American Jewish responses to this existential threat include a spate of new books, fresh efforts to organize grassroots Jewish climate activists and increased attention to climate within the Jewish environmental movement.
This May, climate action organization Dayenu released “Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Songs for the Jewish Climate Movement,” a digital songbook, which brings together a diverse set of songs—Jewish and secular, English and Hebrew, chanted and sung—for Jewish climate activism.
“There are things we can do, but reducing your carbon footprint, while good, is not what will make the biggest difference.”
“The focus of the fest this year was about investing in solutions, and pulling away from supporting the systems that perpetuate the problem,”
The final installment of Moment’s climate series, highlighting the usually untrumpeted work of paradigm shift within the Jewish community.
Rabbi Zelig Golden is a founder and executive director of Wilderness Torah, a Bay-Area organization that seeks to promote earth-based Judaism.
Dr. Alon Eliran is a member of CityTree, a Tel Aviv based knowledge center focused on forest cities, urban ecology and climate resilience.
Abby Bresler is a senior at Dartmouth College and the coordinator of the Jewish Youth Climate Movement.
Rabbi Dev Noily, cofounder of Jews on Ohlone Land, on why climate activists need to follow indigenous leadership.
Naomi Tsur is the founder and executive chair of the Jerusalem Green Fund, which promotes environmental, social and economic sustainability in Greater Jerusalem.
Gidon Bromberg is a cofounder of EcoPeace Middle East, a tri-national Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian NGO focused on environmental cooperation.
