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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