Resources

What will it take to engage Jewish communities in bold action in the face of urgent challenges?  The Jewish community’s collective commitment to fundamental change on energy and sustainability will emerge from exploration of the rich resources of Jewish tradition and contemporary life.  COEJL develops and disseminates materials to enable Jewish organizations and communities to inspire, educate and mobilize communities.

Use the search engine on the right-hand side of this page to find resources for:

  • Advocacy and Policy Issues: Statements, action alerts and background material on key environmental issues
  • Jewish Thought and Texts: Weekly Torah portions, critical thought around Jewish text, and other thoughts that help form the basis for Jewish environmentalism today
  • Jewish Life and Programs: Programs, Greening Communities, Holidays, and other tools that help weave the fabric of our lives as Jews
  • Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign: Tools for COEJL’s current effort to mobilize leaders from all walks of Jewish life to bring communal inspiration to the global struggle of addressing today’s energy and environmental challenges
  • Partner Organizations: Material by and for COEJL’s partners organizations

Many of the programs herein originally hail from COEJL’s Interactive Source for Environmental Education, Discourse and Study Jewish Environmental Program Bank (SEEDS) and are marked as such. Along with countless others, many of who are attributed directly in the resource material itself, we wish to thank the following people for their contributions to SEEDS: Vivienne Cato, Noam Dolgin, Rivka Gevurtz, Terry Gips, Jeremy Goldberg, Susanna Haas, Kirsten S. Kleinman, Josh Lake, Barbara Lerman-Golomb, Solomon Poretsky, Margaret Presley, Chad Rosenthal, Nili Simhai, Rachel Singer, Lori Yadin, Stefanie Zelkind.

See below for most recent resources.

Webinar on Funding and Creating an Energy Efficiency Project

Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign:

Join COEJL for the third in our series of webinars for Sustainability Liaisons.  These briefings will enable your organization to take concrete actions toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions 14% by 2014.  Get the practical information that you need to fulfill the commitment … Read more »

Jewcology Resources on Shabbat and Environmental Awareness

Jewish Thought and Texts: |
Partner Organizations:

These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s “Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment,” in partnership with Canfei Nesharim.  Learn more at http://www.jewcology.com/content/view/Year-of-Jewish-Learning-on-the-Environment. Rejuvenating ourselves and our Planet by Rabbi Yonatan Neril Shabbat and Environmental Awareness by Rabbi Yonatan Neril … Read more »

Shabbat and Environmental Awareness

Jewish Thought and Texts:
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These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s “Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment,” in partnership with Canfei Nesharim.  Learn more at http://www.jewcology.com/content/view/Year-of-Jewish-Learning-on-the-Environment. By Rabbi Yonatan Neril What is the connection between the Jewish Sabbath and the environment?  In modern … Read more »

Rejuvenating Ourselves and Our Planet

Jewish Thought and Texts:
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These materials are posted as part of Jewcology’s “Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment,” in partnership with Canfei Nesharim.  Learn more at http://www.jewcology.com/content/view/Year-of-Jewish-Learning-on-the-Environment.                  By Rabbi Yonatan Neril[1] In modern society, we are running, speaking, and thinking at an exceptional … Read more »

Backgrounder on Hydrofracking

Advocacy and Policy Issues:

  Hydrofracking is the extraction of natural gas from previously inaccessible gas shale deposits by fracturing a rock layer in order to release natural gas, petroleum, or other substances. The method of particular concern today involves drilling horizontally and pumping … Read more »