Blog & News
Interview with the Rev. Angela Zimmann
Blog: Siiri Bigalke - Interview with the Rev. Angela Zimmann about her experience with environmentalism and her respective religion's take on sustainability.
Read More“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that”
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril and Elana Frank - “You are with God to the extent that you can recognize God in another person.” – Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein.
Read MoreCitizens Declare Cease-Fire at Joint Breaking of Fast
Blog: Elana Frank and Rabbi Yonatan Neril - On Tuesday, July 15th, hundreds of Palestinian Muslims and Israeli Jews united to break their mutual fast day together at thirteen events throughout...
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Pope Francis Fires Up Future Faith Leaders for Creation Care
Press Release: The Pope has taken a stand on climate change with a forceful position paper that spells out how faith groups must take action to protect the environment. The world’s faithful...
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Sewing Seeds, Building Trust, Seeking Peace
Blog: Siiri Bigalke - June marked the third month of a new track in our Women's Faith and Ecology project. This initiative brings together women of Jerusalem to find commonality through...
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Palestinian Muslims and Israeli Jews Unite to Break their Mutual Fast Day Together
Press Release: On Tuesday, July 15th, hundreds of Palestinian Muslims and Israeli Jews united to break their mutual fast day together at thirteen events throughout Israel and the West Bank.
Read MoreGrüne Rabbis im Kampf für die Umwelt
News Coverage: Schöpfung, Glaube, Umweltschutz: Immer mehr Israelis verzichten religiös begründet auf Fleisch. Und immer häufiger treten auch Rabbiner für Umweltschutzprojekte ein. Zwei von ihnen in Jerusalem nennen sich selbst "grüne Rabbis"....
Read MoreMethane to Energy, No Plastic Bags, Green Globes
Blog: Elana Frank - On June 17th, four Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) staff and interns attended the Knesset Environmental Day put on in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset). We were...
Read MoreJewish Food Justice Fellows visit from California
News Coverage: ‘There are a lot of startup programs that are helping cultures within Israel, such as amazing community garden projects used as tools for economic empowerment.’
Read MoreMeeting the ‘Green Patriarch’ in Jerusalem
Blog: We are waiting for that moment when our consultations, dialogues, and steps toward unity become expressions of truepeace [...]
Read MoreWake-up Call: Jerusalem Water Contamination
Blog: Jerusalem’s ancient roots certainly had a spiritual context, but were also tied to access to some of the region’s most precious resource: water. [...]
Read MoreGathering and Gardening over Watermelon and Zatar
Blog: On Wednesday April 30th, a group of women from Muslim, Jewish, and Christian members of the larger Jerusalem community met for a day of gardening, conversation, [...]
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