Eco Judaism

Those of us whose faith demands that we protect all of God's Creation should be vocal in defending our holy texts from those whose shortsighted anthropocentrism causes them to deny the earth's fragility and human culpability.

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What was the revelation contained in my dream? In my dream I felt the pain of the earth. I also felt the shame of the perpetrator. I felt relieved when the people around me joined in to call out the abuser.

Kabbalist's believe that eating 10 specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection

As children, we cherish the opportunity to climb a tree. So too, we strive to ascend Torah, grasping its multiple branches of interpretation and reaching for higher meaning.

In this critical moment of confronting irreparable damage to our Earth, it's high time for Jewish leaders to stop wondering which climate-polluting projects may be in some short-term Jewish interest.

We are created in the image of God, but we are not God. Humanity's unparalleled wisdom and power needs to be tempered by humility.

For the modern reader, Deuteronomy's strict doctrine of reward and punishment can be troubling: Obey God and prosper; disobey God and suffer. But is that the way the world works?

On Shavuot, we are reminded that our communal effort to bring healing to the planet and fellow human beings is covenantal work imbued with the spirit of the Divine.

By putting God at the center of life, we see the sacred in everything and the natural world becomes a source of wonder and not only a resource for our use and abuse.