Points of Interest
- Adamah, the Jewish Environmental Fellowship, is seeking applicants ages 20–29, for their Summer and Fall 2006 sessions. The fellowship integrates organic farming, sustainable living, Jewish learning, leadership, and contemplative spiritual practice. For more information about this unique opportunity, visit the Adamah website.
- The Eco-Learning Center/Permaculture Guesthouse in Rechavia, Jerusalem, is seeking volunteers for the month of February to do landscaping, painting, cleaning, organizing, gardening, and website design. Work-trade for free meals and lodging, or other substantiative payment. Interested parties should contact Akiva Werbalowsky at kevinakiva at yahoo dot com.
- On Friday, February 10, Rabbi Michael Lerner will discuss his new book The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right, at the 92nd Street Y. Tickets for the event, which include an autographed copy of the book, are available online.
- Catalyst to Coalition and The National Coalition Building Institute will be holding a conference entitled “Facing A Challenge Within: A Progressive Scholars’ and Activists’ Conference on Anti-Semitism & The Left,” March 25–March 27, in Elizabeth, NJ. For more information, visit facingachallenge.com.