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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Jewish environmentalism

Rabbi Laura Bellows, now Dayenu's director of spiritual activism and education, waves matzah as she encourages major financial organizations to divest from fossil fuels at a rally in Washington, DC, April 20, 2022. (Bora Chung | Survival Media Agency / Courtesy of Dayenu via JTA)
August 30, 2023, 1:32 am
US Jewish activists pass on massive climate march scheduled for Rosh Hashanah
Sandwiched between the UN Climate Ambition Summit and Yom Kippur, the March to End Fossil Fuels falls in a narrow window that excludes some US Jews, while others embrace it
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Laura Bellows, now Dayenu's director of spiritual activism and education, waves matzah as she encourages major financial organizations to divest from fossil fuels at a rally in Washington, DC, April 20, 2022. (Bora Chung | Survival Media Agency / Courtesy of Dayenu via JTA)
May 14, 2023, 4:42 am
US Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action
Long a top priority for American Jews, climate change hasn’t been high on the agenda for the organizations serving them – but that’s beginning to change
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: Demonstrators gather outside of Atlanta's City Hall on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, as local officials announce they are moving forward with plans to build the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The protesters have called for officials to abandon plans for the project which they derisively call Cop City. (AP Photo/R.J. Rico)
March 9, 2023, 4:35 am
Invoking Jewish traditions, activists protest planned Atlanta police training center
In the forest where an 85-acre law enforcement compound is set to be built, ‘Stop Cop City’ protesters have prayed, celebrated Shabbat, built a sukkah, and lit Hanukkah candles
By Dave Schechter
A man shops for disposable plastic tableware in Osher Ad Supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021, shortly after new taxes on disposables went into effect in Israel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2023, 4:16 am
Why Israel’s new right-wing leaders immediately made plasticware inexpensive again
Many in the Haredi community saw the last government’s tax hike on disposable utensils and sweetened drinks as a targeted attack, which the religious right-wing is now walking back
By Deborah Danan
Nina Gordon-Kirsch hikes near Salt Springs in California on July 14, 2022. (Courtesy/ Sky Richards)
October 16, 2022, 2:46 am
Thirsty to know where her water comes from, CA Jewish activist hikes to its source
Over 33 days, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked 240 miles from her California home to the Highland Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now she’s releasing a documentary about her journey
By Melanie Lidman
The bride and groom, Ophir Haberer and Adi Aboody, exit the chuppah after the ceremony with family and friends applauding, June 4, 2022. (Luna Munn Photography)
August 16, 2022, 1:39 am
In California, a wilderness-inspired wedding celebration marries nature with Judaism
Adi Aboody and Ophir Haberer, who met through Wilderness Torah, a group of earth-focused Jews, mark their nuptials with an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar
By Alix Wall
Illustrative photograph of drilling oil on land. (bashta, iStock at Getty Images)
August 7, 2022, 2:58 am
How US Jewish philanthropies sprung from oil fortunes are handling climate change
At least a dozen major dynasties have been involved in the fossil fuel industry, and they follow diverse giving patterns when it comes to environmental causes
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Sharona Shnayder in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy/Elrom Benavraham)
October 1, 2021, 11:59 pm
Talking trash: Young Nigerian-Israeli activist sparks litter-picking movement
Sharona Shnayder grew up in Africa and the US before moving to her dad’s native Israel. Along the way she started Tuesdays for Trash, a grassroots effort now seen in 23 countries
By Cathryn J. Prince
Volunteers pick trash off the beach at the first-ever Reverse Tashlich event in 2018. (Courtesy/ Bob Fryer)
September 10, 2021, 8:04 am
Reversing an old tradition, eco-activist Jews cleanse waters of humanity’s sins
As many perform a Rosh Hashanah ritual in which last year’s sins are symbolically cast onto the water, Reverse Tashlich participants make amends by cleaning litter from waterfronts
By Danielle Ziri
Tobin Mitnick really loves trees, and wants you to, too. (Courtesy of Mitnick/ via JTA)
January 28, 2021, 2:30 am
TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu Bishvat very seriously
Tobin Mitnick entertains his 110,000 fans with interesting facts about vegetation near his LA home, but on the Jewish Arbor Day he’s stressing good deeds and connection with nature
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Urban Adamah fellows working on the farm (Courtesy of Urban Adamah)
February 27, 2020, 9:50 pm
As Jewish farming programs yield more alumni, a growing community takes root
The Jewish Farming Network gathered 200 members in just 2 days, and now numbers over 800, as members flung far across the US seek others who connect faith and food
By Ben Harris
Rabbi Lawrence Troster in 2014. (Screen capture/YouTube via JTA)
May 25, 2019, 5:09 pm
Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Jewish environmental activist, dies at 65
Spiritual leader was involved in progressive causes, including J Street, and frequently lectured about religious perspective on environmentalism, bioethics and modern science
By JTA
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, his wife Paula, and the IDF Chief of Staff, arrive at the Tu Bishvat tree-planting ceremony at Shaar Hagai, 1949. (Courtesy GPO)
January 21, 2019, 4:26 pm
5 fruitful facts to sweeten Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees
From the Zionistic, to the kabbalistic, to eco-activistic, these bitesized historical tidbits may surprise you
By Yaakov Schwartz
A view of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn, New York. (Courtesy of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu/via JTA)
April 22, 2018, 6:00 pm
Brooklyn synagogue pulls its money out of Chase bank to promote climate change
Jewish community leaders hope whole denominations will eventually follow Congregation Kolot Chayeinu’s lead and engage in impact investing
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Alon Tal
January 30, 2018, 3:11 pm
Alon Tal
The Jewish case for radical environmentalism
Species are being erased, land is eroding, Israel’s carbon footprint is expanding: Where are the rabbis?
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