Rabbi Ellen Bernstein

Writer, Speaker, Teacher, Consultant

Founder, Shomrei Adamah, Keepers of the Earth - First National Jewish Environmental Organization

Ecology & the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature & the Sacred Meet by Ellen Bernstein Let the Earth Teach You Torah

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Endorsements

Much has been written about the folk wisdom of Native Americans, the Earth-centeredness of Oceanic Aborigines, and of the ecological insights of the Buddha. Ellen Bernstein and Dan Fink explore many spiritual avenues in this volume, and find some of the richest material in their own faith: Judaism. The resulting book is invaluable for everyone who is looking with an open mind for a deeper truth.

Denis Hayes
President, The Bullitt Foundation; Founder, Earth Day; Chairman of the Board, Green Seal

An important contribution. This book will help train a whole generation of Jewish youth to see the world—and their own tradition—through new eyes. Its authors deserve our profound thanks.

Art Green
President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

This original and refreshing guide is filled with thoughtful perspectives and practical techniques for teaching a Jewish understanding of the human place in nature. Great for weekend retreats, camps, family education, and high school and adult education.

Michael Strassfeld
Rabbi, Anshei Hesed Congregation
Author, The Jewish Catalogues and The Jewish Holidays

Secular materialism, the philosophy which serves as the driving engine of the extractive economy, would be totally repealed if even a small fraction of this book is internalized and practiced by a small percent of our population. Few books stand the chance to be as dog-eared from practical use as this one. All ages will benefit from the creativity Ellen Bernstein and Dan Fink have exercised in bringing forth the relevant scripture to the modern environmental crisis.

Wes Jackson
President, The Land Institute

This pioneering work fills a niche which has been empty for too long.
A creative work and a very useful first step in formulating a Jewish environmental ethic.

Steve Shaw .
Rabbi; Director, Department of Community Education, Jewish Theological Seminary; Director,
Consultation on Environment and Jewish Life