Environmental Activism and Jewish Spirituality
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Posted on November 22, 2016
Environmental Activism and Jewish Spirituality Symposium
This symposium among eight Reconstructionist leaders explores the interface between environmental activism and Jewish spirituality. Originally published in Winter 2001/2002 issue of Reconstructionism Today, this discussion remains relevant and valuable.
The leaders participating, and their positions at the time, were:
- Lawrence Bush, editor of Reconstructionism Today
- Rabbi Howard Cohen (RRC '04), of Congregation Beth El in Bennington, VT, former Outward Bound directory, and founder of Burning Bush Adventures: Judaism in a Wilderness Context
- Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb (RRC '97) of Adat Shalom in Bethesda, Maryland, co-chair of the Interfaith Religious Witness for the Earth, and member of the Board of Trustees of COEJL
- Rabbi George Driesen (RRC '99), a founding member of Adat Shalom, member of the RRC Board of Governors, and an avid outdoors enthusiast
- Rebekah Jorgensen, a film producer and director, linguist and educational innovator, and a member of Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, California
- David Roberts, chair of the St. Louis Environmental Initiative and president of the Reconstructionist Minyan of St. Louis; chair of the Development Committee of the RRC Board
- David Rosenstein, a member of Kehillat Israel and director of the Southern California region of COEJL
- Rabbi Margot Stein, Director of Communications for the JRF
