Ecology & the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature & the Sacred Meet
282Ecology & the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature & the Sacred Meet
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Overview
In today’s modern culture, we’ve become separated from the sacredness of the natural world. This book offers a different, eye- and soul-opening way of viewing our religion: A perspective grounded in nature, and rich in insights for seekers of all faiths.
Respect for the holiness of Creation, our duty to protect the natural world, reverence for the land … a focus on nature is part of the fabric of Jewish thought. Here, innovative contributors bring us a richer understanding of the long-neglected themes of nature that are woven through the biblical creation story, ancient texts, traditional law, the holiday cycles, prayer, mitzvot (good deeds) and community.
Ecology & the Jewish Spirit explores the wisdom that the Jewish tradition has to offer all of us, to help nature become a sacred, spiritual part of our own lives.
Contributors:
Eileen Abrams • Bradley Shavit Artson • Philip J. Bentley • Ellen Bernstein • Ellen Cohn • Eliezer Diamond • Shira Dicker • David Ehrenfeld • Charles Fenyvesi • Shamu Fenyvesi • Dan Fink • Barry Freundel • David Gedzelman • Everett Gendler • Neil Gillman • Neal Joseph Loevinger • Victor Raboy • Debra J. Robbins • Robert Sand • Marc Sirinsky • Jeff Sultar • Marc Swetlitz • Lawrence Troster
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781580230827 |
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Publisher: | TURNER PUB CO |
Publication date: | 03/01/2000 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 282 |
Sales rank: | 700,292 |
Product dimensions: | 2.36(w) x 3.54(h) x 0.75(d) |
About the Author
- Reading the Bible Ecologically
- Prayer from an Ecological Perspective
- Why Judaism Needs Ecology and Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Spiritual Approach
- Creation Theology
- Why (and How) to Start a Synagogue Garden or Farm!
Ellen Bernstein is the founder of Shomrei Adamah—Keepers of the Earth, the first institution dedicated to cultivating the ecological thinking and practices integral to Jewish life. She is author of Ecology & the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred Meet and currently works as director of community building at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.Ellen Bernstein is available to speak on the following topics:
- Reading the Bible Ecologically
- Prayer from an Ecological Perspective
- Why Judaism Needs Ecology and Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Spiritual Approach
- Creation Theology
- Why (and How) to Start a Synagogue Garden or Farm!
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9Introduction 11Sacred Place 151 Adam, Adamah, and Adonai: The Relationship between Humans, Nature, and God in the BibleJeff Sultar 192 Befriending the Desert OwlShamu Fenyvesi 273 (Mis)reading Genesis: A Response to Environmentalist Critiques of JudaismNeal Joseph Loevinger 324 Is There Only One Holy Land?Bradley Shavit Artson 415 How Wilderness Forms a JewEllen Bernstein 506 A Sentient UniverseEverett Gendler 577 Practical Kabbalah: A Family HistoryCharles Fenyvesi 698 Jewish Perspectives on Limiting ConsumptionEliezer Diamond 809 New York Is a GirlRobert Sand 88
Sacred Time 95Cycles of the Jewish Year10 The Sun, the Moon, and the Seasons: Ecological Implications of the Hebrew CalendarDebra J. Robbins 9811 "In Your Goodness, You Renew Creation": The Creation Cycles of the Jewish LiturgyLawrence Troster 10712 Shabbat and the Sabbatical YearDan Fink 11213 The Land of Your SoulMarc Sirinsky 121The Holidays14 Rain and the CalendarEllen Cohn 12715 Sukkot: Holiday of JoyEllen Bernstein 13316 Sukkot: Gathering the BoughsDan Fink 13717 A History of Tu B'Sh’vatEllen Bernstein 13918 The Tu B’Sh’vat SederEllen Bernstein 14219 Purim Rivers and RevelsDan Fink 15120 The Parsley versus the Potato: A Passover ReminiscenceEverett Gendler 15321 Leaving EgyptDan Fink 15522 Grow Your Own—Barley, That Is!Eileen Abrams 15723 Mountain PathsDan Fink 16024 In Search of the OmerEllen Cohn 16225 Of Dust, Ashes, Comets, and a Three-Year-OldDan Fink 167
Sacred Community 16926 Cosmos and Chaos: Biblical Views of CreationNeil Gillman 17227 Restoring a BlessingShamu Fenyvesi 18028 What Is the Common Wealth?David Ehrenfeld 18529 Jewish Agricultural Law: Ethical First Principles and Environmental JusticeVictor Raboy 19030 The Blessings of HolinessLawrence Troster 20031 Nature, Spirit, BodyShira Dicker 20732 Judaism’s Environmental LawsBarry Freundel 21433 Business and Environment: A Case StudyPhilip J. Bentley 22534 Between Dust and Divinity: Maimonides and Jewish Environmental EthicsDan Fink 23035 What Does the Hour Demand? Environmentalism As Self-RealizationDavid Gedzelman 24036 Living As If God Mattered: Heschel’s View of Nature and HumanityMarc Swetlitz 24437 How Community Forms a JewEllen Bernstein 250
Notes 257About the Contributors 269Index 273