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ADAMAH Alumni

Special Announcement!

Join us at Eden Village on Sunday, August 16th for an Adamah Professional Development Workshop.

Here’s what some of our alumni have gone on to do after their time at ADAMAH. You're also invited to read comments and reflections from the ADAMAH community on our blog.

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
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center Office Manager and first coordinator of the TevAdamah Alumni Network

Joshua Lichtman
Director, Avodah House in New Orleans, LA

Joanna Kent Katz
Masters Program in Social Justice Work. University of Massachusetts

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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