[3] The Teva Learning Center seeks "to renew the ecological wisdom inherent in Judaism" by "immersing participants in the natural world.
"[4] Its director, Nili Simhai, won the 2009 Covenant Foundation award for Excellence in Jewish Education.
[10][11] Teva provides workshops on the environment and outdoor experiences along the East Coast at 45 different schools[12] working with about 4,000 students annually.
The Center also runs a program for junior-high students, Achdoot ('Togetherness'), in which the teens camp in the wilderness, usually a state campground.
[15] However, Orthodox Talmudic scholar Rabbi J. David Bleich of Yeshiva University, (a specialist in Birkat Hachamah) has criticized this interpretation of Judaism as a notably environmental faith.