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'One Jewish People' Takes Work

Rabbi Sid Schwarz | Posted 08.06.2011

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Rabbi Sid Schwarz

I wish I could provide a happy ending to the story. I can't. The divide is great. Much work needs to be done and Siach was an important first step. But there is a seed of hope

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Food Justice At Your Seder Table

Ari Hart | Posted 06.18.2011

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Ari Hart

May we all use this time of Passover to make transformations, big or small, in our food system, our communities and our selves.

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10 Teachings On Judaism And The Environment

Rabbi Lawrence Troster | Posted 06.06.2011

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Rabbi Lawrence Troster

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.

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Tu B'Shvat: An Ancient Jewish Holy Day For Modern Environmentalists

Gabe Crane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gabe Crane

What was once an accounting of tree inventory in ancient Israel may be emerging as the accounting of a movement.

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Sustainable Food, Sustainable Faith

Ari Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ari Hart

Food is now largely produced by huge corporate, industrialized farms hundreds or thousands of miles away from consumers. As our relationship to food dramatically changes, faith traditions are speaking up.

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Stopping Today's Flood

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

When I look at my kids, I pray that they will have a world to grow into that is habitable and sustainable. The generation of "whatever" is doing great harm to the future of our existence.

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Philanthropy's New Ice Age: Will Social Innovation Survive the Freeze?

Jumpstart | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jumpstart

After a decade of philanthropic investment that has produced a flowering of innovation and social entrepreneurship not seen since the late 19th century, all signs point to a flash freeze.

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