About
- - Our Partners
    - Our Supporters
    - Community Partners
- - "Urban Adamah is capturing the hearts and minds of a new generation of Bay Area Jews. Its unique approach to building community, and building a better world, is teaching us all."
    – Danny Grossman
Events & Retreats
Young Adults
- - The Fellowship
- - "Urban Adamah transformed my relationship to myself, the Earth, and Judaism. I wouldn’t be who I am today without these past few months… amazing people, amazing program, amazing experience."
    – Ari Eisenstadt
    Summer Fellow 2015
Youth & Families
Lodge & Farm Rentals
- - Host Your Event or Retreat
- - Catering & Vendors
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- - "Magical. That’s the only word to describe our wedding at Urban Adamah. The place is amazing. The staff is extraordinary. It was perfect on every level."
    – Arielle & Kasaia
    Wedding, Fall, 2018
The Farm
- - "The farm was a fascinating glimpse into the historic Jewish relationship to farming and food production. Urban Adamah inspired me to learn more."
    – Rochelle Nason
    Volunteer
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- - With your support, we can plant deep roots in our community, and grow our work for years to come.

Marilyn Paul

Marilyn Paul is an educator and facilitator of change. She has worked with a wide range of organizations including the Jewish Federation of North America, The New Israel Fund office in Jerusalem, and Gann Academy – The New Jewish High School in Waltham, MA. In addition, she led a multi-stakeholder public health leadership development project in the Gaza Strip sponsored by the IDF. She has a PhD from Yale and has worked on change projects around the world for corporate, non-profit and health organizations. She is the author of the best-seller, It’s Hard to Make a Difference When You Can’t Find Your Keys (Penguin, 2004) and An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life (Rodale, 2017).