The Climate Crisis Conference Schedule
** All times listed in Eastern Time Zone **
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
Leveraging Individual Power to Create Systemic Change (75 mins)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (90 min)
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
Dr. Dana R. Fisher
Dr. Mirele B. Goldsmith
Jewish Earth Alliance
Janna Diamond
Tzedakah as a Response to the Climate Crisis (50 mins)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (60 min)
Rabbi Michael Margaretten Cohen
The Arava Institute
Growing Food for Ourselves and Mama Earth (50 mins)
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm (60 min)
Rabbi Robin Damsky
Limitless Judaism
Carbon Tunnel Vision: There’s More to the Climate Crisis than Meets the Eye (50 mins)
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm (60 min)
Rabbi Ed Rosenthal
Repair the Sea
Eco-Mussar: How Torah Goads and Guides Toward What’s Good and Green (50 mins)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (60 min)
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
Tikkun Olam and Tikkun Ha’aretz: Repairing the World and Healing the Earth (50 mins)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (60 min)
Terrell Mims
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
Pathways to Net Zero and Beyond: Insights from Local Jewish Organizations (75 mins)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (90 min)
Liore Milgrom-Gartner
Adamah
Alexandra Corwin
Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy
Becca Gan Levy
Boulder JCC
Susan Mattisinko
Navigating Climate Anxiety: Three Different Approaches (50 mins)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (60 min)
Joanna Kobylivker
Adamah–Atlanta
Janna Diamond
Amy Price
Adamah–Atlanta
Mishnah as Playbook for Climate Action, Power, and Solidarity
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm (60 min)
Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller
Rabbi Josh Weisman
Torah, Trees, and Wisdom: Recovering Our Sacred Forest (50 mins)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (60 min)
Elliott Rabin
The Path to God’s Promise: What Would G-d Say About the Climate Crisis? (50 mins)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (60 min)
Dr. Ahuva Batya Scharff
Institute for Complementary and Indigenous Mental Health Research
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
The Shmitah Revolution: A Good Thing? (50 mins)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (60 min)
Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Selected Readings from Ellen Bernstein (20 mins)
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm (30 min)
Sonia Cummings; Marilyn Paul; Mirele Goldsmith
Harnessing Nature’s Potential: Israel’s Role in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation through Nature-Based Solutions (50 mins)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (60 min)
Tamara Lev
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
Engaging Jewish College Students in Climate Activism (50 mins)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (60 min)
Shaina Morrel
Adamah