SPEAKERS GUIDE

Barbara Lerman-Golomb

Former Executive Director
COEJL

babsink@aol.com

Barbara Lerman-Golomb has been involved with COEJL both as a volunteer and as a professional since it began in 1993 as a Regional Affiliate, Board member, and Communications Director. In 2000, Barbara was a recipient of a Nathan Cummings Fellowship enabling her to train to be an experiential, environmental educator through the Teva Learning Center which inspired her to create WOW (Wonders of the World) eco-focused workshops for children, earning her the name Barbara WOW. Barbara addresses groups around the globe on the topic of: What’s Jewish About Protecting the Environment? She is an author, scriptwriter, and former designer of a wide variety of educational materials for the leading publishing and edutainment companies.  Barbara received a degree in Film/Television/Theatre from New York University and at 19 years old, made a public service film on the dangers of nuclear power. She began in the for-profit sector working for Nickelodeon, MTV, and the Movie Channel, but early on made the choice to focus her efforts on education, community service, and social justice. She is on the Steering Committee for the Faith Sector Team of the U.S. Partnership for the U.N.’s Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and a former board member of the interreligious environmental organization GreenFaith. She was a coordinator for the Million Mom March advocating for gun safety legislation and serves on the Commission on Social Action of the Union for Reform Judaism, and the Reform Jewish Voice focusing on New York state advocacy.

Topics on which qualified to speak:

• The Jewish Festival Cycle and Ecology
• Experiential Jewish Environmental Education
• Jewish Environmental Action
• Green Building / Sustainability

Types of Presentations available for:

• Synagogue speaker / sermon
• Campus speaker
• Conference speaker
• Day school / religious school speaker