Taglit-Birthright Israel, what an amazing experience. Any qualified candidate for this program is an absolute fool if they don’t take advantage of it. There are so many different types of trips that cater to different preferences (anything from Orthodox-based to outdoor inspired biking ventures) that it’s almost silly. Please, go if you can.
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Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Back from Israel and plenty to share!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Israel, recycling, sustainability, Tel Aviv, water on 16 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is Tel Aviv a Sustainable City?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged city, Heschel Center, sustainability, Tel Aviv on 28 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hopefully I’ll have a better idea when I’m there in – let’s see here – just about three weeks! After graduating college, I have one day to pack up my apartment and drive 4 hours back to Nashville, where I will be leaving the next morning for New York City. A bunch of college buddies [...]
Our new patron saint…err, rabbi
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible, JewSchool, Rabbi Peter Stein, sustainability, text on 24 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ladies and gentlemen…Rabbi Peter Stein!
…OK, no, that isn’t Rabbi Stein, but it’s quite a picture. Anyway, a few days ago, a post went up on JewSchool (also cross-posted on Radical Torah) in which Rabbi Stein, ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary two years ago and now living in New Haven, CT, presented his take on Torah and [...]
Green Rabbinical Schools?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged rabbinical school, sustainability on 11 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last year, Chancellor Mark Wrighton announced that Washington University (in St. Louis) would join the sustainable movement with its own I-CARES initiative, a $55 million investment designed to promote interdisciplinary, collaborative research on alternative energy, carbon dioxide, green technology, and virtually all things ‘popular’ in the wake of the sustainability craze. The bandwagon of greenness [...]
Shaul Judelman’s Eco-Activist Learning Center
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, Jerusalem, Shaul Judelman, sustainability, Torah, TreeHugger on 7 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is there ancient wisdom in the bible that can help direct us to being better moral people in the face of environmental threats? Some believe there is.
Shaul Judelman’s Eco-Activist learning center holds two-week, English spoken sessions that offer a holistic, ecology-based study of the Torah and explores the relationship between ancient texts and modern environmental [...]
