Wilderness Torah awakens and celebrates the earth-based traditions of Judaism to nourish the connections between self, community, earth, and Spirit.
Join Wilderness Torah to celebrate Tu B’Shvat – the New Year of the Trees – in the East Bay Redwoods!
Sunday February 12, 2012 from 10am to 3:30pm
Registration is Open
As the days lengthen and spring approaches, we pause during Tu B’Shvat to celebrate the unseen awakening of Creation. Deep within the trees, the sap begins to flow, as the trees start their cycle anew.In the tradition of the Tsfat mystics, we gather in a sacred grove to create an experiential Tu B’Shvat seder that connects us to the forest and the elements. We delight in the fruit of the trees, p’ri ha-etz, and celebrate the season together through the five senses, song, meditation, and Tu B’Shvat teachings.
Join us in co-creating our Fifth Annual Passover Pilgrimage
Passover in the Desert 2012: Envision Liberation
Wednesday, April 11 through Sunday, April 15, 2012
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Passover calls on us to free ourselves from the narrow places in our lives and reminds us that true liberation is a community experience… no one is truly free until we are all free.
Our experience in the desert embodies simplicity, connection, tribe and transformation. We’ll leave our electronic devices at home as we make Exodus to the rugged desert wilderness, experiencing the joy and abundance of living, eating, singing, and praying together in the blooming spring desert.
Introducing B’hootz Children’s Jewish Nature Program
We’re excited to introduce B’hootz, Wilderness Torah’s expanded year-round children’s program! B’hootz which means “Outside!” in Hebrew, is an expansion of Gan Torah. Give your kids the opportunity to participate in Wilderness Torah’s children’s program with Jewish environmental educator Ariela Ronay-Jinich.
Join us for a B’hootz intro night at the JCC on Monday February 6th from 7-9pm. Or get a taste of B’hootz by attending Tu B’Shvat in the Redwoods! All children registered for B’hootz attend Tu B’Shvat in the Redwoods children program for free!
Thank You For Shining Brightly
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Shine last night. We are deeply grateful for your support of Wilderness Torah. It was an honor celebrating with you. If you weren’t able to join us at the David Brower Center, check out the new Wilderness Torah video that we debuted at Shine.
Wilderness Torah Named to Slingshot 50!
Wilderness Torah has been named one of North America’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’11-’12, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. Wilderness Torah was selected for our innovative approach to Jewish life, reconnecting Judaism to nature and reweaving the fabric of multi-generational community.
Slingshot raves that “Wilderness Torah is the long-awaited missing piece in the lives of many Jews who feel connected to the environmental movement.” Wilderness Torah “is not only addressing the interest of the Jewish community in environmentalism, but it seems to be connecting it with a real need for innovation in Jewish education and involvement in life cycle and holiday events.”
Inclusion in Slingshot ’11-’12 is a strong validation for the work Wilderness Torah is doing to reconnect Jewish life to the cycles of nature and the cycles of our lives through our land-based festivals, rites of passage, and children’s nature education.
