Torah of the Earth

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Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Jewish Lights Pub
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Summary

An invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism.

Volume 2:
-- Zionism: One Land, Two Peoples
-- Eco-Judaism: One Earth, Many Peoples

Table of Contents

Introduction Earth and Earthing, Adam and Adamah ix
PART 1: Zionism: One Land, Two Peoples 1(112)
Zionist Texts
Aggadah: ``Variations on the Theme of the Future''
9(6)
A.D. Gordon
Halakhah: ``Pollution and Peace: An Interview with Yossi Sarid''
15(6)
``Four Modern Teachers: Hirsch, Kook, Gordon, and Buber''
21(21)
Fred Dobb
``An Imperiled Promised Land''
42(30)
Alon Tal
``The Struggle for Israel's Environment: Tougher Than Ever''
72(27)
David B. Brooks
``The Environment: A Shared Interest for Palestinians and Israelis''
99(7)
Paul Pesach Smith
Thaer Abu Diab
``Our Shared Environment''
106(7)
Robin Twite
PART 2: Eco-Judaism: One Earth, Many Peoples 113(174)
Eco-Jewish Texts
``Technical Civilization and Shabbat''
119(4)
Abraham Joshua Heschel
``The Way of the Sabbath''
123(6)
Erich Fromm
``Metaphors of God''
129(1)
Judith Plaskow
``Guarding the Garden: A New Musical Midrash''
130(9)
David Schechter
Margot L. Stein
Evi Seidman
``The Book of Miriam''
139(10)
Leonard Yehudah Angel
``The Unmaking of the World''
149(4)
Naomi Mara Hyman
``Haftarah for the Rainbow Covenant''
153(6)
Arthur Waskow
``Judaism and Nature: Theological and Moral Issues''
159(15)
Eilon Schwartz
``On the Judaism of Nature''
174(11)
Everett Gendler
``Nadie la Tiene: Land, Ecology, and Nationalism''
185(16)
Aurora Levins Morales
``To Work It and Guard It: Preserving God's World''
201(6)
Arthur Green
``Wilderness in Time, Sabbath in Space''
207(15)
Evan Eisenberg
``Land, Community, and Sprawl''
222(10)
Ellen Bernstein
``Transforming Shabbat, the Earth, and the Jewish People''
232(13)
Michael Lerner
``Recovering the Sensuous through Jewish Ecofeminist Practice''
245(16)
Irene Diamond
David Seidenberg
``And the Earth Is Filled with the Breath of Life''
261(26)
Arthur Waskow
Spiraling into the Future: Sources for Learning and Doing 287(3)
Eco-Jewish Organizations 290(3)
Suggestions for Further Reading 293(3)
Notes 296(12)
About the Contributors 308(4)
About Jewish Lights 312

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