2014 Speaking Tour
In September 2014, Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founder and executive director of The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, engaged in a speaking tour in North America on faith and ecology.
While there was some variation in the topics of the speaking engagements, the general theme of the talks and classes was:
The People’s Climate March– Bringing Faith Teachings to Bear on Our Greatest Challenges
Description: Hurricanes are intensifying, seas are rising, and extreme weather events are becoming more common. How can we access age-old faith teachings to enable the next generation to inherit a livable planet?
Speaking tour schedule:
- Sunday, Sept. 7th from 7:30-8:30 pm at Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley, CA
- Tuesday, Sept. 9th from 3-4 pm at the Reutlinger Center for Jewish Living in Danville, CA
- Wedsneday, Sept. 10th, 9:30-10:30 pm at Ohr Hada’at Congregation, Mexico City
- Thursday, Sept. 11th, 4-5 pm, at Beit Shalom Congregation, Mexico City
- Friday, Sept. 12th, 7-7:30 pm at Ramat Shalom Congregation, Mexico City
- Saturday, Sept. 13th, 12-12:30 pm, at Ohr Hada’at Congregation, Mexico City
- Wednesday, Sept. 17th, 7-8:30 pm, at Smith College, Northhampton, MA, as part of interfaith panel
- Thursday, Sept. 18th, 11 am-12, at Five College Consortium, Northhampton, MAThursday, Sept. 18th, 6-7:30 pm, at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Manhattan, NY
- Friday, Sept. 19th, 1-2 pm, at Columbia University, Manhattan, NY, as part of interfaith panelFriday, Sept. 19th, 8:30 pm, at Temple Sholom of West Essex, Cedar Grove, NJ
- Saturday, Sept. 20th, 9 pm, at Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, NJ
Rabbi Neril was from Sept. 7-9 in the San Francisco Bay Area; from Sept. 10-14 in Mexico City; from Sept. 15-16 in northern NJ; from Sept. 17-18 in Western Massachusetts; from Sept. 19-22 in NYC and northern NJ.
He was also prepared to discuss his experience in promoting interfaith cooperation on environmental sustainability, and explore why this is crucial for us and our children to inherit a liveable planet. If you are interested in him speaking at your institution (house of worship, school, other), please contact us.
2013 Speaking Tour
August 2013: Rabbi Neril spoke on four occassions in Montreal at The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue as a scholar-in-residence.
2012 Speaking Tour in the United States and England
Rabbi Neril conducted a speaking tour on faith and the environment in December 2012 in the United States and England. Between Nov. 29th and December 28th, 2012, he spoke at various institutions in New Jersey, New York City, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and England. For information about the speaking tour, see below. For longer descriptions and directions, click on the links.
Shabbat speaker at Temple Sholom, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, Friday November 30th at 8 pm: Hurricane Sandy and Hope for the Future: A Jewish Perspective. More information is available here.
Scholar-in-residence at Temple Ner Tamid, Bloomfield, New Jersey. More information is available here. R’ Neril presented three sessions: 1) Friday, December 7th at 7 pm: Jewish Teachings on Environmental Sustainability in Light of Hurricane Sandy 2) Saturday morning, December 8th. before Shabbat services (from 9-9:45 am): How Can the Light of Chanuka Inspire Us Toward Ecological Sustainability? 3) Saturday morning after Shabbat services at 12:30 pm: Israel’s Innovation in Water and Energy Use and its Basis in Jewish Teachings.
Guest Speaker at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College, California, Monday December 10th, 11:30 am to 1 pm, ” Environmental Sustainability and Interfaith Eco Cooperation in the Holy Land.
Panel Speaker at The Commonwealth Club of California, Wednesday, December 12th at 12 pm in San Francisco, as part of an interfaith panel on “Congregation Power” together with Rev. Sally Bingham, founder and director of Interfaith Power and Light. For more information, click here.
Guest Speaker at The Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living, Danville, California, December 18th at 3 pm and December 22nd at 12 pm: Hurricane Sandy and Hope for the Future: A Jewish Perspective.
Invited Presenter at Limmud Conference, Warwick University, England, Monday December 24 to Thursday, December 27th. More information is available here.
R’ Neril taught four sessions, on the following four topics: 1. A Jewish Approach to Sustainable Resource Use. 2. How can the Light of Chanuka Inspire Us as Stewards of the Planet? 3. Eco-Revelation for the Post-Industrial Jew 4. How Interfaith Eco Cooperation Can Help Save the Earth.
