With the High Holiday season now officially over, we’ve tasted sweet apples on Rosh Hashanah and thrown bread into the ocean on Yom Kippur; we’ve talked about food justice in the sukkah and prayed for rain on Shemini Atzeret; we’ve rolled our Torah scrolls back and begun again at B’reishit, reminded of our obligation to “till and tend” the earth.
Lech Lecha is this week’s Torah portion, in which God tells Abraham to leave his family and start anew and so do we go forward into the new Jewish year. What will we do this year differently than the last? How can we go forward both to improve congregations and Jewish communities and to engage more deeply as Jews in the world around us?
This year, pledge your congregation to join GreenFaith for Energy Shield certification. GreenFaith Certification is a comprehensive environmental program that empowers your community to transform into a religious leader for the climate justice. With processes that work, programs that will engage all corners of the community, over 200 free resources, one-on-one consultation, and networking with other faith communities, the Certification Program offers more than any other program for faith communities? in the country.
Join us on three consecutive Fridays from 10/31 to 11/14 at 12 p.m. ET and GreenFaith will walk you through the 13 most effective steps for energy conservation in a Jewish setting!
Register for the training series—register even if you can’t make all three webinars, and GreenFaith will send you the recordings. You will gain valuable tips, guidance, and resources to get you started on your energy conservation efforts before the winter weather arrives. Lech Lecha: let’s go forward towards a new, environmentally aware and energy efficient congregations this year.
Related Posts
Image
Remarks from Rabbi Eliana Fischel at Jewish Gathering for Abortion Access
Rabbi Eliana Fischel, Associate Rabbi at Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington D.C., spoke at a Jewish community gathering just before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine regarding the future of Mifepristone, one of two medications commonly used in medication abortion.
Image
Teens from North Carolina Speak About Environmental Justice
This year, as we approach Earth Day on April 22nd, we are amplifying the voices of our L'Taken participants. These teens, who are at the forefront of our fight for environmental justice and climate change, are not just the future-they are the present.
Image
Why is this Right Different?: City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson and the Passover Call to Action
As families prepare for the Passover seder and its celebration of freedom, the Supreme Court will hear a case in which the basic civil rights of unhoused people are at stake.
