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Wilderness Torah

Participants gather under redwoods at an event of Wilderness Torah, which is now  Adamah SF. (Mitchel Davidowitz/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish Green Business Network to co-host summit during Climate Week SF

by Dan Pine April 1, 2026April 2, 2026

Talya Herring recalls the moment she became a dedicated environmentalist. Years ago, while vacationing in Nepal as a law student, she was told to burn her household trash in the […]

Wilderness Torah's signature programs, such as Passover in the Desert, are often characterized by an ecstatic spiritual mood. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inBay Area

Wilderness Torah joins up with national Jewish eco org Adamah

by Dan Pine September 16, 2025September 16, 2025
Participants in From Older to Elder's February 2025 retreat mug for the camera at Point Reyes National Seashore. (Courtesy Bruce Beron)
Posted inIdeas

Local program redefines what it means to age wisely — and Jewishly

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz May 30, 2025May 30, 2025
Wilderness Torah's signature annual event, Passover in the Desert, drew its biggest crowd yet to the Mojave Desert, April 5-10, 2023. (Photo/Julia Maryanska)
Posted inBay Area

Wilderness Torah presses pause on flagship ‘Passover in the Desert’ event

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2023
Wilderness Torah's 2022 Rosh Hashanah seder at Green Valley Farms. (Photo/Julia Maryanska for Wilderness Torah)
Posted inUncategorized

Earth-based groups embrace the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder this year

by Dan Pine September 5, 2023September 6, 2023
Wilderness Torah's signature annual event, Passover in the Desert, drew its biggest crowd yet to the Mojave Desert, April 5-10, 2023. (Photo/Julia Maryanska)
Posted inBay Area

‘We passed through that storm’: Wilderness Torah raises enough to keep going

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
Attendees of a Wilderness Torah gathering for Sukkot perform a version of the ancient Simchat Beit Hashoeivah ritual in 2022. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
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Facing shortfall, Wilderness Torah launches emergency fundraiser

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2023March 19, 2023
under a very large sukkah, shere raises her hands up as she leads a circle of people in prayer
Posted inReligion

Wilderness Torah’s signature Sukkot festival returns in October

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 11, 2022
The bride and groom, Ophir Haberer and Adi Aboody, exit the chuppah after the ceremony with family and friends applauding. (Photo/JTA-Luna Munn Photography)
Posted inUnions

Their wilderness-inspired Jewish wedding featured an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA August 8, 2022
Wilderness Torah Rosh Hashanah celebration at Camp Newman, September 2021. (Photo/Darren Miller)
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Wilderness Torah, Camp Newman collaborate to build Center for Earth-Based Judaism

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 17, 2021September 20, 2021

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