Shoresh’s favourite word is “wow” and one of our all-time-favourite sources of wonder and wow is the process of pollination. Watching a bee fly from flower to flower seeking nectar and pollen while inadvertantly spreading pollen from one flower to…
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Connecting Tzedakah, Tikkun Olam & Indigenous Solidarity
Thank you to our guest bloggers, Sterling Stutz and Emily Green for writing this important post and doing the work to to support Indigenous land defence and self-determination in Canada. As you walk through the city streets of Toronto do you ever…
The Shoresh Socialite: Dr. Michael Schecter
We spoke with our dear friend, biological dentist and former Chairman of the Shoresh board, Michael Schecter from Schecter Dental to learn about the unique and inspiring ways that he connects his medical, Jewish and environmental ethics and why he’s a…
Sweeten Your Mishloach Manot With a Taste of Bela Farm
On Purim, we rejoice through recounting Esther and Mordechai’s triumph over wicked Haman, drinking, wearing masks, and partying. We also give back to our community thorough mishloach manot, gifts of food to family and friends. To fulfill the mitzvah of mishloach manot, every Jewish…
The Shoresh Socialite: Leah Koenig
We caught up with Leah Koenig, food writer and cookbook author to talk about the evolution of the New Jewish Food Movement, why Jewish foodies need to become environmentalists and why food justice is a Jewish idea. You were a…
The Shoresh Socialite: Anthony Rose
Shoresh loves chef/restaurateur/yogi Anthony Rose and all the amazing contributions he’s made to nurturing Jewish food culture in Toronto. We first met him at Beyond Bubbie, an event we co-organized with the Ontario Jewish Archives and the Miles Nadal JCC to…
Life with Bees-March
To help develop and nurture your inner WOW Shoresh will be sharing seasonal tidbits about the lives of our honey bees and what they’re up to at Bela Farm. What do Bela’s Bees do in March? Imagine spending a…
Dear Shoresh
Dear Shoresh is our attempt to answer the most frequently asked questions we get from community members. Dear Shoresh, What is the connection between Judaism and the environment? Many Jewish texts express clear and strong environmental ethics. In the first chapter…
The Shoresh Socialite- Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh
We spoke with Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh, co-founder and director of Adamah: The Jewish Farming Fellowship, a three-month leadership training program for Jewish adults ages 20-32 that integrates organic agriculture, farm-to-table living, Jewish learning, community building, and spiritual practice. Shamu teaches Judaism and ecology, turns…
What’s growing at Shoresh?
Garlic, Allium sativum Yiddish: קנאָבל (knobl) Hebrew: שׁוּם (shoom) It’s mid-January in Ontario and while it’s a mild winter (thank you El Nino and climate change) it appears that nothing is growing in our gardens. But things are not always as…