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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 of Israel, environmental conservation and econmic devlopment. Feel free to use them to begin a discussion on the relationship between Israelis, the goverment, and the land. If you have otther quotes, please add them to the comments section below so we can create a comprensive source. Materials developed by Noam Dolgin, www.noamdolgin.com. All content is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. (Ie. Tell other where you got it from and don't sell it)

Effects of Climate Change on Israel & The Middle East

Use the climate impact predictions below to begin a discussion on the effects of climate change on Israel and how we can help to reduce the impacts through personal, communal and global action. Materials developed by Noam Dolgin, www.noamdolgin.com. All content is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. (Ie. Tell other where you got it from and don't sell it)

Jerusalem’s Environmental Challenges – Overview Handout

Below you will find an overview handout about Jerusalem's enviornmental challenges and possible solutions. It was prepared in conjunction with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Jerusalem Branch.

Sources about Jerusalem, and it’s Environment

Below you will find a series of quotes from across time about Jerusalem and Jerusalem's environment. Use in conjunction with an overview of Jerusalem's environmental challenges Materials developed by Noam Dolgin, www.noamdolgin.com. All content is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. (Ie. Tell other where you got it from and don't sell it)

Judaism and Sustainability

This is the Judaism and Sustainability Unit from the Jewish Farm School Resource Manual. It covers texts on the creation story and Shabbat, the construction of the Mishkan, and the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. This is free to use for educational purposes with proper citation.

Trees, Protection, and the Three Weeks

By: Rabbi Lee Jay Lowenstein On my first Outward Bound program, I had an experience which I have used as a Mashal to explain many different circumstances. One such circumstance includes the three weeks of mourning and the month of Av. In the White Mountains, for close to four days, we had been hiking deep into the trail, when we came to a particular campsite that exhibited remarkable foliage growth. Despite no recent signs of deforestation or conflagration, the area was populated by an overabundance of tall spruce, birch and lodge pole pine with very few saplings or smaller growth. As a ...

Destructions of Our Past and Present

By: Aviva Shinnar The summer sun is upon us and although we may enjoy this season, Av 9 marks the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. The fast on the 9th of Av is a culmination of a period known as the three weeks, beginning with the Fast of Tammuz on the 17th. During these weeks we deprive ourselves of certain pleasures in order to reflect on what caused the destruction of the Temple and the accompanying suffering. As we reflect on these past destructions, this can also be a time to think about current and future destruction of the environment. Psalms 104:24 elaborates on G-d's creation, "How many are the ...

The Three Weeks and the Environment

by Evonne Marzouk With help from teachings from Rabbi Shlomo Levin and Aviva Shinnar. The 9th of Av marks the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. Next week we will begin our journey toward Tisha b’Av with a more minor fast – the 17th of Tammuz. This day begins the period known as the Three Weeks. During these weeks we deprive ourselves of certain pleasures in order to reflect on what caused the destruction of the Temple and the accompanying suffering. I’d like to think a bit with you about the Three Weeks and what they can teach us. By beginning with a minor fast and moving toward deeper levels ...

17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Charades Game

17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Charades Game A Program for Children Ages 8 - 12 Additional Material Needed: Charades Cards This program is designed for upper elementary school or middle school children to be held either an activity in a youth minyan, a synagogue youth group, or in a summer camp. The purpose of this activity is to have the children learn about the significance of the 17th of Tammuz as it relates to becoming aware of environmental warning signs all around us. The aim is for the children to heed these warning signs by beginning to think about their responsibility to the environment and to hopefully ...

17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Scavenger Hunt

17th of Tammuz: Warning Signs Scavenger Hunt A Program for Children Ages 8 – 12 Additional Material Required: Scavenger Hunt Checklist (Download to the right) This program is designed for upper elementary school or middle school children to be held either for families in shul on a Sunday, synagogue youth groups, or for summer camps. The purpose of this activity is to have the children learn about the significance of the 17th of Tammuz as it relates to becoming aware of environmental warning signs all around us. The aim is for the children to heed these warning signs by beginning to think about their ...

Warning Signs: The Environment and the Three Weeks

Warning Signs: The Environment and the Three Weeks The "Three Weeks" leading up to and including Tisha B'Av commemorate the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It is a time for mourning and contemplation, and for examining the spiritual roots of destruction and redemption. These lessons have profound relevance for our relationship with our planet and the natural resources Hashem provides us. We hope you will take this special opportunity to learn and grow with us. May all our efforts lead ...

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 introduce the agricultural and environmental meaning of the Omer to Jewish students. Introductory Materials: big ideas, learning objectives and additional resources Teacher's Guide Lesson One: Everything Comes from the Land (upper elementary school and middle school students) Teacher Guide Student's Course Book Lesson One Alternate: Everything Comes from the Land (older middle school and high school students) Teacher Guide Student's Course Book Lesson Two: We Have to Maintain the Land (upper elementary and middle school student...

Counting the Omer, Refining Ourselves

By Yonatan Neril View printable version of this article Our actions are deeply connected to the environment that we see around us. Our current period of “counting the Omer” offers an opportunity for strengthening and refining our character. As we will explore, this process also contains within it meaningful ways to address, from a spiritual place, some of the pressing issues of our time. Rabbi Sampson Rafael Hirsch teaches, “Nature does not stand between you and Me, but you stand between Nature and Me. It is according to your behavior towards Me that everything that flourishes and breathes for you ...

Omer Torah Learning Resources

Counting the Omer, Refining Ourselves: “Counting the Omer” offers an opportunity for strengthening and refining our character. As we will explore, this process also contains within it meaningful ways to address, from a spiritual place, some of the pressing issues of our time Counting the Omer: A Tool for Nature Consciousness: In addition to our historical understanding of Pesach as our Exodus from Egypt, the holiday also signified the start of the grain harvest. Thus, scripture portrays the Omer season as a time for awaiting the wheat harvest. "Counting the Omer, Refining Ourselves"/"The State of Our ...

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 printable version of this article Introduction: The time between Pesach and Shavuot, when we count the Omer, is a time not only for spiritual reflection and refinement of our middot, but an opportunity to connect to the land of Israel and our responsibility for the earth. Most of us are familiar with the spiritual implications of the holidays of Pesach as the time of our freedom and leaving Egypt, and Shavuot, the time of receiving the Torah. The time of “Counting the Omer” between these two holidays is a time for ...

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 Goats, Grapes and Greenbelts: Sustainability and Settling the Land. Great for Tikkun Leyl Shavuot! This content originated at Canfei Nesharim.org.

Grapes, Goats, and Greenbelts: Sustainability and Settling the Land

By Yonatan Neril View a printable version The period of the Omer and the festival of Shavuot present opportune times to explore our connection and relationship to the land. On the first day of the Omer period, Cohanim (priests) made a barley offering in the Temple in Jerusalem. [1] On the fiftieh day, Shavuot, the Cohanim would prepare and offer two loaves of wheat bread from the new wheat harvest, as well as animal sacrifices. The grain offerings of the Omer (barley) and Two Loaves (wheat) had to come from the choicest grain of the land of Israel,[2] and thus represented an offering to G-d of the best of Jewish agriculture in ...