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Basic Bibliography: Judaism and the Environment
(1999)

Challenge: Torah Views on Science and Its Problems, edited by Aryeh Carmell and Cyril Domb (New York: Feldheim, 1976).

Conservative Judaism 44:1. Fall 1991. Entire issue dedicated to Jewish environmental thought and action.

Down to Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex, and the Rest of Life, by Arthur Waskow (New Jersey: William Morrow, 1995).

Ecology and the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred Meet edited by Ellen Bernstein. (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998.)

A Garden of Choice Fruit: 200 Classic Jewish Quotes on Human Beings and the Environment, Edited by David E. Stein (Philadelphia: Shomrei Adamah, 1991). Available from Shomrei Adamah, 212.807.6376.

God in Search of Man by A.J. Heschel (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1955).

It's a Mitzvah! Step-by-Step to Jewish Living, by Bradley Shavit Artson. New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1995. See chapter 17 on Bal Tashchit (prohibition of waste). "Leader's Guide" available.

The Jewish Sourcebook on the Environment and Ecology by Ronald H. Isaacs. (Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1998.)

Jews, Money, and Social Responsibility: Developing a "Torah of Money" for Contemporary Life, by Lawrence Bush and Jeffrey Dekro (Philadelphia: The Shefa Fund, 1993). To order, call 1-800-92-SHEFA/215-247-9704.

Judaism and Ecology Volume: Religions of the World and Ecology Series, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, ed. (Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, 2002).

Judaism and Ecology, a study guide produced by Hadassah and Shomrei Adamah. Send $12.00 to Dept. of Jewish Education, Hadassah, 50 W. 58th St., New York, NY 10019.

The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man, by Abraham Joshua Heschel (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1951).

Seasons of Our Joy: A Handbook of Jewish Festivals, by Arthur Waskow (Boston: Beacon Press, 1982).

Seek My Face, Speak My Name, by Arthur Green (Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1992).

Spirit and Nature: Why the Environment is a Religious Issue, edited by Steven C. Rockefeller and John N. Elder (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992). See "Learning to Live with Less" by Ismar Schorsch.

Texts and Commentaries on Biological Diversity and Human Responsibility: A Study Guide (1996). Available from COEJL.

This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment edited by Roger Gottlieb (New York: Routledge, 1995).

To Till and To Tend: A Guide to Jewish Environmental Study and Action (1994). Use COEJL order form.

Torah and Flora, by Louis I. Rabinowitz (Sanhedrin Press, 1979).

Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology edited by Ari Elon, Naomi Hyman, and Arthur Waskow. (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1999.)

"With all Your Possessions": Jewish Ethics and Economic Life by Meir Tamari (New York: Free Press, 1987).

 
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