Pharaoh and Fossil Fuels
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The Titanic vs. Noah’s Ark
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What does God have to do with eggs?
Rabbi Yonatan Neril shares the realities of the egg industry in Israel – and connects...
Sewage Reused
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Water is Life
Join Rabbi Yonatan Neril in exploring water waste and recycling in Israel. If you’ve ever...
What does God have to do with donuts?
On Chanukah, do you ever question the origins or impact of the traditional donut –...
Trash, Passover, and the Earth
Rabbi Yonatan Neril of Jewish Eco Seminars filmed this video about wastefulness of food. It challenges us...
Chanukah and the Land
Join Rabbi Yonatan Neril as he connects the seminal song of Chanukah, “Ma O’tzur,” to...
Commentary on Tu B’Shvat
Rabbi Yonatan Neril of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development filmed this Tu BiShvat commentary...
Egoism is the Spiritual Root of the Climate Crisis
At the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference, Rabbi Yonatan Neril spoke about the shift from...
Haggadah of the Inner Seder
Discover the deep ritual and literary structure of the seder! Learn awesome insights and develop...
What is the true meaning of the Lulav and the Sukkah?
What is a lulav? Here’s the executive summary: Each of the four species of plant...
The King is the Field – Chabad Insights on the Divinity of Creation for Rosh Hashanah and Elul
During the High Holidays, we strive to fashion our heart to become a dwelling place...
Laments: A Fresh Translation of Lamentations with Reflections on Theodicy and the Earth
This translation will help you dig in to the meaning of Tisha B’Av. It’s closest...
Tu B’Shvat Blessing for Shmita
Here’s a beautiful blessing for the Shmita year at your Tu Bishvat seder or at...
Help Netiya convert unused congregational land to grow food!
We believe that eating healthy, fresh food is a fundamental right and a shared spiritual...
Tu Bishvat — tremendous resources on neohasid.org
Location: Boulder CO, Berkeley CA and worldwide Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:00PM Tu Bishvat...
Year of Jewish Policy Engagement on the Environment
Jewcology is partnering with the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life in a 2014...
Make an Ice Menorah!
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Thanksgivukkah 2 coming sooner than you think! Climate change coming sooner!
You may have heard the next Thanksgivukkah–the mashup of Thanksgiving and Chanukkah–won’t come for 79,000...
When Life Gives You Leftovers, Make a New Meal!
Posted by Jewcology on behalf of Cadette Girl Scout Troop 4056 Please share widely. Cadette...
Hayom Harat Olam — a meditation on the Earth for Rosh Hashanah
According to the tradition, the creation of the world was completed on Rosh Hashanah. In...
Prayer for the Preservation of the Environment
The attached prayer with a (non literal) English translation was born of my deep concern...
Two bad ideas that are supposed to be good for us
Ever use anti-bacterial soap? First, bacteria are supposed to be on our skin–the right kind...
Shmita: The Purpose of Sinai
This coming Shabbat, Shabbat Behar, May 3-4, Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org) will be teaching on...
Actions to Save Energy
“While we cannot remove ourselves from the necessity of using energy, we have a moral...
Actions to Reduce Food Waste
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in 2010 alone, more than 34 million...
Reduce Food Waste Actions
Below is the full list of Reduce Food Waste Actions released so far in Jewcology's...
Energy Saving Actions
Below is the full list of Energy Saving Actions released so far in Jewcology's Year...
Coloring Pages (Printable)
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Teaching #18: The Glory in Creation Valuing Biodiversity
Core Teaching #18: The Glory in Creation Valuing Biodiversity We live in an amazingly diverse...
The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity (Video)
Core Teaching #18: The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity We live in an amazingly diverse...
The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity (Podcast)
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The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #18: The Glory in Creation Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide...
The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #18 The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity By Rabbi Shaul David Judelman We...
The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #18 The Glory in Creation: Valuing Biodiversity By Rabbi Shaul David Judelman According...
Year of Action: Assumptions
Assumptions for Energy Actions General disclaimer: The purpose of this program is to demonstrate our...
The One-Page Save-the-Trees Tu Bishvat Haggadah
Use this haggadah from neohasid.org to guide your Tu Bishvat seder! Fill in the steps...
Teaching #17: Guard Yourselves Very Well
Core Teaching #17: Guard Yourselves Very Well The Jewish tradition places a strong value on...
Guard Yourselves Very Well (Video)
Core Teaching #17: Guard Yourselves Very Well The Jewish tradition places a strong value on...
Guard Yourselves Very Well (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #17 Guard Yourselves Very Well By Evonne Marzouk and Rabbi Yonatan Neril The...
Guard Yourselves Very Well (Podcast)
Core Teaching #17: Guard Yourselves Very Well Click here to listen to Jewcology's podcast on...
Guard Yourselves Very Well (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #17: Guard Yourselves Very Well Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide...
Guard Yourselves Very Well (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #17 Guard Yourselves Very Well By Evonne Marzouk and Rabbi Yonatan Neril The...
Tu BiSh’vat Seder
This is a basic (7 page) seder with readings and songs for each of the...
Teaching #16: Being a Good Neighbor
Core Teaching #16: Being a Good Neighbor Living in this world means being a neighbor...
Being a Good Neighbor (Video)
Core Teaching #16: Being a Good Neighbor In this video Rabbi Yona Metzger, Chief Ashkenazi...
Being a Good Neighbor (Podcast)
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Being a Good Neighbor (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #16: Being a Good Neighbor Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide...
Being a Good Neighbor (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #16 Being a Good Neighbor By Dr. Akiva Wolff Living in this world...
Being a Good Neighbor (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #16 Being a Good Neighbor By Dr. Akiva Wolff Living in this world...
Teaching #15: Toward a Wiser Use of Energy
Core Teaching #15: Toward a Wiser Use of Energy One of the most significant sustainability...
Toward a Wiser Use of Energy (Video)
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Toward a Wiser Use of Energy (Podcast)
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Toward a Wiser Use of Energy (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #15: Toward a Wiser Use of Energy Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and...
Toward a Wiser Use of Energy (Longer Article)
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Toward a Wiser Use of Energy (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #15 Toward a Wiser Use of Energy By Rabbi Yonatan Neril One of...
Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year
Core Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year Shemita, the...
Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Podcast)
Core Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year Click here...
Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Video)
Core Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year Rabbi Yonatan...
Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #14: Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year Enjoy this...
Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #14 Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year By Rabbi...
Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #14 Let the Land Rest: Lessons from Shemita, the Sabbatical Year By Rabbi...
Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability
Core Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability...
We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Video)
Core Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability...
We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Podcast)
Core Teaching #13: We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability...
We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #13: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet...
We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability...
We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #13 We are How We Eat: A Jewish Approach to Food and Sustainability...
Shalom Letter Resources for Parashat Noach from the Shalom Center
For a discussion and midrash on the Flood and the Rainbow from my book Godwrestling...
Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth
Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth In the first chapter of...
Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Video)
Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth We are proud to present...
Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Podcast)
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Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth(Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #12: Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet...
Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Longer Article)
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Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #12 Genesis and Human Stewardship of the Earth By Rabbi Yonatan Neril The...
Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World
Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Today’s environmental movement seems to focus strongly...
Praying for a Sustainable World (Video)
Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Enjoy this video on the topic of...
Praying for a Sustainable World (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Praying for a Sustainable World By Evonne...
Praying for a Sustainable World (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Praying for a Sustainable World By Evonne...
Praying for a Sustainable World (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #11: Praying for a Sustainable World Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study...
Praying for a Sustainable World (Podcast)
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Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource (Video)
Core Teaching #10: Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource Enjoy this video on the topic of...
Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource (Podcast)
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Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #10: Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study...
Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #10: Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource By Rabbi...
Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #10: Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource By Rabbi...
Teaching #10: Water Appreciating a Limited Resource
Core Teaching #10: Water Appreciating a Limited Resource Human beings depend on a sufficient supply...
Simplicity as a Jewish Path
PR blurb for this class: If you think you are too busy for this session...
Eicha for the Earth: Guidelines for a Ceremony of Celebration, Lament, & Action
Woven by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center For more resources, click here Tisha B'Av...
Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge for Our Time (Video)
Core Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth Enjoy this video on the topic of...
Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge for Our Time (Podcast)
Core Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast on...
Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge for Our Time (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study...
Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge for Our Time (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge...
Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge for Our Time (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge...
Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth: A Challenge for Our Time
Core Teaching #9: Passing the Test of Wealth The challenge that wealth-driven over-consumption poses is...
Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis (Video)
Core Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis Enjoy this video on the topic...
Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis (Podcast)
Core Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Crisis Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast on...
Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and...
Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis...
Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis...
Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis
Core Teaching #8: Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis Our environmental crisis stems from a...
Eco Shabbat Guide
We give thanks on Shabbat, we dedicate time to family and friends and we reflect...
Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably (Video)
Core Teaching #7: Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably In this video, Rabbi Yonatan Neril...
Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably (Podcast)
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Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #7: Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and...
Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #7: Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably...
Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #7: Holy Use – Relating to Resources Sustainably Holy Use: Relating to Resources...
Teaching #7: Holy Use: Relating to Resources Sustainably
Core Teaching #7: Holy Use – Relating to Resources Sustainably People living in consumer society...
Sustainable Growth According to Jewish Sources A Jewish-Israeli Position
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Public vs. Private – the Commons
Elements of our environment are often referred to as "the commons" – resources such as...
The Tower of Babel: Technology and Civilization
The Bible tells the story of men working together to build a giant tower that...
Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #6: Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah Countering Destruction: Lessons from Noah By...
Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #6: Countering Destruction: Lessons from Noah Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study...
Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #6: Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah Countering Destruction: Lessons from Noah By...
Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah (Podcast)
Core Teaching #6: Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast...
Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah (Video)
Core Teaching #6: Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah In this video, Rabbi Yonatan Neril...
Teaching #6: Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah
Core Teaching #6: Countering Destruction – Lessons from Noah Although the flood and the life...
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought, an Educator Resource Guide from the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Based on the San Francisco exhibition, Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought, this...
Bible Raps Video Featuring Jewcology Resources
Hey! Check out this great new video made by our friends at Bible Raps, using...
Shabbat and Environmental Awareness (Video)
Core Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness In this video, Rabbi Yona Metzger, Chief Ashkenazi...
Shabbat and Environmental Awareness (Podcast)
Core Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast on Shabbat...
Shabbat and Environmental Awareness (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide...
Shabbat and Environmental Awareness (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness Shabbat and Environmental Awareness By Rabbi Yonatan Neril...
Shabbat and Environmental Awareness (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness Rejuvenating Ourselves and Our Planet By Rabbi Yonatan...
Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness
Core Teaching #5: Shabbat and Environmental Awareness Today we live in a society which is...
Sustainability in the Land of Israel (Podcast)
Core Teaching #4: Sustainability in the Land of Israel Click here to hear Jewcology's podcast...
Sustainability in the Land of Israel (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #4: Sustainability in the Land of Israel Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and...
Sustainability in the Land of Israel (Longer Article)
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Sustainability in the Land of Israel (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #4: Sustainability in the Land of Israel Sustainability in the Land of Israel...
Teaching #4: Sustainability in the Land of Israel
Core Teaching #4: Sustainability in the Land of Israel Rabbinic teachings on Yishuv Eretz Yisrael...
Retreat for Jewish Environmental Leaders: Kayaking in Alaska July 22-29
The Institute for Jewish Spirituality and Inside Passages are co-leading an incredible retreat for Jewish...
Compassion Toward Animals and Tza’ar Ba’alei Chaim (Podcast)
Core Teaching #3: Animal Welfare Download this audio podcast to learn more about the Jewish...
Compassion Toward Animals and Tza’ar Ba’alei Chaim (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #3: Animal Welfare Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide on the...
Compassion for all Creatures (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #3: Animal Welfare Compassion for all Creatures By Rabbi Dovid Sears "God is...
Teaching #3: Animal Welfare
Core Teaching #3: Animal Welfare The Torah espouses an ethic of compassion for all creatures...
Compassion for all Creatures (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #3: Animal Welfare Compassion for all Creatures By Rabbi Dovid Sears "God is...
Printable PDF New Freedom Seder for the Earth
Printable PDF New Freedom Seder for the Earth, with full-color graphic cover! The Shalom Center...
Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit – Summoning the Will Not to Waste
Core Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit – Summoning the Will Not to Waste The commandment of...
Bal Tashchit – Summoning the Will Not to Waste (Podcast)
Core Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit Download this audio podcast to learn more about Bal Tashchit...
Bal Tashchit – Summoning the Will Not to Waste (Video)
Core Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit Enjoy this video on the topic of Bal Tashchit. These...
Bal Tashchit – Summoning the Will Not to Waste (Source Sheet)
Core Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet and study guide on the...
Bal Tashchit – Summoning the Will Not to Waste (Longer Article)
Core Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit Summoning the Will Not to Waste By Rabbi Yonatan Neril...
Bal Tashchit: Summoning the Will Not to Waste (Summary Article)
Core Teaching #2: Bal Tashchit Summoning the Will Not to Waste By Rabbi Yonatan Neril...
The Owls of Shevat: Night Hike and Storytelling Adventure
Dear Friends, Can you hear the owls of Shevat calling? They are beckoning us to...
Teaching #1: Trees, Torah and Caring for the Earth
Core Teaching #1: Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth Jewish tradition teaches us the...
Planting, Protecting, and Using Trees Wisely: Video
Core Teaching #1: Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth Please enjoy this video entitled...
Trees in Jewish Thought: Audio Podcast
Core Teaching #1: Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth Download this audio podcast to...
Trees in Jewish Thought: Source Sheet
Core Teaching #1: Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth Enjoy this Hebrew/English source sheet...
Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth: Summary Article
Core Teaching #1: Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth Trees, Torah, And Caring for...
Trees, Torah, and Caring for the Earth: Longer Article
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Tu Bishvat Haggadot, Blessings, and Text Sheets — Zip File
A zip file with great resources for Tu Bishvat from neohasid.org — only 1 MB!...
In Support of Offshore Wind Power in Maryland
I had the honor of speaking at a town hall meeting on November 3, 2011...
Sample environmental handout for bnai’ mitzvahs
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children...
Shabbat & the Environment Texts
Use these texts for great discussion on the meaning of Shabbat and how it can...
Environmental Responsibility at School
Environmental Responsibility at School * by Hadas Yellinek, Coordinator of the Community and Nature Program...
Video: Parshat Noach and the Environment
This Parshat Noach, Canfei Nesharim is pleased to partner with Torah Café to provide a...
Green and Just Celebrations Guide
Jews United for Justice has produced a little booklet with a big mission: to work...
Shabbat Noach
Download a compendium of wonderful resources for Shabbat Noach from members of the Green Hevra...
Corn Facts
There is corn in your cup. This resource is great to highlight and inform people...
Facts on Trash
We don't always know what is in the trash. This graphic, from a magazine, shows...
Facts on Water
This sheet has been used at the Riverdale Jewish Center for a few years on...
Jewish, Not Arab Roots in Samaria (Shomron)
When it comes to Jewish ecology, then there's nothing more important than getting facts right...
Slow! Food
אנו היום מתחילים את שלושת השבועות בין צום יז' בתמוז ובין צום ט' באב בימים...
A Miracle by Means of a Tree; But Trees Themselves are Miracles Too
This D'var Torah was given by Rabbi Yaakov Bieler of Kemp Mill Synagogue in Silver...
Areas Verdes, Campos y Ciudades
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Viñedos y Olivos
Viñedos y Olivos משנה מסכת תמיד פרק ב משנה ג החלו מעלין בגיזרין לסדר אש...
Shavuot y la Tierra
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Bal Tashjit y la comida
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Hacia un uso más sabio de la energía
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Midrash on Environmental Degradation
A Pair of Modern Meshalim on Environmental Degradation by Jeffrey Spitzer וַתִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ ר' אהרן...
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The Compost Heroes: A (Mostly) True Fable for Modern Times
The Compost Heroes is a resource for parents and educators of children K-12 to intiate...
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Judaísmo y el Medio Ambiente: Una Introducción
Judaísmo y el Medio Ambiente: Una Introducción Por Rabino Yonatan Neril. Traducido por Dafna Neiman...
