PAST EVENTS:
KidsROCK Music and Nature Festival
Who: You and Your Family
What: KidsROCK Music and Nature Festival
Where:
When: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:30 to 7:30 PM
You and your family will listen to great music performed by Tom Freund and other local artists while you spread out for a picnic in the grass and enjoy arts and crafts at the Nature Fair.
RSVP today at www.kidsrockla.com
For a complete list of events, call the Faith2Green office at 310-841-2970
PAST EVENTS:
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
8th Annual Environmentalists of the Year Awards Reception
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thank you to everyone who showed up and donated to make this event successful. It is not too late to donate.
Please click here to choose your donation level.
Sunday, January 25
11th Annual Tu B'Shvat Festival
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Shalom Institute and CoejlSC
34342 Mulholland Highway, Malibu
www.shalominstitute.com 818-889-5500 or 310-841-2970
A great day for the whole family to celebrate the "Birthday of the Trees". Entertainment includes concert by Soulaviv, Robbo and Rick Recht. Also featuring a Puppet Show starring Len Levitt with puppet-making workshops, tree planting and gardening, nature hikes, crafts, camp tours, climbing wall, zip-line, moon bounce, The Reptile Family, the big green scavenger hunt and more! Admission is $5 (children 3 and under FREE) For additional information, call (818) 889-5500 or email info@shalominstitute.com
Tuesday, February 3
Tu B’Shvat Tales
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.
6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90048
www.jclla.org
Jewish Community Library presents Book Time With Your Baby: Stories for Infants. This event is for families with children ages 0 - 2 years old, at the library. All storytime activities are offered free of charge and are facilitated by JCLLA professional children’s librarian, Amy Muscoplat. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate with their children during these interactive programs!
Thursday, February 5
Tu B’Shvat Tales
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90048
www.jclla.org
Jewish Community Library presents Sprouts Shout Shabbat for families with children ages 2½ - 5 years old, at the library. All storytime activities are offered free of charge and are facilitated by JCLLA professional children’s librarian, Amy Muscoplat. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate with their children during these interactive programs!
Sunday, February 8
Tu B’Shvat Native Plant Sale
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock
5711 Monte Vista St., Highland Park, 90042
www.tbila.org
Temple Beth Israel will once again be holding a native Plant Sale in honor of Tu B’Shvat. Under the leadership of Jerry Schneider, buyers will be provided instruction in the use and care of California native plants. California natives require NO WATER once they get established, and are very easy to care for. Learn how to use them in your home landscaping.
For more info, write to tbi@tbila.org.
Tu B’Shvat Progressive Seder
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Leo Baeck Temple
1300 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, 90049
LBT’s Green Team, rabbis, and educator invite you to taste the sweetness of the season and celebrate the earth. Take a journey through time and across your spiritual landscape to learn our tradition’s wise and prescient teachings about the environment. Travel from season to season, tasting wines and fruits representing the states of the earth and the states of our souls. Plant trees, flowers, and vegetables in the Leo Baeck Temple Community Garden and help us launch Leo Baeck Temple’s Composting Program, as we return our fruit peels and pits to the earth.
10:00 a.m. Text Study with Rachel Timoner on our relationship with the Earth
11:00 a.m. Progressive Seder
12:00 p.m. Tree Planting, Tending our Community Garden, and Composting
The RSVP deadline is Feb. 4th and the event costs $5. Call the temple office at 310.476.2861 for more information.
Annual Tu B’Shevat Festival
12:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Rain or Shine)
Westside Jewish Community Center
5870 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, 90036 (next to Midway Hospital)
323-938-2531 x2250
www.westsidejcc.org
Celebrate the festive holiday of Tu B’Shevat with a fun day for everyone! Activities include: Silent Auction, Family Art, Games, Food, Entertainment, and a Moon Bounce. All proceeds benefit WJCC educational programs.
Parking in the WJCC parking structure and on surface streets. Admission is free!
Tu B’Shevat Seder Scavenger Hunt
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Zimmer Children’s Museum
6505 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, 90048
We want to have a Tu b’Shevat seder, but all of our food has disappeared! Help us collect all of the necessary items needed for this festive event.
Activity is free with Museum admission. For more information call Sara Zolott at (323) 761-8998 or email sara@zimmermuseum.org.
Journey Tu B’Shevat Seder and Drum Circle
5:00 p.m.
Presented by ATID LA
Sinai Temple
10400 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 90024
Travel to the Kabbalistic worlds for an eco-friendly seder in honor of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year of Trees.
Includes: Cocktails, Four-Course Dinner, Door Prizes, Drum Circle
Attendees: Young Jewish Professionals (ages 21-39)
RSVP: Required by February 4th – for early bird price
Registration: https://sinaitemple.org/events/ATID/Journey
Cost: $28 - Sinai Members, $36 Guests, $46 At the door for all
Monday, February 9
Tu B'Shvat is one of the Jewish environmental holidays. It is a celebration of the "Birthday of the Trees" and a reminder to be responsible stewards of creation. It is one of our best opportunities to join in a Jewish celebration of nature, take steps to preserve and restore the earth and educate our community about Jewish environmental values.
Sunday, February 15
Tu B'Shvat Fruit Tree Give Away and Planting Workshop
with Northeast Trees RESCHEDULED
Due to heavy rainfall and possible flooding, we are rescheduling our fruit tree give away. More details coming soon.
Tu B'Shvat Hike
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Children's Nature Institute and Faith2Green
www.childrensnatureinstitute.org
Children's Nature Institute will lead a morning hike in Franklin Canyon to show parents and kids the connection between Judaism with the environment. Event registration closed at this time- already filled up.
