SPEAKERS GUIDE

Evonne Marzouk

Executive Director
Canfei Nesharim

Evonne Marzouk is the coordinator of Canfei Nesharim, an organization dedicated to educating the Orthodox community about the importance of protecting the environment from the perspective of Torah and halacha. She launched and currently leads the “Green Group” at Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, DC, where she lives with her husband and son. Evonne coordinated outreach to congregations in EPA’s Energy Star for Congregations program in 2000, and she served as the Legislative Assistant for COEJL in 1998-99.

Topics on which qualified to speak:

• Theological / Philosophical Perspectives
• Ethical / Halakhic Perspective
• The Jewish Festival Cycle and Ecology
• Jewish Environmental Action
• Green Building / Sustainability

Types of Presentations available for:

• Scholar-in-residence for campus
• Jewish outdoor education programs for youth
• Jewish outdoor education programs for adults
• Synagogue speaker / sermon
• Campus speaker
• Day school / religious school speaker