Judaismo, el Medio Ambiente, y Desarollo Sostenible
Judaismo, el Medio Ambiente, y Desarollo Sostenible: Preceptos tradicionalmente asociados con una Ética Judía Ecológica...
Actividades Experimentales con Árboles
Actividades Experimentales con Árboles Por Rabino Yonatan Neril. Traducido por Dafna Neiman. Estas actividades facilitan...
Eco Purim- Mishloha Manot
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Take Action for Israel; Take Action for the Earth
This one-page handout includes many suggestions for living a greener life in ways that can...
Preservation and Development in Zionist Thought
This six-page activity deals with how different Zionists over time have seen the environment as...
Pe’ah and Leket: Caring for People Through the Land
This four-page lesson plan outlines a 75-minute class on biblical-agricultural laws. If you print the...
Machane Yehuda Special: Fresh from California?
This two-page handout discusses food miles, organic agriculture and local agriculture in relation to Israel...
Learning about the Environment in Israel: Israeli Environmental Academic Institutions
This one-page handout discusses several universities and institutions in Israel where students can learn about...
Israeli Food-Justice Organizations
This one-page handout discusses eight of Israel’s food-justice organizations, from farmers’ markets to soup kitchens...
Israel’s Environmental Successes
This one-page handout discusses seven of Israel’s environmental successes...
Living the Green Life: Israeli Environmental Communities
This one-page handout discusses several environmental communities in Israel, such as Kibbutz Ketura and Hava...
Israel’s Environmental Challenges
This two-page handout discusses seven of Israel’s primary environmental challenges. This handout should be printed...
Climate-Change Impacts on Israel and the Middle East
This two-page handout discusses the potential effects of climate change on Israel and the Middle...
American-based Jewish Environmental Organizations
This two-page handout includes descriptions of several American-based Jewish environmental organizations. (We apologize in advance...
Anton Goodman
Anton Goodman speaks at the Silver Spring Sustainability Circle (opening paragraphs of his talk)...
Butterfly Meadow
When you drive into Gesher, the driveway takes a sharp left turn just before the...
All Green products
All Green Products in one place: All-natural Cleaning products, Re-usable bags / bottles, Biodegradable cutlery...
Growing the Green Menorah: Report on Shalom Center meeting of June 18, 2007
Growing the Green Menorah: Report on Shalom Center meeting of June 18, 2007 To read...
Oil, War & the Military
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American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot
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Toward a World-wide Jewish Climate Change Campaign
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Outreach to Students in Local Jewish Schools
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Arava Institute For Environmental Studies
The Arava Institute is the premier environmental teaching and research program in the Middle East...
Tu Bishvat Contest 2011 – Eco Campus
Find the hidden message in the Eco Campus Tu Bishvat movie and win an exclusive...
Tools for Environment Art Contest (Babaganewz)
Resource Sheet for Environment Art Contest These resources from Jewcology users may be appropriate for...
Trees, Torah and Caring for the Earth – Study Packet
What does the Torah say about the environment and Tu b'Shevat? Explore our collection of...
Program Ideas for Tu b’Shevat
Canfei Nesharim's Tu b'Shevat Programs Planning a Tu b'Shevat Seder? How to Run a Seder:...
Featured Tu B’Shevat Materials
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Gas royalties – learning page in Hebrew to Tu Bi’shvat
Natural gas finds in Israel stirs a public discussion on gas royalties. With this public...
In Wintry times, nurture life!
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Order of Service & Teach-in, MLK Day, Jan 19, 2008
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Voting Our Values: Nonpartisan Guide to Election Issues
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Blessing of the Sun: Looking Forward: April 8, 2009
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Burma, Big Oil, Burning earth & Bush
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Blessing the Sun, April 8, 2009
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Brief video: Facing the Pharaohs of Global Scorching
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Hanukkah for Humanity
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Consumerism lesson plan
In this lesson, students will reflect on their personal material consumption and how it affects...
Hazon’s 2011 Tu B’Shvat Resources
Hazon’s Tu B’Shvat Seder and Sourcebook Download the 2011 edition of our comprehensive, pluralistic, beautiful...
Parshat Pekudey: G-d is in the Details
By Rabbi Eliezer Shore, PhD View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Pekudey...
Parshat Ki Tietze: The Compassion to Bring Mashiach
By Rabbi Dovid Sears View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Rabbi Sears...
Strengthening the Lieberman-Warner Bill on Climate Crisis: A Detailed Analysis
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Hanukkah, Bali, and Climate Crisis: Because the Earth is Holy
God Said to Noah: An Old/ New Song to Avert a New Flood By Rabbi...
God Said to Noah: An Old/ New Song to Avert a New Flood
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The Prophetic Green Menorah
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G-8 Failure Reflects U.S. Failure on Climate Change
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Parsha V’zot HaBracha: Perfecting the World
By Baruch Rock View Print Version l View Source Sheet The Torah reaches the end...
Burning & Yearning: Hiroshima and the Ancient Holy Temples
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Bankers, the Bible, & the Bail-out
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Liberating Passover & the Earth: Making change happen with the Interfaith Seder for the Earth
Liberating Passover & the Earth: Making change happen with the Interfaith Seder for the Earth...
Sukkot: The Season of Our Joy, the Festival of Earth & Rain
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MLK Day Litany of Ashes, Stones, & Flowers: Militarism, Racism, & Materialism
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Interfaith Manifesto on Climate Crisis
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Blessing of the Sun, April 8; may we let the sun bless us
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Blessing of the Sun: The Talmud, 1981, 2009, & the Future
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Shabbat HaGadol before Pesach: A Sun of Justice with Healing in its Wings
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Healing the Earth & Blessing the Sun:A Decade, not a Day
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Tikkun Leil Shavu’ot from the Point of View of the Earth
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For Shabbat Noach: A Prayer for Creation
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Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill
Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill By Anonymous | 10/18/2009 Noah Climate...
Write Your Senators: Support the Climate-Healing Bill
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Noah & “Dominion” over the Earth
Noah & "Dominion" over the Earth By Anonymous | 10/22/2009 Noah Global Scorching Ellen Bernstein...
Climate Healing Shabbat in Washington DC
Climate Healing Shabbat in Washington DC By Anonymous | 10/22/2009 Noah Global Scorching Jews United...
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent: Preventing a New World Flood, Sustaining the Web of Life
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Climate Policy: 7 Principles & a Yardstick rooted in Biblical & Jewish Wisdom
Climate Policy: 7 Principles & a Yardstick rooted in Biblical & Jewish Wisdom By Rabbi...
Interfaith Work on Climate Crisis at Muslim-Initiated Vienna Meeting, 2009
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Hanukkah for Humanity: 1 Day’s Oil for 8 Days’ Need
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Dear Earth, happy Hanukkah! — 8 days, 8 actions
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Rainbow, Oil Slicks, & Sabbatical Year: A tale of two covenants — broken
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Observing Tisha B’Av as a Prayerful Political Act
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An Old/New Song For American Independence: “Yankee Doodle” vs. Big Oil & Big Coal
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Burnt Offering: Tisha B’av. Chapter 12, “Seasons of our Joy”
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Haftarah Noah: Rainbow Covenant
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Taanit Tzibbur: Communal Fast in Time of Calamity: drought, famine, war, etc
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New Haftarah for the Rainbow Covenant: Hebrew & English text
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New Interfaith Freedom Seder for the Earth: Text of an Earth-Haggadah
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From Hanukkah to Copenhagen: A Broad-Based Jewish Call to Action
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Beyond Copenhagen: Varied Jewish approaches to unscorching Earth
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The AVATAR film & TuB’Shvat: the ReBirthDay of trees & the Tree
The AVATAR film & Tu B'Shvat: the ReBirthDay of trees & The Tree By Rabbi...
Stop the Senate from Choking EPA & Earth to Death
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Cash for Carbon: New Climate-Crisis Bill
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Oil & Obama: “Chill, Baby, Chill!” — NOT “Drill, baby, drill”
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US Climate Policy: Support for CLEAR Cantwell-Collings bill: “Cap & divident”
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Tu b’Shevat in Hebrew
אתר טבע עברי מציע לכם שפע של פעילויות, דפי לימוד ומערכי שיעור לכבוד ט"ו בשבט...
