Rabba Amalia Haas teaches at the intersection of Judaism, food justice and mindfulness.  An experiential educator, writer and beekeeper, she specializes in Jewish honey bee education. Through her company Bee Awesome, she facilitates professional development programs and retreats grounded in Judaism, creativity and nature, and works to avert climate crisis.  She sells raw honey for Rosh HaShanah and year round at https://mkt.com/honeybeejewish. She is the “Rabba of the Bees” at the Shalom Institute in Malibu, California.  She is an activist with Hazon, Greenfaith and the Jewish Farmer Network.  Rabba Amalia was ordained in 2020 by Yeshivat Maharat’s Kollel, Advanced Executive Ordination track.  Previous education includes Machon Pardes, MaTaN, Shearim, Yeshiva University and Oberlin College.  She lives in Beachwood, Ohio with her husband, six children and many bees. Rabba Amalia can be reached at BeeAwesome.ah@gmail.com or 330-552-8BEE.

Yadidya Greenberg, Executive Director at Lev Farm and Shochet/Educator at The Kosher Cut®

Yadidya is an Israeli born shochet, aspiring poultry farmer, and educator. In his twenties Yadidya learned at Yeshivat Bat Ayin for 3 years, where he became interested in animal related mitzvos. A few years after leaving Yeshiva Yadidya decided to learn shechita so he could process his own naturally raised animals. After receiving kabbalah (certification in shechita) from the honorable Rabbi Yisroel Landsman Z”L in the fall of 2011,  Yadidya went on to work in a kosher beef slaughterhouse. During this time Yadidya studied humane animal handling techniques and began teaching about shechita and animal well being in venues such as Yeshiva University, Vermont’s Sterling College, Hazon, Warren-Wilson college, and many more. Today, along with working to start Lev Farm (a forthcoming sustainable standardbred heritage poultry farm), Yadidya gives in depth presentations about shechita and provides shechita training to a diverse range of students and institutions through his personal business, The Kosher Cut®.

Michael Fraade is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College, a pluralistic institution in Newton, MA. After earning a BA in history from Yale University, he spent five years in the South working as the Jewish Outdoor, Food, and Environmental Education Director at the Louisville, Kentucky JCC and on a number of small farms. Michael has learned Torah at Hadar, Drisha, Pardes, the Conservative Yeshiva, and Yashrut, and is also an alumnus of Hazon’s JOFEE Fellowship. He has previously worked for Drisha as the Assistant Program Director.