32 | SEPTEMBER 28 • 2023 

OUR COMMUNITY

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he Well and Adamah 
Detroit are coming 
together for a Sukkot 
celebration highlighting the best 
of harvest season in Michigan. 
“Sukkot on the Canals: 
Connecting Earth, Local Food 
& Live Music” takes place at 
Coriander Kitchen & Farm on 
the Detroit River on Thursday, 
Oct. 5, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 
The gathering will see 
attendees engage in meaningful 
Jewish ritual and learning activ-
ities, share a vegetarian farm-to-
table meal and enjoy a Sukkot 
Sounds concert, all against the 
backdrop of Detroit’s pictur-
esque canals. 
The event is a part of The 
Well’s Sukkot Sounds initiative, 
inspired by reinventing the 
harvest festival of Sukkot into a 
music festival. The four values 

of Sukkot Sounds are nature, 
balance, music and inclusion. 
Each of the values are infused 
in the initiative’s yearly pro-
gramming, including this one. 
Realizing how value-aligned 
they are, The Well and Adamah 
Detroit joined forces for this 
event. 
Adamah Detroit lives out 
Adamah’s global mission at a 
local scale: cultivating vibrant 
Jewish life in deep connec-
tion with the Earth through 
community building, Jewish 
environmental education and 
climate action.
Adamah Detroit provides 
unique and critical resources, 
coaching, support, partnership 
and programming to more than 
40 local Jewish organizations 
working to integrate environ-
mental values into Jewish life 

and cultivating the next gener-
ation of Jewish environmental 
leaders. 
“It really made sense to work 
together on a Sukkot program 
and infuse the live 
music compo-
nent as well,
” said 
Marisa Meyerson, 
director of opera-
tions at The Well. 
“We have com-
bined a lot of our 
traits and qualities as organiza-
tions and really tried to infuse 
them into this gathering. It’s 
been a really beautiful coming 
together of partners.
” 
An interactive Jewish ritual 
component during the event 
will be inspired by Simchat Beit 
Hashoavah (the ancient Sukkot 
waterdrawing ritual). Water 
will be drawn directly from the 

canals and then passed between 
all the participants from one 
cup to the next. At the end 
of the circle, the water will be 
returned to the canals. 
“It’s really symbolic of being 
present and being attuned to 
our environment and of the 
harvest season,
” Meyerson said. 
“It should be a really beautiful, 
immersive moment.
” 
This event is intended for 
young adults in their 20s and 
30s. Subsidized tickets are avail-
able at three pay-what-you-can 
tiers: $25, $36 and $50. 
“We hope that by participat-
ing in this program, people take 
away a new way to celebrate 
Sukkot that is meaningful to 
them and to share with their 
family and friends. Whether 
they’re Jewish or not, there are 
real values and lessons to take 
away from this experience and 
apply to their lives.
”
Carly Silverman, educa-
tion and program manager 
at Adamah Detroit, is excited 
for the event to be hosted at 
Coriander Kitchen & Farm.
“They do things 
with intention and 
with a great stance 
on sustainability. 
We think it’s the 
perfect setting to 
celebrate Sukkot,
” 
Silverman said. 
“We really just want this to be 
a joyful, spirited, communi-
ty-building event for people to 
enjoy.
” 

To register: https://jlive.app/events/5149. 

The event is a part of The Well’s Sukkot Sounds initiative, inspired by 
reinventing the harvest festival of Sukkot into a music festival. 

Sukkot on the Canals

Marisa 
Meyerson

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

Carly 
Silverman