Jewish & Secular Sources on Responsibility
Materials developed by Noam Dolgin and the Teva Learning Center All content is subject to...
Creating Change: Making Our Voices Heard – Advocacy Activity
Objective: To practice political and personal expression; To support campaigns that will help mitigate climate...
Creating Communal Change, Greening our Synagogue
Goal: To empower students to chose one project that they can take on as a...
Birchot Hashachar – Waking the Body, Mind & Spirit
Goals: To explore the meaning and history of the bitchot haschar (blessing of the dawn)...
Parsha Vayeilech: A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey
By Dr. Akiva Wolff View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet One of...
Parshat Re’eh: Blessing and Curse
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Breath & The Web of Life – Activity
Goals: To teach the students about the interconnectedness and interdependency of all nature including humans...
Butterfly Meadow
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Brit Mayim – Working to protect and restore our water.
Use this worksheet to discuss how each of us can work to protect water in...
Water In Jewish Thought, Ritual & Prayer
Attached is a series of source sheets on water and rain in Jewish thought, ritual...
Jewish Sources and Discussion Related to the Genetic Engineering of Foods
Attached is an extensive source and discussion sheet for the question of whether jewish values...
A Visual Haggadah for Tu Bishvat
A Flowchart Haggadah Here's a special way to celebrate Tu Bishvat. Use this beautiful Tu...
Genesis, Sinai, and the Land Ethic
Why do we have a covenant? What is the ultimate purpose of the Torah’s covenant?...
Tu b’Shevat- our root’s – learning page in Hebrew
שורשים – דורשים קהילה עינט קרמר רציונאל: אחד ממאפייני התרבות הגלובלית בה אנו חיים היום...
Saving the World With Bath Tissue
If every household in the United States replaced just one pack of bath tissue made...
5 Actions You Can Take in 15 Minutes To Protect Forests
1. Send a virtual postcard to the US Forest Service at http://www.ourforests.org/ to support an...
Top Ten Ways to Address Global Warming
You can help slow global warming–and save money over the long term–by reducing your household...
Environmentally Caring Practices for the Home
Environmentally Caring Practices for the Home The way we live our lives has an impact...
Maryland Organic Backyard Initiative
Maryland Organic Backyard Initiative: backyard gardeners and farmers trading organic produce. Website: takoma.mobi...
OYL! — Corruption, the Spirit, the Earth, & Us
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Yankee Doodle, 2010
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Tell Congress: The Earth is not for Burning
Tell Congress: The Earth is not for Burning Climate policy Tisha B'Av Action Description: Tell...
Clouds, Yom Kippur, & Climate Crisis in the Balance
Clouds, Yom Kippur, & Climate Crisis in the Balance By Rabbi Arthur Waskow | 9/18/2008...
Beyond the Gulf Disaster: Tisha B’Av & Prayerful Grass-roots Action to Heal the Earth
Beyond the Gulf Disaster: Tisha B'Av & Prayerful Grass-roots Action to Heal the Earth By...
Hanukkah, Oil, & the Green Menorah: Talking Points for Sermons and Op-Ed Pieces
Hanukkah, Oil, & the Green Menorah: Talking Points for Sermons and Op-Ed Pieces By Rabbi...
Jews Challenge Environmental “Protection” Agency With Trees for Life
Jews Challenge Environmental "Protection" Agency With Trees for Life By Rabbi Arthur Waskow | 1/24/2008...
Eicha for the Earth: The Text of a Ceremony of Sorrow, Hope, & Action
"Eicha" for the Earth: The Text of a Ceremony of Sorrow, Hope, & Action By...
Rainbow Sign: A Jewish Approach to the Danger of Global Eco-Disaster
Rainbow Sign: A Jewish Approach to the Danger of Global Eco-Disaster By Rabbi Arthur Waskow...
Jewish Food Ethics – Text, Discussion and Theatre Activity
Procedure: 1) Divide into groups of 3 – 5 participants. Assign each group one theme...
Earth Aid Kits
Participate in the JCPA/COEJL Earth Aid Kit Campaign. JCPA and COEJL have partnered with Earth...
Advocacy Opportunities: Clean Car Legislation
On December 19, 2007, the US Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency denied California’s petition...
Advocacy Opportunities: US Israel Energy Cooperation Act
On December 19, 2007, the President signed The Energy Independence and Security Act (H.R. 6)...
Advocacy Opportunities: Senate
The United States Senate has finally begun to make strides toward addressing the climate crisis...
Advocacy Opportunities: Congress
U.S. House of Representatives Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep...
Learn About Energy Security
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States imported nearly 170 million barrels...
Learn About Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing the world today. Fortunately, we...
8 Days 8 Actions
This Hanukkah, join Jews around North America in 8 simple actions to help conserve energy...
COEJL on Copenhagen
Hanukkah lights in Copenhagen By Sybil Sanchez director, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life...
Read COEJL’s 2010 Report on Jewish Energy
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COEJL Greenfait Initiative
NTRODUCTORY INFORMATION ON GREENING SYNAGOGUES 1. BUILDINGS Get Energy Star programmable thermostats, divided by zones...
About COEJL
About COEJL COEJL is the leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States. Since its...
The Paradox of Personal Climate Responsibility – Discussion & Worksheet
Audience: Ages 11 and up Duration: 15 – 25 minutes Goals: To explore our personal...
Celebrating Shabbat Through Energy Conservation
Audience: Ages 11 and up Duration: 15 minutes Goals: To explore shabbat as a weekly...
Beyond Bal Taschit & the 3 Rs – Discussion and worksheets
Audience: Ages 10 and up Duration: 20 – 40 minutes Goals: To learn the jewish...
School Posters – Energy & Waste Conservation
Below are two example of Jewish themed posters for hanging around a Jewish Day School...
How Am I Like the Animals and Plants? – Worksheet
Ages: 4 – 7 Goals: To learn about our similarities to and relationship with animals...
Our Homelands – Our connection to land in Israel vs the Diaspora
Currently, most of the world’s Jews still live in Diaspora, even though the State of...
Balak: The Nature of Bilaam’s Prophecy
By Ilana Stein View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet In the portion...
Trees in the Torah and Texts – Sources
Materials developed by Noam Dolgin, www.noamdolgin.com. All content is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike...
Communal Tu B’Shvat Tree Jigsaw
Goals: To think about a question related to Tu B'shvat To create a communal peice...
Brachot for Tu B’Shvat
Attached you will find all the brachot you should need for a Tu B'shvat event...
Tu B’Shvat Family Feud – An Activity for All Ages
Goals: To explore the various values, themes, and riutals of Tu B'Shvat. To learn in...
Sukkot Family Feud – Activity for all ages
Goals: To explore the various values, themes, and riutals of sukkot. To learn in a...
Greening our Jewish Ritual Practice – Worksheet
This is a 'responsibility', 'greening' activity. Use this worksheet near the completion of a program...
A Tu B’Shvat Prayer for Creation
A Tu B'Shvat Prayer for Creation By Rabbi Warren G. Stone Source of Creation and...
Heksher Tzedek Guidelines – Environmental Impact
The mission of the Hekhsher Tzedek Commission is to bring the Jewish commitment to ethics...
Solar Ner Tamid – Build Your Own
Created by the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (Conservative)...
Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) Position on the Environment
Updated July 23rd, 2008...
Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) Resolution on Global Warming and Endangered Species
Passed by the Rabbinical Assembly in 2005...
Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) Resolution on the Environment: A Green Covenant
Passed by the Rabbinical Assembly Plenum, February, 2008...
Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) Resolution #8 on the Environment
Passed by the Rabbinical Assembly Plenum, April 30, 2007...
Expanded Zionist Quotations Regarding Environmental Conservation & Development
Below you will find a extended list of Zionst quotations regarding relationship to the land...
Effects of Climate Change on Israel & The Middle East
Use the climate impact predictions below to begin a discussion on the effects of climate...
Jerusalem’s Environmental Challenges – Overview Handout
Below you will find an overview handout about Jerusalem's enviornmental challenges and possible solutions. It...
Sources about Jerusalem, and it’s Environment
Below you will find a series of quotes from across time about Jerusalem and Jerusalem's...
Judaism and Sustainability
This is the Judaism and Sustainability Unit from the Jewish Farm School Resource Manual. It...
