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Sep 6, 2012

The Sukkah Party's at Urban Amah on Oct 7: Eat, Pray, Lulav Sukkot Festival & More!

EAT, PRAY, LULAV
2nd Annual Sukkot Harvest Festival                             Tickets on sale now!
Back by popular demand for its second year, we are pleased to bring you Urban Adamah's Sukkot Harvest Festival. Join us on Sunday, October 7, for our seminal family event on the farm.

 Live musical performances by Octopretzel and The Bearded Ladies!

With special guest teachers:
Rabbi Shalom Bochner, Professor Naomi Seidman, Rabbi Saraleya Schley, Rabbi David Kasher, Bat Sheva Miller, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Rabbi Dev Noily
Meet Berkeley's resident goats 
Chickens exposed!  
Cob oven building   
Really Local Tea Bar  
Farm tours
Food prep: pickles, pizza and more  
Worm composting demos
Grinding wheat--from the berry to pita 
A surprise visit by a 100+ year-old-creature
Local, kosher organic food for sale
Live music    
Storytelling  
Crafts    
Face painting    
Make your own salve 














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LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE

 

Adults: $18 in advance, $20 at the door

Children: $8 in advance, $10 at the door

Family (2 adults and 2+children): $45

 

Special! 50% discount if you purchase before Sept. 13 (excludes family rate). 

Use discount code: "newsletter"

 

Purchase Tickets

 

Cosponsored by Afikomen Judaica, Congregation Beth El, Center for Jewish Studies, Chochmat HaLev, Beth Chaim Congregation, City Slicker Farms, Congregation Beth Israel, East Bay Federation, Ecology Center, Oakland Hebrew Day School,

EcoJews of the Bay, Hazon, East Bay Jewish Community Center, Kehillah Community Synagogue, Kevah, Netivot Shalom, OBUGS, PJ Library, Urban Worm, Tehiyah Day School, Edah and Wilderness Torah 

Join us for more celebrations on the farm this September!
Check Out More Wild Jewish Opportunities From Our Friends at Wilderness Torah 

 

B'naiture's 2-year journey uses nature as a vehicle to explore the transition from childhood to adolescence. Info session Sept 12, 7:30-8:30pm.

Learn more

 

Wilderness Torah's Sukkot on the Farm Festival Oct 4-8.

Learn more

THANK YOU
 
The harvest season is in full swing, and we are so grateful for our bounty. Thank you to all the volunteers, community partners, friends and supporters who help Urban Adamah grow so we can help nourish. 








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URBAN ADAMAH
1050 Parker Street @ 10th
Berkeley, CA 94710 
510-649-1595
info@urbanadamah.org

AVODAT LEV: SERVICE OF THE HEART 

Shabbat Morning with Urban Adamah

With special guest 
Estelle Frankel
 
Saturday, September 8, 10am

 

Join Urban Adamah staff and fellows for our unique Shabbat morning service, which includes chanting, movement, poetry and contemplative time on the farm, following the journey of the traditional Shabbat morning service. Avodat Lev (Service of the Heart) is designed to help us connect to ourselves, each other and to that which connects us all. No Hebrew language skills or any other experience of any kind is necessary. Join us at 10am for the service and stay for a potluck vegetarian brunch.

 

Avodat Lev: 10-11:30am

Potluck: 11:30am-12:30pm

 

This event is free and open to the public, but please register in advance.

 

Learn More and Register

 
Treehouse Orchestra
A NIGHT OF LIVE MUSIC  
With Four Fabulous Local Bands
Thursday, September 13, 6:45-11pm

For our September edition of our farm concert series, we're excited to showcase four of our favorite local bands:

 

TREEHOUSE ORCHESTRA

BIRD BY SNOW

YASSOU BENEDICT

MELITA

 

Come to Urban Adamah's big tent for a rocking evening! Bring a cozy layer, your favorite mug and a friend. We'll serve farm-brewed chai ($1) and free freshly popped organic popcorn.

 

Doors open at 6:45pm

 

Sliding scale: $5-$20. All proceeds support the farm and the musicians.

Limited work-exchange tickets are available (help us set up and take down in exchange for free admission).

 

Purchase Tickets  

 
HAVDALLAH BONFIRE & 
80s DANCE PARTY
with Wilderness Torah
Saturday, September 29, 7pm

 

Start your week with sweetness and

community under the full moon over San Pablo. We'll celebrate havdallah (the short, musical ceremony that separates Shabbat from the rest of the week) with a bonfire, fresh-popped organic popcorn, farm-brewed chai and, of course, an 80s Dance Party spun by Adam Berman aka DJ Donuts.

 

Bring a treat for our traditional dessert potluck (veggie only), warm clothes and your favorite mug. Come at 7pm for a drink and a shmooze. We'll make havdallah around 8pm and continue the evening with more music and dancing.

 

Gather: 7pm

Bonfire: 8pm


Advance tickets: sliding scale of $10-$20*

Tickets at the door: $15

Children under 13 are free

 

*Suggested donation of $15 covers the cost of drinks, snacks and use of the space.  

 

 

Cosponsored by our friends at Wilderness Torah.