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Pivoting Towards Sustainability:
A New/Old Model to Survive and Thrive in this “New Normal”

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By Bradley Caro Cook, Ed.D. I wrote this piece “BCE” (Before the COVID Era). As this global crisis evolves, and the new normal arises, I’ve found this framework to be more relevant then I originally predicted. The Idea of Sustainability Whether a startup Jewish nonprofit … [Read more...] about Pivoting Towards Sustainability:
A New/Old Model to Survive and Thrive in this “New Normal”

A Sabbath for the Land and the People – Rav Kook’s Shabbat Ha’aretz and The Peoplehood Potential of Shmita

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[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 14 - Sustainability and Jewish Peoplehood - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] By Yedidya Sinclair “As Farmers and Field Rest, a Land Grows Restless” New York Times Headline about the shmita year in Isr … [Read more...] about A Sabbath for the Land and the People – Rav Kook’s Shabbat Ha’aretz and The Peoplehood Potential of Shmita

Sustainable Israel-Diaspora Engagement through Sustainability

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[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 14 - Sustainability and Jewish Peoplehood - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] By Jay Shofet Today, unsurprisingly, according to surveys in the North American Jewish community, environmental issues are … [Read more...] about Sustainable Israel-Diaspora Engagement through Sustainability

Future Ethics: The Moral Imperative of Sustainability from a Jewish Covenantal Perspective

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[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 14 - Sustainability and Jewish Peoplehood - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] By Rabbi Lawrence Troster The impending disaster of climate change is primarily an ethical crisis. The human exploitation … [Read more...] about Future Ethics: The Moral Imperative of Sustainability from a Jewish Covenantal Perspective