Trees, Protection, and the Three Weeks
By: Rabbi Lee Jay Lowenstein On my first Outward Bound program, I had an experience...
Destructions of Our Past and Present
By: Aviva Shinnar The summer sun is upon us and although we may enjoy this...
The Three Weeks and the Environment
by Evonne Marzouk With help from teachings from Rabbi Shlomo Levin and Aviva Shinnar. The...
17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Charades Game
17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Charades Game A Program for Children Ages 8 – 12...
17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Scavenger Hunt
17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Scavenger Hunt A Program for Children Ages 8 – 12...
Warning Signs: The Environment and the Three Weeks
Warning Signs: The Environment and the Three Weeks The "Three Weeks" leading up to and...
Our Relationship to the Land: The Meaning of the Omer – A series of lessons
Our Relationship to the Land: The Meaning of the Omer A series of lessons to...
Counting the Omer, Refining Ourselves
By Yonatan Neril View printable version of this article Our actions are deeply connected to...
Omer Torah Learning Resources
Counting the Omer, Refining Ourselves: “Counting the Omer” offers an opportunity for strengthening and refining...
Where Does Bread Come From?: Sefirat HaOmer and the Connection to the Land – A Program for School-Aged Children
Sefirat HaOmer and the Connection to the Land: A Program for School-Aged Children Get a...
Grapes, Goats, and Greenbelts: Sustainability and Settling the Land – Source Sheet and Discussion Guide
Omer and Shavuot Text Learning and Discussion Guide This text study and discussion guide accompanies...
Grapes, Goats, and Greenbelts: Sustainability and Settling the Land
By Yonatan Neril View a printable version The period of the Omer and the festival...
Hannukah Eco Lights – Light, Learn and Clean Up the World!
Let's celebrate Hannukah 5771 by: 1) cleaning up the world! 2) sharing Jewish environmental teachings!...
Jewish culture – learning page in Hebrew
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consumption & Hanukkah – learning page in Hebrew
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cyclic at Hanukkah – learning page in Hebrew
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Water and Peaceful Collaboration in the Middle East – A Yarkon River Roundtable Activty
Goals: To understand the interconnectedness of Israel and Palestinian Stakeholders in environmental solutions building in...
Zionist Self Guided Walk Cards – Tiyul Breshit
Here are some cards that can be printed and hing along a path for people...
Handout: Israel’s Major Environmental Challenges Include
Israel's Major Environmental Challenges Include: AIR POLLUTION: Israel's major cities, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa...
Preservation vs Development – Zionism and the Land of Israel
Zionism and the Land of Israel Two views on preservation, development and the value of...
Zionist Eco-Dilemmas
Zionist Eco-Dilemmas by Noam Dolgin and Becca Weaver Audience: Ages 12 and up Preparation: It...
Activity: The Unnatural Jew, Exploring Our Relationship to Land
An activity that explores the connections between land, time and responsibility, and looks at the...
Chanukah and Consumerism – Sources in Hebrew
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Weekly Torah Teachings on the Environment
Canfei Nesharim is proud to present Eitz Chayim Hee: A Torah Commentary for Environmental Learning...
Cuidemos el agua
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Campaña de ahorro energético
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Los árboles, la Torá y el cuidado de la tierra
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Meaning of Light (Hebrew)
Chanukah –Sources about the light and his meaning...
Chanukah and Consumerism (Hebrew)
Michal Bergman from Teva Ivri – "limud" to Chanukah...
CHANUKAH – From Nature to Culture (Hebrew)
Einat Kramer from Teva Ivri – "limud" to Chanukah...
Jewcology Magnet!
Spread the word about Jewcology! Order our great new magnets to let your community know...
Green Cleaning Recipes
Find recipes for green cleaning products at Canfei Nesharim.org...
Pesach/Passover Resource and Program Bank
Pesach, the holiday of our liberation. Too often, our efforts to clean and prepare for...
Passover Cleaning Tips
By: Ora Sheinson Pesach. The holiday of our freedom! Too often it becomes the holiday...
Suggested Community Activity: Make a Clean Sweep for Pesach
Everyone is busy cleaning for Pesach this time of year and the trash cans are...
Children’s Activity: Make Your Own Green Cleaners
Children's Activity: Make Your Own Green Cleaners (for Children Ages 6-10) Pesach is right around...
Elevating the Holy Sparks in Wealth: The Exodus, Pesach, and Our Lives
By: Yonatan Neril The Exodus from Egypt contains some profound insights into Divine-aware living. In...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle This Purim
Tips to reduce waste this Purim! REDUCE: – Avoid individually wrapped candies. No one needs...
Exploring Modern Jewish Food Ethics Through the Example of Our Muslim Brothers
Materials: Film: Renewal TV & DVD or other technology to view film paper pencils or...
Bibliography of Jewish Environmental Books
New Materials are coming out all the time, please let me know if you identify...
Jewish School Environmental Mission Statement
This is an example of a mission statement, every school must develop their own to...
Our Responsibility to Act Activity – The Nachson Story
Goal:To learn Jewish values of responsibility and necessity of action Duration:15 minutes Audience: All Ages...
Tzar Baalei Chayim Activity – Jewish Laws Concerning Animal Wellbeing
Goal: To familiarize students with Jewish laws concerning animal well being. Duration: 20-30 minutes Materials:...
My Personal Web of Life, Who and What I am Connected To
Goal: To explore our personal connections and dependency on people, places and natural resources Duration:...
Shema Sound Maps, Hearing Godliness in the World
Goals: To introduce the Shema blessing; To explore sound as an expression of Godliness; To...
Pokeiakh Ivrim /Human Camera Activity – Learning to See with New Eyes
Goal:To use senses of sight to explore the natural world in new ways. To foster...
Eitz Chayim He, Meet a Tree Activity
Based on an activity by Joseph Cornell Goals:To develop tactile senses, to introduce the symbol...
Fourfold Song Discussion & Art Activity
Materials: 4 Fold Song by Rav Kook; Paper; Pencils/pens, Markers, colored pencils, or pastels Goals:...
Purim as a Model for Making a Difference
By: Rabbi Akiva Gersh Purim comes at an auspicious time in the Hebrew calendar. Falling...
Ideas for Eco-Friendly Mishloach Manos
Ideas for Eco-Friendly Mishloach Manos Green Purim Sameach! Canfei Nesharim has developed a selection of...
Library of Tu b’Shevat Resources
Tu b'Shevat 5773 falls on January 25-26, 2013. Canfei Nesharim offers a range of great...
Creating Besamim Bags – Kids’ Activity
This is a fun activity that could be done to make spice at a Tu...
Recipes for Tu B’Shevat
Follow this link to Canfei Nesharim's website to find Recipes for Tu B'Shevat!...
Learn Torah! A Full Library of Articles for Tu B’Shevat
Learn Torah! A Full Library of Articles for Tu B'Shevat is available at Canfei Nesharim.org...
The Trees Sang with Joy: Action Suggestions
The Trees Sang with Joy: Action Suggestions The actions suggestions below follow on from Jonathan...
Plan a Tu B’Shevat Seder
Looking to organize a community Tu b’Shevat Seder? Canfei Nesharim has the resources for you!...
Plan a Tu B’Shevat Kiddush
Plan a Tu B'Shevat Kiddush Organizing a Tu b’Shevat Kiddush can be a lovely way...
Am I My Planet’s Keeper? An Op-Ed piece
by Evonne Marzouk In the story of Cain and Abel, when Cain murders Abel and...
Reducing Psolet (Food Waste) in our School Lunch Rooms
Materials developed by Noam Dolgin and the Teva Learning Center. All content is subject to...
Tragedy of the Commons – Comic / Graphic Interpretations of The Stones Story
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Waste Activities – 3 Rs; Garbage Relay
Materials developed by Noam Dolgin, www.noamdolgin.com. All content is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike...
Waste Minimization, Bal Tashchit and Beyond – A Primer for Schools & Synagogue
Waste Minimization, Bal Tashchit and Beyond By: Risa Alyson Strauss Kavanah Organic Community Teaching Garden...
Calculation Energy in our Bodies, Energy in our Lives
Goals: To learn about energy, how it is produced and its sources; To understand the...
