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Our alumni walk many paths after their time at Adamah. Here is a sampling of what some of them are up to now. You're also invited to read comments and reflections from the ADAMAH community on our blog.
Fall 2011 Alumni News
Jacob Fine (2004-2005 faculty) is really, really enjoying working as Rabbi and Director of Programs for the Jewish Farm School and is happy to be back with the east coast chevre.
Abby Streusand (Summer ’07) is currently working at Kayam Farm as CSA/Field Manager (collaborating with fellow alum Josh “The Pickler” Rosenstein and Ian Hertzmark), and also preparing for her upcoming wedding to Gabe Greenberg on the second of Cheshvan.
 Daniel Bowman Simon (Summer ’09), founder of SNAP Gardens tells us that most SNAP (formerly Food Stamp) recipients are unaware that they can garden with their incredible growing power of food stamps. In 2011, over 45 million people, or more than one in seven Americans, rely on SNAP to put food on the table.
Davida Ginsberg (Fall ’10) is living and working not far from Adamah at Gould Farm, a therapeutic community for adults with mental illness, where she is working in the garden, harvesting vegetables, and learning how healing farm work can be for people.
Erin Taylor (Summer ’10) is representing Adamah in the first class of Food Corps, a new service year program focusing on school gardens, food education, and getting healthy local food into cafeterias. She says, “I work in Gloucester, MA and I draw on what I learned at Adamah all the time. I'm sure I won't be the last Adamahnik to serve with Food Corps!” Read about Erin and other Jewish Food Corps members in the Jew and the Carrot.
Bonnie Wolf (Summer ’10) is living in Tucson, AZ and is working for the Community Food Bank, specifically in the Community Food Resource Center in the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center, a program that works to find more sustainable solutions to the issue of hunger.
Rachel Freyja Bedick (Fall ’10) is living in a delicious cooperative house in Somerville, MA with a great group of folks, including Becca Weaver (Fall ‘06), and wonderful shabbat dinners and lunches. She recently began a Master's of Social Work graduate program at Simmons College.
Jacob Siegel & Eric Wehlitz (Summer ’11), new Jerusalem roommates, tell us: "We want you to know that we carry the energy and spirit of Adamah with us every day: in our eating practices, in what we buy (from an Organic local CSA!), and in song."
Simchas
WEDDINGS AND BABIES
Shir Yaakov (Fall ‘03) and Emily Peck on their marriage and birth of baby Ivy Lila.
Sara Teitelbaum (Summer ’06) and Mark Pruce on their wedding in June in New York.
ENGAGEMENTS
Abby Streusand (Summer ’07) & Gabe Greenberg (Fall ’05).
Bonnie Wolf (Adamah Summer ’10) & Frank Harris
NEW DIRECTORS AND PROFESSIONAL TRANSITIONS
Sabrina Malach (Fall ’05) has been hired as the Director of Outreach and Development for Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs in Toronto, Canada.
Clare Hyre (Fall ’09) reached her fundraising goal to launch Cloud NineRooftop garden in Philadelphia.
Yisroel Bass (Summer ’10) on the inaugural summer of Yiddish Farm.
Eden Pearlstein (Summer ’07) recently began his studies at JTS Masters in Jewish Experiential Education program in NYC.
Rachel Ackoff (Summer ’11), who will be studying Jewish Professional Leadership at NYU and Avi Strausberg (Fall ’08), who will be studying for the rabbinate at Hebrew College in Boston, were cccepted into the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program, Class XXIV.
Past Alumni News
Seth Shames, Ariela Summit
Program Staff at Ecoagriculture Partners: An international non-profit organization that works with farmers, conservationists, researchers, leaders in rural development, entrepreneurs and policymakers around the world to sustain, develop and promote eco-agriculture.
Yigal Deustcher
Director of Shorashim: A farm program in Israel that connects school children to Jewish teachings and community living, founded by ADAMAH Alumni.
