As my time at Adamah (the Jewish farming fellowship) fellow came to a close, I felt like our season as farmers also came full circle.  For me personally, the experience on the farm also marked my transformation from an Artistic Administrator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (a fancy-clothes weari...

A quick food round up from the Jewy blogosphere: Quick! Someone revoke Adam Sandler’s Jew-creds — the man doesn’t even like hummus! Check out his interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show web site. (Hat tip to Dan Treiman at Forward.com) A new kosher cooking school is open in Fl...

(x-posted from www.greenprophet.com) I was so anxious Monday as I awaited word of the delivery of my very first Israeli community supported agriculture (CSA) delivery to its drop spot in Tel Aviv. I was nervous, not because I thought the vegetables wouldn’t be good or because I was unsure if I was...

Okay, so you signed up for a CSA - (lucky you!) After weeks or even months of patient waiting for the earth to “ yield its produce ,” all of a sudden your kitchen is flooded with a flurry of real. live. vegetables. From now until the end of the season, you will be blessed with the opport...

Rabbi Rebecca Joseph is a conservative rabbi, a cultural anthropologist, and a Tuv Ha’Aretz member! Her blog, The Parve Baker is filled with delicious recipes and (equally delicious) words of Torah. Over the summer, she will spearhead The Jew & The Carrot’s “Unboxed” segm...