An Exploration of Jewish Values Related to Climate Change
Goal: To introduce students to a wide variety of Jewish environmental teachings related to the...
Jewish Values of Cause and Effect, Shema 2nd Paragraph
Goal: Explore climate as God’s expression of cause and effect Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Siddurim...
The Trees Sang with Joy: A Teaching for Tu b’Shevat
by Yonatan Neril. Beit Hillel teaches that Tu b’Shevat is the new year of the...
How to Run a Tu b’Shevat Seder in One Hour
A Tu b’Shevat Seder can be adapted to different timeframes that you have available. Your...
Tu b’Shevat Stories
Use these links to find Tu b'Shevat stories on Canfei Nesharim's website. These stories can...
Experience the Fruit: A Short Guided Meditation for Appreciating Creation
Here is a simple, guided meditation that might add an experiential component to your Tu...
Torah Stories for Tu b’Shevat
Here are some stories that might prove an inspiring addition to your Tu b’Shevat programs...
Speakers Notes for Each of the Four Worlds in the Tu b’Shevat Seder
This resource features Speakers Notes with Environmental Facts and Torah Sources for each of the...
The Jewish Holiday Cycle – Ecological, Historical & Spiritual Dimensions
Jewish law and celebration have long reflected a deep connection to land, specifically to agricultural...
Sustainable Shabbat: Greening your Community Shabbat Dinner
This is a handout on ways to make your shabbat dinner table more environmentally friendly...
Farmer’s Market Scavenger Hunt – Teen
Take your group students on a tour of your local farmer's market. Procedure: 1. Divide...
Translation of Shema 2nd Paragraph Updated in Light of Today’s Problems
Here are two adaptive translations of the 2nd Paragraph of the Shema. Read aloud during...
Shabbat Brit
To be filled out by participants who have recently studied the connection between shabbat and...
Jewish Superheroes for the Earth
Goals: To learn the primary role given human – l'ovdah u'lshomera – to serve and...
Farmer’s Market Scavenger Hunt – Younger
Take your group students on a tour of your local farmer's market. Procedure: 1. Divide...
Build a Jewish Sustainable City
Goals:* To learn to apply responsibilities and values in the “real” world To learn to...
Apples & Maple Syrup – A New Tu B’shvat Tradition
Tu B’Shvat Is here? How can we talk about trees when everything outside is bare...
Hanukah Family Brit
Materials developed by Noam Dolgin and the Teva Learning Center All content is subject to...
Hanukah Handout: Green Gifts
Help cut down on waste and try some of these environmentally friendly gift ideas this...
Hanukah Handout: 8 Actions in 8 Days for your School
Day 1: Do a personal and communal energy audit. Record energy usage throughout your school...
Hanukah Handout: 8 Actions in 8 Days for your Home
This Hanukah, make each day special and extend the miracle of energy conservation through 8...
Hanukah Song: I Have a Little Lightbulb
An example of a modern environmental Hanukah song, try writing your own. (sung to the...
Light One Candle Tag
Goal: To think of ways we can each make a personal difference in our lives...
Learn and Sing Modern Hanukah Song “Light One Candle” by Peter Paul and Mary
Goal: To explore modern teachings on Hanukah through music Duration: 15 – 20 minutes Materials:...
Learning and Discussion Sheet: The “Fruits” of our Labor
Canfei Nesharim offers the following printable source sheet with discussion questions to use in your...
The Hanukah Story from an Energy Conservation and Leadership Perspective
Goal: To explore the relevance of the Hanukah story in our daily lives. Duration: 25...
Learning and Discussion Sheet: The Interdependence of the World
Canfei Nesharim offers the following printable source sheet with discussion questions to use in your...
Learning and Discussion Sheet on Settling the Land
Canfei Nesharim offers the following printable source sheets with discussion questions to use in your...
The Story of My Snack – Worksheet Version
Educational Objectives: 1) To raise awareness about the origins of our food 2) To learn...
The Story of My Snack – Dramatic Version
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Learning and Discussion Sheet: “Is the Tree of the Field a Man?”
Canfei Nesharim offers the following printable source sheet with discussion questions to use in your...
On Fruit-Bearing Trees: A Source Sheet for Tu b’Shevat Learning
Canfei Nesharim offers the following printable source sheets with discussion questions to use in your...
Learning Sources for Tu B’Shevat
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Bal Tashchit: Do Not Destroy – A Tu B’Shevat Seder
Looking to organize a community Tu b’Shevat Seder? Canfei Nesharim has the resources for you!...
Food: Blessings and Responsibility – A Tu B’Shevat Seder
Looking to organize a community Tu b’Shevat Seder? Canfei Nesharim has the resources for you!...
Appreciation for Nature’s Blessings: Exploring the Gifts of the Earth – A Tu B’Shevat Seder
Looking to organize a community Tu b’Shevat Seder? Canfei Nesharim has the resources for you!...
Tu B’Shvat Platters for Seniors Activity (For Teens)
Tu B’Shvat Platters for Seniors Activity (For Teens) Explain to the teens that in honor...
Making Tu B’Shevat Greeting Cards
(For ages 6-10) Tu B’Shvat Discussion and Introduction to Activity Discuss Tu B’Shvat as the...
Tu B’Shevat HaKaras HaTov Tree: Giving Thanks to Hashem for Nature
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Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret Resource and Program Bank
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Chanukah Resource and Program Bank
This Chanukah, Save Energy. Save Money. Protect the Environment! The holiday of Chanukah revolves in...
Take the Energy Star Pledge
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A Fresh Exchange: A Fresh Twist on Chanukah
A Fresh Exchange A Fresh Twist on Chanukah Amidst the gift-giving and consumerism of Chanukah...
Energy Activities for Adults
Our Jewish Sources on Energy and its Uses Instructions for Discussion Group Leader Intended audience:...
Energy activities for Teens
Our Jewish Sources on Energy and its Uses Instructions for Discussion Group Leader Intended audience:...
Energy Activities for children 6-10
Our Jewish Sources on Energy and its Uses Instructions for Discussion Group Leader Intended audience:...
Energy Activities for Children 3-6
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Statement on Climate Change
Approved by Canfei Nesharim Board of Directors, May 2009 Download a Printer-Friendly Version Summary: What...
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Find more resources for saving energy on Canfei Nesharim.org...
Eco-Conscious House Hunting
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Car-Sharing in Your Community
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Save Energy with Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
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Reduce Your Carbon Emissions this Fall
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Environmental Costs and Benefits of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
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The Energy Revolution
The industrial revolution of the 19th century marked humanities transition from an organic energy based...
Study Sheet and Discussion Guide on Energy and Its Uses
A discussion guide on Energy and its Uses, including the original source of energy/light, rituals...
The Miracle of the Vessels – Teaching and Source Sheet
by Yonatan Neril View printable version l View source sheet l View Energy study and...
The Wisdom of Olive Oil (Print-friendly version side 2)
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Save Energy, Save Money, Protect the Environment! Fact Sheet (Print – friendly version side 1)
Canfei Nesharim is proud to present our fact sheet on energy for Chanukah. The "Save...
The Wisdom of Olive Oil (Full color side 2)
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Save Energy, Save Money, Protect the Environment! Fact Sheet (Full color side 1)
Save Energy, Save Money, Protect the Environment! Fact Sheet Canfei Nesharim is proud to present...
Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah: A Connection
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Make Your Own Water Conservation Signs!
Intended audience: Children 12 and under (young children) What to Provide: • Old magazines and...
Text Study on Netilas Yadayim
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Water Tasting
Set up: Buy a Brita Filter, a Pur Filter, and a 3 gallon jug of...
Sukkah Decorations
Visit Canfei Nesharim.org for some great ideas for Sukkah decorations!...
L’Mayim!
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Torah, Math and the Environment
Intended audience: Children 7 and up. What to Provide: 1 large bucket filled with water...
True Joy for your Simchas Beis Hashoeva
What to Provide: Chocolate, cakes, and other delicious treats Mezonos so that people can make...
Sukkah Hop Activity – U’shavtem Mayim B’sason: Sukkot & the Gift of Water
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Tuv Hashavua: The Hazon CSA Newsletter
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Min Ha Aretz Student Curriculum An 18-lesson curriculum for students with family education programming that...
