Over the years, the Washtenaw Jewish News has profiled quite a few of AARC’s members, focusing on their books or other achievements.
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More on Shmita: December 7 Event
By AARC Member Carole Caplan, for the Washtenaw Jewish News
On December 7, 2014, the community is invited to gather at St. Joe’s Hospital to explore how the Jewish teachings of Shmita are coming to life through the impact of regional institutions and their commitments to local, healthy food.
Meet at St. Joe’s Women’s Health Center, 5320 Elliot Dr, Ypsilanti.
1:00pm-3:30pm.
Free.
For information, contact Carole Caplan at carolecaplan@livebychoice.com, or Idelle Hammond- Sass at Hammond_sass@msn.comFor the year’s Shmita activities, see this page.
The event is a continuation of an exciting year-long exploration of the teachings of Shmita, funded by a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor late last winter. “For me, the commandments of shmita can be seen as a built-in seventh year wake-up call,” said AARC member Carole Caplan, who is co-chairing the event with fellow congregant Idelle Hammond-Sass. Caplan explains that “Shmita, which means ‘release’, is the opportunity to become conscious of our relationships with each other, with the environment, and with our understanding of true health, nourishment, and ‘enough-ness’. Just as Shabbat is an opportunity to re-set our ideas about production and consumption on a personal level, Shmita provides us with a unique and important opportunity to re-imagine and reset our practices regarding food production and consumption in and beyond our own homes out into our communities.”
AARC member and owner of Locavorious, Rena Basch, agrees. “Modern philosophy on how to celebrate and honor the Shmita years recommends we take the time to re-imagine society, re-lease the land and re-think farming”. Basch, who began working in the local sustainable food movement in 2006, founded Locavorious, a locally grown frozen fruit and vegetable CSA here in Ann Arbor. “Do you wonder how we, and our community, our congregations, our schools, and our institutions can support the values and intentions of this Shmita tradition?” Basch questioned. “This event will introduce us [Read more…] about More on Shmita: December 7 Event
AARC Gatherings in the Washtenaw Jewish News
Here’s a taste of some of our events and celebrations, over the years.
Events-2007-2014Our Washtenaw Jewish News ads, over the years (2009-2014)
These are AARC’s ads in the Washtenaw Jewish News from 2009 to 2014. You’ll see lots of our members and some of what we think makes us a lovely community.
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New Torah Mantle Dedicated, from Nov. 2001 Washtenaw Jewish News
This article appeared in the November 2001 Washtenaw Jewish News.
