This program is designed as a supplement to the Kayam Farm Beit Midrash Shabbaton, but can be attended separately for those unable to join us for the whole weekend.

Kayam Kollel: Reviving the Migrash

An exploration of ancient Israelite land-use and their relevance to today

Featuring special guest scholars:

Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning & Leadership

Rabbi Or Rose, Associate Dean, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Amanda Behrens, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

Miriam Avins, Baltimore Green Space

• Get your hands dirty on Kayam Farm
• Discover a biblical greenbelt zoning system, where cities were surrounded by vineyards, orchards, pasture, and wilderness
• Explore Jewish tradition as it relates to sustainable real estate development
  
• Assess the critical state of our nation's food system using foodshed mapping and food justice analysis
• Help revive the migrash through permaculture, eco-villages, transition towns, and more ideas of your own!

Contact Jakir Manela with questions- jakir@pearlstonecenter.org

Cost - $75 (includes all meals, program fees and lodging)