Jun 3, 20196 minWhat if We Stopped Waiting? Climate Action NowI stumbled into learning about climate change about five years ago, while in the midst of Rabbinic School. Nothing beforehand could have prepared me for the ...
May 7, 20195 minClimate Change and Consciousness My step-grandfather, the last of my grandparents, died on the day I left home to get on a plane for the Climate Change and Consciousness 2019 (CCC19) confere...
Apr 7, 20193 minInterfaith Sukkot Celebration and ProtestFrom October 19, 2016. I believe that we are in the midst of another spiritual awakening. The North Dakota Pipeline, with all of its destructiveness, has bro...
Aug 31, 20182 minPilgrimage Retrospective: Carrying Extra WeightMy best friend and I collapsed into sleep around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, June 17th. At 7a.m., my alarm woke us up. I was behind schedule, and exhausted. Co...
Aug 31, 20182 minPilgrimage RetrospectiveAs I start to "settle-in," in Metro-Detroit, my most surreal feeling is that I just feel normal, as if the two months of making myself homeless and pilgrimag...
Aug 13, 20184 minDetroit: This is Real and I am Completely UnpreparedI will be in Detroit tomorrow. If you are in the neighborhood, please join me and my family for dinner at Clark Park around 6p.m. This is real and I cannot b...
Aug 6, 20183 minWhy a Pilgrimage to Honor the EarthOver a decade ago now, I was sitting in a Parshah HaShavua (weekly Torah Portion) class and my teacher asked the following: Why are human beings called ADAM ...
Jul 23, 20183 minEarth in Search of Humanity: Adamah in Search of Adam"The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die." And the Lord God said, "It is no...
Jul 16, 20184 minI Will Do Anything To Protect YouWhen I saw my first baby niece, Aviva, I was overwhelmed by a sense of awe, and a kind of warrior's energy. I knew right then and there, that I would do anyt...
Jul 13, 20183 minA BONNIE-FIED GOOD TALEI am very lucky to have a good number of clergy friends. Yesterday morning I was trying to get a hold of a certain Church in the town of where I hope to stay...
Jul 9, 20183 minStrangers: Welcoming the DangerAs my body acclimates to the new demands I'm putting on her (mostly), my biggest challenge has been emotional. As an introvert, especially when tired, how d...
Jul 9, 20185 minClimate Perspectives: Grief, Addiction, Paradigm Shifts, and Cognitive DissonanceThis journey has been so full, already, while also filled with so many gaps, as well as tremendous awe and physical pain. I want to share 4 lenses there whic...
Jun 27, 20182 minThe Torah of TreesTrees are magnificent creatures. I've known this for a long time, in theory - Did you know that they not only drink water like you and I, but also expirate i...
Jun 8, 20182 minRadical Joy for Hard TimesThis morning I started wearing-in some new boots as well as trying out new walking sticks to prepare for my journey. Both took some getting used to, but I fe...
May 28, 20183 minPilgrimage to DetroitI think that my summer plans to hike from Boston to Detroit are bigger than WalkingHome and bigger than bringing awareness to Environmental/Climate Justice....
May 23, 20181 minA Story about Climate Change that Actually Opens Your HeartI was at a Climate Story Telling event tonight. I expected to be infirmed, I was hoping to network, but I was touched and saw something I have been looking f...
May 22, 20181 minResilience and Empowerment MapChallenge 1of24.: LIVING MORE GRATEFULLY How can I deepen my understanding and practice of gratitude, for body, heart, mind, people & Web of Life, as my core...
May 22, 20181 minHow long does it take plastic to decompose?I took a tour of the local recycling plant today, managed by one of the custodians and handy men at the synagogue where I work. Ed is an amazing human being ...
May 8, 20182 minI can only change myself"As my father stretches to understand my journey I realize that maybe you can't change the world by your actions alone, but you can change yourself. And when...