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(Mostly) Everything You Wanted To Know About Jewish Farming History But Didn’t Know Who To Ask
Jonathan Dekel-Chen (he/him)

B'Bayit B'Midbar (at home in the desert)
Micha Chetrit

Chewing the Cud with Jewish Livestock Farmers
Rabbi Aaron Philmus, Suzanna Goldblatt-Clark, Caleb Straus-Peretz & Cody Nicolson-Stratton

Creating a Life on Land: The Soul Fire Farm Story
Leah Penniman, Neshima Vitale-Penniman, & Emet Vitale-Penniman

Reflections on Shmita from Israel Today
Shaul Judelman

TransPlanted - A Panel of Trans Jewish Farmers
Shoshana Mackay, La’akea Kaufman, Micha Chetrit, Sam Panken, & Simcha Halpert-Hanson

100 Years of Farming at Himmelstein Homestead Farm
Frank Himmelstein

Closing Session & Story Share
JFN Team

Gathering at the Edges of the Field: Disabled Jewish Wisdom with Land as our Ally
Sonia Brin, Loon Liebling, Rae Mindel-Katz Nathanson, Orly Rubinfeld, Ollie Schwartz

Ashkenazi Herbal Medicine and Ashkenazi Plant Wisdom: Rediscovering the Healing Traditions of Our Ancestors
Deatra Cohen, Adam Siegel

Conversations With African Jewish Farmers: Cultivating Culture, Torah Observance, Collective Responsibility, and Jewish Identity In Far Away Places
Akedah Eze, Robin Washington, Stacey Aviva Flint, Dayan Obidi, Ebenezer Igbokwe, Kamya Tarphon, Ephraim Orizo

Storytelling Towards Accountability: Sharing Our Tales Of Home In Diaspora
Chana Rusanov, Ollie Schwartz
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