What is the Tu B’shvat Seder?
Excerpt from Hazon's Manual on running a Tu B'shvat Seder: What is a Tu Bishvat...
An Evaluation of Water Issues Facing Israel
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Tap Water v. Bottled Water
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The Blessing of Rain Teaching & Bottled Water Fact Sheet
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Tips for Saving Your Water
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Water Action Tips
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The Value of Water Fact Sheet
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Jewish Climate Change Campaign Resources
Here is a vast array of resources from the Jewish Climate Change Campaign site. They...
Statement on Water Quality
by Canfei Nesharim's Science & Tech Advisory Board View a print version. Summary Statement Without...
True Joy Through Water
True Joy: Through water Click here for a printable version (pdf format) of this article...
Water: A Sukkos Drash
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The Jewish Climate Change Campaign Ideas for Action
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The Jewish Climate Change Campaign Pledge
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Kayam Curriculum – Kilayim Arugot Boxes
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This source sheet accompanies "Shemini Atzeres Shiur: Rain as a Blessing in Our Prayers and...
Mayim Chaim Source Sheet
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Mayim Chaim M’Yerushalayim: Exploring the “Nature” of the Simchas Beis Hashoeva Celebration
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Shemini Atzeres Shiur: Rain as a Blessing in Our Prayers and Actions
On Shemini Atzeres, we make a special blessing for rain. We also begin mention in...
True Joy Through Water: Study and Discussion Guide
Explore sources appreciating water. With Hebrew-English sources and discussion questions. Great for adult learning programs...
Water: Appreciating a Limited Resource
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Bal Tashchit: Optimism in a Time of Teshuva
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Parchat Chayei Sarah: Praying in the Fields
By Drew Kaplan View a Printable Verison | View a Source Sheet Since Yitzhak went...
Parshat Shemot: The Power of Names
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Parshat Va’era: The Earth is the Lord’s
By Dr. David Goldblatt View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Divine chastisement...
Parshat Bo: Taking Notice in Our Time
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Parshat Yitro: Love of G-d and Material Desire
By Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet The Ten Commandments...
Parshat Mishpatim: Humans as Co-creators, Co-owners as well [1]
By Rabbi Norman Lamm, PhD View Printable Version l View Source Sheet In this week’s...
Parshat Terumah: Is G-d present in our Consumption
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Parshat Tetzaveh: All That’s Gold Doesn’t Glitter [1]
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Parshat Ki Tisa: The Coin of Fire-Rectification of Material Wealth
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Parshat Vayakhel: An Ecological Message in Shabbat [1]
By Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Our Torah portion...
Parshat Vayikra: The Pending Guilt-offering and the Global Climate
By Rabbi Shlomo Levin and Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version | View a...
Parshat Tzav: When Eating Meat was a Sacrifice
By Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet And...
Parshat Shemini: An Abundance of Fish
By Candace Nachman View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet In this week’s...
Parshat Emor: Our Relationship to Other Creatures
By Ora Sheinson View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Rabbi Judah said...
Parshat Behar: The Mitzva of Shemitah
By Noam Yehuda Sendor View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Before the...
Parshat Bechukotai: The Blessing of Rain
By Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Praying for rain...
Parshat Naso: Learning from Our Mistakes
By Evonne Marzouk View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet In the Torah...
Parshat Beha’aloscha: Balancing Natural Forces
By Dr. Jon Greenberg View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet This week's...
Parshat Shelakh: Very, Very Good
By Miriam and John Schlackman View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Our...
Parshat Korah: Becoming Holy
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Parshat Chukat: Water Consciousness
By Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet This week's Torah...
Parshat Mattot: Living in Balance
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Parshat Masei: Lessons for Regional Planning
By Dr. Jon Greenberg View a Printable Version l View a Source Sheet In this...
Parshat Devarim: Belonging To The Land
By Matthew Mausner View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet “…You have dwelt...
Parshat Vaetchanan: Guard Yourselves Very Well
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Parshat Eikev: The Seven Fruits of Israel
By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum View a print version l View a source sheet The...
Parshat Shoftim: Wasteful Destruction
By Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Reprinted...
Parshat Ki Tavo: First Fruits
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Parsha Haazinu: The Heavens and the Earth Bear Witness
By Rabbi Yuval Cherlow View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet “Give ear...
COEJL’s Webinar on “The Story of Noah and its Relationship to Climate Change.”
COEJL Director Sybil Sanchez hosted the webinar and began with a brief explanation about COEJL...
Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign
During this time of pivotal global environmental challenge, we have a unique opportunity to work...
Overview Video of Israel’s Environmental Situation
This is a segement of a larger documentary on Jewish environmental and animal rights values...
Birkat HaHammah: Blessing the Sun
Birkat HaHammah Excerpt: On April 8, 2009, Jewish communities around the world will participate in...
Central Conference of American Rabbis Resolution: Climate Change (2005)
CLIMATE CHANGE Excerpt: Adopted by the 116th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American...
URJ Resolution: Energy (1991)
NEW NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY STRATEGY Excerpt: Adopted at the 61st General Assembly November, 1991 Baltimore...
URJ Resolution: Environment (1991)
THE ENVIRONMENT Excerpt: Adopted at the 61st General Assembly November, 1991 Baltimore, MD BACKGROUND The...
URJ Resolution: Climate Change and Energy (2009)
Climate Change and Energy Exceprt: Submitted by the Commission on Social Action to the Union...
Guardians of the Earth
Summary: This Rosh Hashanah sermon was presented by Rabbi Rabbi Mark Kaiserman of Temple Emanu-El...
Reform Jewish Movement and the Environment
Reform Jewish Movement and the Environment Exceprt: As heirs to a tradition of stewardship that...
Environmental Justice
Overview "Environmental justice" has entered the lexicon as the term of choice for describing the...
JCPA on Sustainable Economies
The JCPA supports: substantial foreign aid and technical assistance to developing nations for environmental protection...
JCPA on Agriculture
Agriculture COEJL and the JCPA (Jewish Council for Public Affairs) support comprehensive testing of all...
Climate and Energy Policy Principles
The sage Hillel says, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?...
Birkat Hahammah Covenant of Commitment
In a wonderful confluence of circumstances, the first night of Hanukkah in 2008/5769 fell on...
The Rainbow and an Ethic of Sustainability
By Jonathan Neril View a source sheet/ discussion guide And G-d said, “This is the...
Green Glossary
Green Glossary Excerpt: Just what is sustainability? What is organic? Do I have a carbon...
Green Consumerism
Purchasing Excerpt: Consider the environmental impacts of your everyday purchases from office and classroom supplies...
Conservation Category Greening Guide
Excerpt Eager to learn how you can help? This guide contains the following sections: Conserve...
Room By Room Greening Guide
Excerpt: This room-by-room Greening Guide includes the following sections: Architecture: Greening the Building Bathroom: Greening...
Greening Your Building
Greening Your Building Excerpt: When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet...
Energy Audit
Excerpt: An energy audit is the first step in understanding the current energy consumption in...
Environmental Holiday Guides
Summary: Incorporate envrionmental awareness into your holiday celebrations with these holiday guides for Shabbat, the...
Travel Justly
Travel Justly Excerpt: The work of tikkun olam does not just happen at home. When...
Green Table, Just Table Program Bank
Sample Programs: A Life-Long Commitment to Food Justice: Beth Haverim Shir Shalom (Mahwah, NJ) Counting...
Recipes for Ethical Eating
Recipes for Ethical Eating To help you find exciting and delicious alternatives to red meat...
Food Blessings
Excerpt: Explore ways to reconnect your eating to your Jewish values by setting aside time...
Standing Together: A Social Justice Guide for Shavuot
Summary: It has been said that the entire Torah exists to establish justice. Thus, through...
Congregation Tu BiShevat Seder
Summary: Here tonight on this New Year of the Trees, we will think about how...
Tu BiShvat Seder
Summary: This Tu BiSh'vat seder is a call to action. While the Tu BiSh’vat seder...
The Stewardship Paradigm in the Torah Portion of Bereishis/Genesis
by Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the...
Sustainable Kiddush – How to Host One
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Healthy, Sustainable Passover Resources
Pesach is the Jewish tradition’s “eat seasonal” poster child. Also known as “Chag Ha-Matzot” (possibly...
