Category: Climate

Tu B’Shvat: How an Ancient Jewish Holiday Connects to our Present Day Food Choices

Melissa Hoffman, M.S. January 11, 2024

A brief history of Tu B’Shvat, the New Year for Trees, and what this holiday can teach the Jewish community about our food choices, year-round.

Redefining Jewish Continuity in the Age of Climate Breakdown

Melissa Hoffman, M.S. May 9, 2021

In this time of climate crisis, our institutions face — and often avoid — a question that Moses and our rabbis might have never seen coming: How can our identities and our religious teachings help us live within the ecological limits of a struggling planet?

Category: Climate

Tu B’Shvat: How an Ancient Jewish Holiday Connects to our Present Day Food Choices

Redefining Jewish Continuity in the Age of Climate Breakdown

"Anyone who is compassionate to creatures receives compassion from the heavens."

BABYLONIAN TALMUD SHABBAT 151B

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