SPEAKERS GUIDE
Rabbi Everett Gendler
264 Monument Valley Rd
Great Barrington, MA 02130
Tel:
(413) 644-9395
marygendler@hotmail.com
Among one of the first rabbis to engage issues of ecology and
their relation to Judaism, Rabbi Everett Gendler has served congregations in
Mexico, Brazil, Princeton, NJ, and Lowell, MA, and was a chaplain and
instructor at Philips Academy in Andover, MA. Rabbi Gendler appeared in the
joint ABC-TV / COEJL documentary, Visions of Eden: A Jewish Perspective on
the Environment, and has contributed to The Greening of Faith and Ecology
and the Jewish Spirit. He now spends some of his time cultivating the soil
at his homestead in Massachusetts, while also travelling annually with his
wife, Mary, to India, where they devote two months each year to community
education work among the Tibetan exiles on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle.
Topics on which qualified to speak:
- Theological / Philosophical Perspectives
- Ethical / Halakhic Perspective
- The Jewish Festival Cycle and Ecology
Types of Presentations available for:
- Scholar-in-residence for congregations
- Scholar-in-residence for campus
- Synagogue speaker / sermon
- Campus speaker
- Conference speaker
- Day school / religious school speaker
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