Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger on Jewish Ecological Teachings (in Hebrew)

What do Jewish religious teachings, delivered from the highest level of rabbinic authority in Israel, say about ecology? Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger addresses this question in a special address (delivered in Hebrew) to the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference in Jerusalem. In this talk, Rabbi Metzger, serving as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, explores Jewish teachings that relate directly to environmental responsibility, bringing significant religious authority and scholarly depth to the conference’s exploration of ecology across faith traditions.

His address underscores the official Israeli rabbinate’s engagement with environmental issues, reinforcing that ecological stewardship carries weight within mainstream, institutional Jewish religious leadership — not merely within grassroots or independent Jewish environmental movements. This talk adds a formal and authoritative Jewish theological perspective to the broader interfaith conversation on climate and ecology taking place at the conference.

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