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Rachel's workshops inspire Jewish communities to deepen understanding and engagement on climate issues, providing tools that enable participants to take their next steps in climate justice work. A sample of available workshops can be found below, and Rachel will work with individual communities to customize topics and workshops. Workshops are available in-person in the greater New York area or on Zoom. Rachel is also available to visit Jewish communities as a Scholar-in-Residence on Shabbat or during the week. Each Scholar-in-Residence program is tailored to meet the needs of the individual community.
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"Participating in Rachel’s workshop was a deeply meaningful experience for me. I had thought I understood the ramifications of climate change, but her workshop opened my eyes to challenges that I had never learned about or considered. Rachel guided the session with wisdom and empathy, and didn’t shy away from the hard truths we need to face. I left feeling both challenged and empowered, ready to take meaningful action."
-Deborah S
"I’ve participated in several workshops led by Rachel and each has been inspiring. She brings a true understanding of Torah and Jewish tradition to her teaching and is able to weave her knowledge beautifully into considerations of climate justice. Rachel is a sensitive and skilled teacher and discussion leader. I recommend her highly."
-Elliot F.
Introduction to Climate Justice and Jewish Climate Action
Establish shared definitions of climate justice and climate injustice and understand how marginalized communities are disproportionally impacted by climate change
Learn from Jewish wisdom about our role in tackling climate change and climate injustice
Provide concrete, hands-on steps that participants can take in their communities to address climate injustice
Sustaining Our Work as Jewish Climate Activists
Explore strategies and perspectives that can be employed to sustain ourselves as we continue our work as Jewish climate activists
Use Jewish tradition and Jewish sources as a guide to help us stay hopeful and committed to tackling climate change despite feelings of despair, grief and hopelessness
Pesach Climate Workshop
Re-telling the Passover Story with a Climate Lens
Investigate the resources, tools and teachings that can bring a climate lens to the Passover experience, from preparing a more sustainable Passover meal to exploring overlapping themes of justice and liberation to tying climate action to the Exodus story and the Haggadah
Leave the workshop with a personalized plan for bringing climate awareness and action into your Pesach seder through topics such as climate refugees, the symbols of the seder, bringing about systemic change, and more
Shavuot Climate Workshop
Centering Relationships in our Climate Work: What Shavuot and the Book of Ruth Have to Teach Us
Delve into Megilat Rut and themes from Shavuot to broaden your understanding of the importance Jewish tradition places on relationships with each other and how we can bring that understanding to our climate work
Reflect on relationships you have built through your climate work and strategize ways to strengthen and deepen those existing relationships
Sukkot Climate Workshop
Facing Vulnerability and Embracing Life: Sukkot as a Model for How to Address the Climate Crisis
Analyze the ways that Sukkot, following upon the heels of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, offers a unique experience of gratitude, joy, community and our relationship with the natural world
Consider how the messages that Sukkot offers us in facing vulnerability and embracing life can be a model in effectively addressing the climate crisis
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