement. They look to create a tight-knit group of individuals as they believe that this is the best way of creating warmth without compromising on diversity. They are currently exploring models for sustainable growth both into a larger community, and as their group ages and drifts away from the youth movement which is at their core.

Lazos Lima Lima, Peru The Lazos Lima community is a collective of Jewish leaders, professionals and activists who want to improve the face of Jewish life in Lima. They see the need for rejuvenation in various areas, ranging for rictual to cultural, and plan to join forces to create this change, through a "be the change you want to see in the world" approach.

Hashomer Hatzair Canada Toronto, Canada Hashomer Hatzair Toronto sees itself as a second family for its members. Its core goal is to creating more sustainable and accessible education in the wider community. They are a collective of parents of young people who are involved in the youth movement HaShomer Hatzair, together with alumni of the movement who are setting up families of their own.

Hashomer Hatzair Australia Melbourne, Australia Hashomer Hatzair Australia aims to establish an open and intentional community of secular Zionist Jews in Australia. The envisaged community will include members who have completed their time as leaders in the movement, committee members and participants of the movement who wish to still maintain a strong connection with one another.

Kol Ami Communities Kol Ami - Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico The Kol Ami community in Mexico City aims to create a community of young adults involved in providing solutions to the problems facing young Jews in Mexico, by creating a leadership body that focuses on the future of the community. Additionally, the community strives to create a safe environment for the young people to get involved in social service and mission in the wider Jewish community.

Melbourne JComm Melbourne, Australia Melbourne JCom is a group of alumni of the Kol Ami program, who have been inspired with a deep sense of connection to Israel and their Jewish roots. Their vision is to bring together Jewish young adults who are in the “gap� between post gap year/university involvement in the community and pre marriage/family life.

They firmly believe it is essential to offer strong and meaningful connection to Jewish life in these formative years.

Lazos Mexico Mexico City, Mexico The Lazon Mexico community looks to create more vibrant and interesting Jewish life in Mexico. One of the ways they plan to do this is to create more international links with other Jewish communities around the world, a well as providing new opportunities to participate, identify, and belong in a Jewish community.

Lazos Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina Lazos Buenos Aires is a community which offers an idea of different, pluralistic, and open Judaism, and that aims to bring together members of the wider Jewish community who do not feel connected to any community. The community with a have a dynamic that addresses social, spiritual, cultural and professionals issues and interests.

Lazos Panama City Panama City, Panama Lazos Panama City community is a bridge between the communities which already exist in the area, of all denominations, and their plan is to focus on working with young Jews in order to achieve this.

Plans currently in place include organising social events, shabbat meals and business networking events for this cohort. The core of the community is a collaboration of professionals who seek to innovate the local Jewish scene, through the skills that they bring to the table from their respective backgrounds.

Lazos Santiago Santiago, Chile The Lazos Santiago community is a warm space for Chilean Jews to feel inspired, collaborate and innovate Jewish life for the wider community. They are united by their belief that it is important to create a team of leaders and individuals whose social conscience is leading them to improve Jewish life, and by working together they can create a force to be reckoned with.

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Hakhel Community Bios JWRP Communities

HeChalutz Communities

JEM Miami Miami, FL, USA JEM Miami is a community of Latin-American mothers in the Miami area, which was created by the network of alumni of JWRP Israel trips in the area. They believe that mutual support, friendship and fellowship are key to ensuring the future of the Jewish family. This group of women aim to spread the inspiration by helping others participate in JWRP programs, and hope to organise a communal trip to March of the Living.

HeChalutz - Sydney Sydney, Australia HeChalutz Sydney is a nasient community of young professional Jews looking to continue their connection to the youth movement and to each other through the creation of a warm hub of Jewish life, made just for them. They hope to have a community that is actively and critically engaged in Israel and the direction of their Jewish practice as well as always thinking about Tikkun Olam, and shared Jewish learning.

Asociacion Solidaria Neder Barcelona, Spain Neder is a community of women who celebrate all types of Judaism, led by alumni of the JWRP program. They act to protect and care for fellow Jews who are at risk of social isolation, whilst simultaneously leading the field in innovative Jewish and Israel education in Spain.

HeChalutz - Melbourne Melbourne, Australia HeChalutz Melbourne is the centre for progressive Australian Jewry.

The community runs events and activities for young adults in the Melbourne Jewish community. Melbourne is the beating heart of the Australian Jewish community but lacks a strong progressive egalitarian voice that young adult can connect to, and this community looks to fill that gap.

Jewish Family Center Adain Lo St. Petersburg, Russia Jewish Family Center Adain Lo is a parents community, which particularly brings together mothers through sistership sessions, as well as celebrations of the chagim together as families and and as community. The community is partnered with JWRP which supports the mothers to come to Israel on short, inspirational trips, which in term helps to generation additional lay leaders within the community. They run two kindergartens, as the whole community is attached to the network of Jewish kindergartens.

Beth Jacob Irvine Irvine, CA, USA Beth Jacob Irvine Community currently supports diverse local Jewish women in learning, building community, and revitalizing their Jewish homes with the JWRP Momentum trip to Israel and local monthly Jewish educational growth groups, social opportunities, and other spiritual and community building experiences. (ie, learning about Israel and Judaism, strengthening connections between OC Jewish women and families with learning gatherings, family Shabbat dinners, Pizza in the Hut for Sukkot, unity brunches, challah bakes, art nights, speaker events, volunteer opportunities, and more).

HeChalutz - Auckland Auckland, New Zealand HeChalutz Auckland is a community of Alumni of the HeChalutz youth movement, who have grown up together and been inspired by the values of the movement. This nasient community is hoping to attract members from beyond the movement to become the unique and perfectly place collaborative of young professionals who share life's ups and downs together.

Shorashim Perth, Australia Shorashim is a community of alumni of HeChalutz who understand the importance of Jewish and Israel focused education from a young age. They have taken it upon themselves to innovate this field in Perth, and through doing so, attempt to increase the percentage of young Jewish who remain within the wider Jewish community.

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