Blog & News
Grüne 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"....
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Methane 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...
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Jewish 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.’
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Meeting the ‘Green Patriarch’ in Jerusalem
Blog: We are waiting for that moment when our consultations, dialogues, and steps toward unity become expressions of truepeace [...]
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Wake-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. [...]
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Gathering 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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Going into Nature, Within Jerusalem
Blog: In the spring of 2014, The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development is offering open-enrollment ecological tours in and around Jerusalem. These tours [...]
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Partnering in Good Faith Jordan River Seminar
Blog: The Jordan River holds religious significance for Jews, Muslims, and Christians, which served to unite an interfaith group of clergy and [...]
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‘Crossing the Jordan’ links faith, ecology
News Coverage: An interfaith outing to the Jordan River stresses the need to advocate for the rehabilitation of the historic waterway among faith communities.
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Toward a Faith-Based Paradigm Shift
Blog: Rev. Dr. Martin Otto Zimmann, co-Pastor for the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem and Assistant to Bishop Munib Younan [...]
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Toward Rehabilitating the Kidron Valley of Jerusalem
Blog: On March 6th, 2014, about 100 people attended an environmental conference about the Kidron Valley at the Jerusalem International YMCA. ICSD Director [...]
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Sisterhood, Stewardship, and Sustainability
Blog: What’s in a name? Strong woman. Giving. The powerful reverberation from the small tongue of a bell. Golden sword. Family tradition. Grace. In the opening of [...]
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