Aitan Mizrachi
Founder: ADVA Dairy: crafting locally-made, organic and kosher goat milk, cheeses and yogurts.
Rebecca Bloomfield
Program Staff: Edible School Yard, Berkeley, CA
Dana Cordozo
Chair of Environmental Advisory Commission for City Government. Progressive Jewish Alliance Jeremiah Fellow
Rebekah Robinson
Master of Jewish Music program (cantorial track) at Gratz College in Philadelphia.
Nati Passow
Co-founder and director of Jewish Farm School; Garden Construction Coordinator
Kevin (Zelig) Golden
Staff Attorney: Center for Food Safety; Co-chair of the 2008 Hazon Food Conference
Alexander Sharone
Directs the Jeremiah Fellowship: a social justice program for young Jewish adults for the Progressive Jewish Alliance in San Francisco
Rebekah Baron, Nellie Krentzman
Program Directors: Hillel at Northwestern University and University of Vermont
Jason Ross
Crew Leader: Sunlight Solar Installation
Noah Goldstein
Student at Pardes Year Course in Jerusalem, Israel
Jeffrey Yoskowitz
Year-long documentary project on pork farms in Israel
Leah Katz
Environmental Planner: Biological Associates
Gabe Greenberg, Adina Allen, Getzel Davis, Elana Rosen-Brown
Rabbinical School Students at Chovevei Torah, Hebrew College, and Hebrew Union Institute
Robbie Freedman, Shema Blumm-Evitts, Rachel Tali Kaplan, Ian Roblee Hertzmark
The Jewish Farm School: A Jewish Environmental Education Collective founded by ADAMAHniks.
Netzitzah Greenfield and Jakir Manela
Founder and Director: Kayam Farm at Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center: An educational Jewish farm founded by Adamahniks serving the Baltimore community
Ian Roblee-Hertzmark
High School Science teacher, New York, NY
Anne Fox
Organizer for Local 26, participant in Jewish Organizing Initiative social justice fellowship
Lauren Weinberg
Staff on on Kopali Organics Conscious Goods Alliance Bus Tour
Aaron Desatik
LEED AP, Events and Marketing Coordinator: The Green Roundtable. Aaron manages events and marketing at The Green Roundtable, a non-profit in Boston working to mainstream green building through education, policy, and technical assistance. In less than two years, he has established an events program to provide thousands of building professionals, business professionals, and the general public with the mindset, skills, and networks to implement green building. As a trained community organizer, he also organizes Jewish young adults, most recently running a campaign to increase awareness and community-wide purchasing of local foods in the Greater Boston Jewish community. Aaron earned a BA in Comparative Studies from the Ohio State University, is a LEED Accredited Professional, and is an intermediate-level bike mechanic. He was an Adamah Fellow in 2004 and his life and work has been immensely shaped by his fellowship experience.
Naftali Hanau
Student at the School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanic Garden, Bronx, NY
Megan Jensen, Joshua Rosenstein, Anna Stevenson, Miriam Feiner
ADAMAH Faculty: Greenhouse and Garden Manager, Value-Added Products Manager, Farm Manager
Adam Edell
School Garden Manager: Hayward Nutritional Learning Community Project
Elizabeth Cossin, Batya Schuman
Educators: The Teva Learning Center—North America's foremost Jewish Environmental Education Institute, a non-denominational educational program serving over 2,000 youth annually.
Ahron Lerman
Masters Program: Conway School of Landscape Design
Joshua Lichtman
Director, Avodah House in New Orleans, LA
Joanna Kent Katz
Masters Program: Social Justice Education from Umass Amherst
Rachel Kriger
Masters Program: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Aviva Allen
Holistic nutritional consultant and author of The Organic Kosher Cookbook.
Eden "Eprhyme" Pearlstein
An up and coming Jewish hip hop artist who recently released his first solo album WAYWORDWONDERWILL. Hear Eprhyme's music at http://www.myspace.com/eprhyme.
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