Judaism and the Environment

Key Websites

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish life at http://www.coejl.org/index.php   among other things on this site there is a very intriguing set of pages on environmental issues using the format of a page of Talmud

Center for Judaism and Sustainability at http://www.mtn.org/iasa/judaism.htm

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs at http://www.jcpa.org/art/jep4.htm

Judaism and the Environment on FORE at http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/judaism/

This site has an excellent Annotated Bibliography on Judaism and Ecology at http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/judaism/judaism.pdf

Online Articles on Judaism and the Environment

"And the Earth is Filled with the Breath of Life," by Arthur Waskow at http://www.crosscurrents.org/waskow.htm

"From Apologetics to New Spirituality:  Trends in Jewish Environmental Theology" By Rabbi Lawrence Troster at http://www.coejl.org/scholarship/jetheology.pdf

"How Green is Judaism?  Exploring Jewish Environmental Ethics, by David Vogel, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley at http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/vogel/judaism.pdf

"Jewish Environmental Studies: A New Field" by Manfred Gerstenfeld at http://www.jcpa.org/art/jep1.htm

"Judaism and Ecology: A Theology of Creation" by Daniel B. Fink at http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/judaism/

"Judaism and Nature:  Theological and Moral Issues to Consider While Renegotiating and Jewish Relationship to the Nature World." from Judaism.  Fall 1995 by Eilon Schwartz at http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n4_v44/ai_17884753

"Nature in the Sources of Judaism," by  Hava Tirosh-Samuelson at http://www.amacad.org/publications/fall2001/tirosh-samuelson.aspx

"Nature's Healing Power, the Holocaust, and the Environmental Crisis" by Eric Katz from Judaism. Winter 1997 at http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n1_v46/ai_19353459

"Nature and the Environment in Hasidic Sources"  by Manfred Gerstenfeld and Netanel Lederberg at http://www.jcpa.org/art/jep5.htm

"On walking and studying . . .":  Nature vs. Torah - On Nature Worship vs. Worship of God from Judaism Spring 1995 by Jeremy Benstein at http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n2_v44/ai_17379708  also available as  "Nature vs. Torah" by Jeremy Benstein at http://www.heschelcenter.org/text_files/nature_torah.html

There are a number of  Manfred Gerstenfeld's  papers on his website at http://www.manfred-gerstenfeld.net/judaismandenvironment.html