Greening Your Shabbat Table
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Hazon’s Tu Bishvat Seder Haggadah
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Hazon Tu Bishvat Seder Manual
The manual provides instructions, guidelines and tips on running your own seder...
Tu B’shvat Seder Haggadah:Hazon’s 2010 Seder and Sourcebook
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Pushing ourselves to be the best we can be
Pushing ourselves to be the best we can be Nigel Savage Published in The New...
Shabbat Hazon 2006
Shabbat Hazon 2006 Friday July 28th 2006 / 3 Av 5766 Dear All, This Shabbat...
An End and a Beginning: Tu B’Shevat in The Age of Awareness
Friday, February 3, 2007 / 14 Shevat 5767 Dear All, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Prayer Marathons Of Rosh Hashanah And Yom Kippur
Prayer Marathons Of Rosh Hashanah And Yom Kippur New strategies for an ancient tradition No-one...
Jews in the Woods
Nigel Savage, Director of Hazon In the summer of 1998, I led a group of...
Ba-Midbar: Treasures in the Wilderness
Leviticus 26:3-27:34 A few years ago I went hiking with friends and with a Bedouin...
Treasures In The Garden Reframing Jewish tradition in an era of ecological challenge
Treasures In The Garden by Nigel Savage Reframing Jewish tradition in an era of ecological...
The Jewish Climate Change Campaign Pledge
The Jewish Climate Change Campaign: This campaign will appear on the world’s stage alongside plans...
The Jew and the Carrot Blog
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Hazon Food Values, Policies, and Best Practices
"va’achalta va’savata u’veirachtaa" / you shall eat, and be satisfied and make a blessing Hazon...
Dozens of Delicious Healthy, Sustainable, and Kosher Food Recipes
Breads Yid Dish: Homemade challah for the working woman Yid. Dish: Bread Machine Egg Bread...
Food For Thought
Food For Thought: Hazon’s Sourcebook on Jews, Food & Contemporary Life creates the opportunity to...
Jewish Food and Agriculture Text Study
Min Ha'aretz: Hazon’s Min Ha’Aretz student curriculum allows students from grades 5-9 to explore the...
Hazon CSA Program
Hazon Community Supported Agriculture: Hazon’s CSA program is the first ongoing effort in the American...
Hazon Food Guide
2010 Hazon Food Guide Hazon has been steadily working to compile our best practices around...
Sermon for Shabbat Pinchas: A Present Tragedy
Sermon for Shabbat Pinchas: A Present Tragedy Excerpts: This sermon was originally delivered in July...
A Prayer Resource for the Gulf Region Affected by the Oil Disaster
A Prayer Resource for the Gulf Region Affected by the Oil Disaster Learn more at...
The Land Ethic by Aldo Leopold
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Midrash on Noah and the Preservation of Species
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Sustaining the Light: A Social Justice Program Guide for Chanukah
Summary: In this holiday guide, you will find programs, projects, rituals and study topics that...
Tu BiShevat: Celebrate the Social Justice Way
Tu BiShevat: Celebrate the Social Justice Way Summary: The goal of this guide is to...
Environmental Program Bank
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Environmental Worship Resources
Environment Excerpt: Ecological Kavannah For the sake of the earth, for the sake of generations...
Sukkot: A Season of Gathering and Giving
Summary: The celebration of Sukkot leads us to focus on the importance of shelter and...
Food Policymaking Guide for Synagogues
Excerpt: This brief guide sets out a five-step process for a committee considering new food...
Youth Group Food Program
Youth Group Food Program Excerpt: Engaging young people – who are ready to think critically...
Environment and Social Justice Text Studies
Text Studies The following two text studies link specific passages from the Torah to contemporary...
Tu Bshvat Living Talmud
A “Living Talmud” is a study document that links Biblical texts with modern commentary and...
Environment Living Talmud
A “Living Talmud” is a study document that links Biblical texts with modern commentary and...
Clean Water & Jewish Values
Clean Water & Jewish Values Exceprt: Water has played a role in virtually every major...
Endangered Species and Jewish Values
Endangered Species and Jewish Values Excerpt: Specific concern about the destruction of a species was...
Environmental Health and Jewish Values
Environmental Health and Jewish Values Exceprt: We are commanded to preserve the earth and all...
Climate Change and Jewish Values
Jewish Values Excerpt: Jewish tradition emphasizes many values that speak to our nation’s need for...
Forest Issues and Jewish Values
Forest Issues and Jewish Values Exceprt: Similarly, Jewish tradition teaches us that human domain over...
Brit Adamah for Tu Bishvat–Family
We commit to this Brit Adamah in honor of Tu B’Shvat, the holiday of the...
Jewish-Environmental Quotes for Shabbat
Use this collection of thought-provoking quotes to spark discussion about the wisdom of Shabbat, our...
Brit Adamah for Tu Bishvat–Individual
I commit to this Brit Adamah–Covenant with the Earth–in honor of Tu Bishvat, the holiday...
Guide to Synagogue Gardens
This five-page guide (with full-color pictures!) takes you on a tour of a successful URJ...
Going Green Background Information
Background Information Excerpt: The first step towards a healthier, greener planet is an educated community...
Environmental Jewish Quotes
Jewish Text Quotes Excerpt: The following environmentally-themed Jewish passages can be used as the basis...
18 Things You Can Easily Do in a Jewish Home to Heal the Earth
Here are 18 easy things the Teva Learning Center suggests you can do in your...
Synagogue Energy Audit Scavenger Hunt
The goal of this activity is to learn practical solutions to energy reduction, to begin...
Measuring Our Community’s Impact: Energy Audit
Perform a Synagogue Environmental Audit: · In small groups, please answers the questions outlined in...
Build A City
The Goals of this activity are: · To learn the need for compromise and teamwork...
Re-Used Paper Making
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Hanukah Energy Scavenger Hunt
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Pizza Box Solar Oven
Solar Oven progam The goal of solar ovens is for all students to walk away...
Pokeiach Ivrim
The name of this exercise is taken from Birchot HaShachar, a morning prayer in which...
Build your own Solar Oven (out of an old cooler)
Here is an easy and fun way to make a solar oven out of re-used...
Shema Sound Map
A Shema-based listening awareness activity for all ages...
Name That Critter
This activity explores the power of naming something. Often when we think of the language...
Build A Tree
This game has a magical power to create joyous camaraderie, as well as teach tree...
Environmental Case Studies
Congregational Best Practices Excerpt: Use these successful and replicable congregational programs to engage your community...
Why going green is a Jewish issue
Why is Greening Jewish Excerpt: Among the many insightful Jewish environmental quotes and ancient teachings...
Greening 101 and Frequently Asked Questions
Excerpt: Topics covered: Is environmentalism a Jewish issue? Where do I start? What are CFL...
Parshat Vayechi: Eating Holy food in a Holy way
By Rabbi Julian Sinclair View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Do we...
Parshat Vayigash: Lessons from Yosef’s foresight and restraint
By Dr David Goldblatt View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Joseph (Yosef)...
Parshat Mikeitz: The Song of the Land – A Torah Teaching for the Western Environmentalist
By Rabbi Shaul David Judelman View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet The...
Parshat Vayeishev: Shepherd-Consciousness and the Post-Industrial Jew
By Fivel Yedidya Glasser, with contributions from Rabbi Chanan Morrison View a Printable Version |...
Parshat Vayichlach: Small Vessels
By Jonathan Neril View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet Before Ya’akov’s (Jacob's)...
Parshat Toldot: Digging the Wells: The Importance of Protecting Our Natural Resources
By Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, (translated from the original Hebrew by Ariel Shalem) View a Printable...
Praying in the Fields: Parshat Chayei Sarah
By Drew Kaplan View a Printable Verison | View a Source Sheet Since Yitzhak went...
Parshat Vayera: The Sin of Sodom and Its Impact on Creation
By Rabbi Yuval Cherlow (translated from the original Hebrew by Ariel Shalem) View a Printable...
Lech Lecha: Joining Together for Justice in the Land
By Tuvia Aronson View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet The great commentator...
Parshat Noach: A Paradigm for Environmental Consciousness
By Shimshon Stüart Siegel View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet While still...
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