This is the first in a multi-part series exploring the Laudato Si’ Encyclical Letter on the environment by Pope Francis. “Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rath...Read More
State of Formation Workshop: Writing for the Online Public Sphere November 22, 2014 | 2-4PM | Room: Omni Gaslamp 1 |675 L St., San Diego, CA 92101 Held in conjunction with the annual meeting for the A...Read More
The most fulfilling and reassuring conversation I had in the days following the 2012 election was with someone whom I deeply disagree with. As a liberal Jew from the Northeast, my beliefs about Americ...Read More
I was walking through downtown Boston in late August, and passed a group of men dressed as Minutemen, as Revolutionary soldiers. This is a common sight during the tourist season, in the birthplace of ...Read More
Lamentations--the text traditionally read by Jews on Tisha b'Av-- is not the first book that comes to mind when one is asked what the Tanakh has to say about the environment. But this text has some si...Read More
The world is in bad shape and not in a metaphorical sense. No I mean the earth – the giant rock that we all live on – is in really bad shape. As of May 31, 2012, carbon dioxide readings ...Read More
Currently in Rio de Janeiro, over 50,000 people have congregated to take part in the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainability and Poverty Eradication. Over the past ten days since the conference began t...Read More
At a time when many of the ways in which we are being told we can help curb climate change are “don’ts” these practices can be fun, celebratory, and can create community. Are we going to adequat...Read More
The role of the spiritual leader in the age of climate change: Re-imagining how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations. This is the title of the seven d...Read More