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Sep 13, 2016, 3:24 PM

“The King in the Field”

Where spirit, nature and people meet An old-new Jewish movement overseas About three months ago I was privileged to participate in a formative event arranged by the JOFEE network (Jewish Outdoor, Food and Environmental Education), which took place in a convention...

May 18, 2015, 2:33 PM

“So come do Shabbat (of the land) with us” – Did we accept the invitation?

Local Shmita Right from the start of the Shmita year last summer, I made it my habit to spend a few days in one place or another with our “Shmita tent” – a broad, welcoming space offering people “time out”...

May 6, 2015, 12:12 PM

Cultural Dreams of Shmita

Then… The mitzvah of shmita, as it appears in the Bible and in Rabbinical thought, commanded all the agriculturalists in the land of Israel to abandon their fields once every seven years, forsake its fruit, let the land lie fallow...

Mar 18, 2015, 12:22 PM

Do we choose well? My personal campaign

Her campaign for ethical living has introduced her to Israelis who elect, daily, to make the country better

Feb 12, 2015, 1:29 PM

Tu B’Shevat, a milestone on the route of the Shmita

Often we work towards a goal, and along the way identify a point we build to that seems to be a climax: the start of the Shmita year represented something of a climax for us at the Israeli Shmita...

Sep 23, 2014, 11:52 AM

Israelis Want an “Israeli Shmita”

Messianic Times? Life is full of pivotal periods – events after which nothing seems the same, years in which we learn the true meaning of things or make critical decisions. The Shmita year that lies before us represents a period...

May 7, 2014, 10:53 AM

Shabbat Behar: Ready, set, LET GO!

The Israeli Shmita Declaration The ancient mandate of Shmita obligates all farmers in the Land of Israel, once every seven years, to leave their fields fallow, relinquish ownership of the produce, let the soil rest, and enable all people (and...

Feb 25, 2014, 9:39 PM

The next chapter in the social change movement – Israeli Shmita

Recently, I gave birth to my fourth child. He was an easy baby, and I found myself experiencing my maternity leave as a kind of “sabbatical.” The months of free time, combined with the distance from the working world,...

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About Me

Einat Kramer is the founder and director of Teva Ivri, a non-profit organization promoting Jewish social-environmental action in Israel. She is also the coordinator of the Israeli Shmita Initiative, a nationwide coalition that seeks to restore the meaning of the Shmita year as a time of personal reflection, learning, social involvement, and environmental responsibility in Israel. She lives in the mixed community of Eshchar with her husband and four children.