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Sukkot at Leichtag CommonsThis Sukkot, October 2016, we celebrated Sukkot with a week full of
fun events for our community to enjoy.
Sukkot is the harvest celebration where we build a sukkah to
remember the when Jews lived as refugees in biblical times. Each
year, it’s an obligation to invite guests into your sukkah and
demonstrate these welcoming values.
“Nest” sukkah by NewSchool of Architecture + Design
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This year, the theme that weaved through all events, from the sukkot,
to the art gallery, to the harvest festival, was HOME.
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Sukkah BuildCoastal Roots Farm hosted a volunteer day for building the Sukkot
with NewSchool of Architecture & Design and the Refugee Artists-
in-Residence sukkah.
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Farm team and volunteers celebrate after a day of building sukkot!
Evolution of designs of “Nest” sukkah by NewSchool of Architecture & Design
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NewSchool of Architecture & Design’s“Nest” SukkahIn honor of this year’s theme of “Home,” the NewSchool of
Architecture & Design’s team of students led by Professor Chuck
Crawford collaborated with Leichtag Foundation to create a “nest”
Sukkah. The nest represented a sensitive home to the lives of
creatures living among us who might not be considered when we
speak about “homes.” In addition, the migratory nature of birds and
that nests are recreated each year using found and natural materials
drew further connections to the nomadic qualities of a Sukkah.
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A nest discovered on the property became the inspiration. Later, the students had to figure out how to engineer it.
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Jerusalem Farm Founder’s Dinner
A Farm-to-Table Dinner by acclaimed Jerusalem chefHedai Offaim for Farm Founders Circle members.To kick off the week of Sukkot, Coastal Roots Farm hosted a Farm
Founder’s Circle dinner for participants in its annual giving campaign.
Want to join the Farm Founder’s Circle? Learn more here.
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Rabbi Lenore Bohm makes blessings before the Sukkot meal.
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Refugee Artists-in-Residence
THE REFUGEE, suitcase casting by Adeeb Maki.
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Art OpeningThe Refugee Artists-in-Residence project opened, sharing the four
month project with a film and art exhibition regarding the notion of
“home.” The individual works inspired by the theme were trees,
suitcases, and windows. Learn more about the project here.
Tree sculpture by Israeli artist Raffael Lomas and Syrian refugee Abdullah Taysan.
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ffael Lomas introduces the project and where it all began.
150 attendees watch the film on the farm house lawn.
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Creative Shabbat: Sukkot
Reimagining Friday nights.With our partners Center for Jewish Culture, we hosted “Creative
Shabbat,” an interactive evening of art, song, and dinner under the
stars. Keshirah haLev Fife (Australia) led songs and celebration for
