Creighton University

Dean Bell

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

The Trembling of the Earth: Jewish Descriptions of Earthquakes in the Early Modern World

Ellen Bernstein

Hebrew College

The Natural Intelligence of the Song of Songs

Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus

Wheaton College, MA

Kabbalah, Food, and Sustainability

Daniel Hillel

Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University

The Role of the Environment in Shaping the Evolution of Jewish Culture, as Reflected in the Hebrew Bible

Philip Hollander

Tulane University

Ideology and Changing Attitudes Toward the Environment in Two Israeli Films: Sallah Shabbati and James’ Journey to Jerusalem

Barbara Lerman-Golomb

Hazon

Reconnecting to Nature for Our Very Survival

Sandra B. Lubarsky

Northern Arizona University

Hiddur Mitzvah as an Eco-Theological Imperative

Natan Margalit

Hazon

A Tree of Life: Text and Nature Working Together

Gary A. Rendsburg

Rutgers University

From Desert to Sown: Israel’s Encounter With the Land of Canaan

Nigel Savage

Hazon

Food For Thought: How the New Jewish Food Movement Provides a Fresh Route Into ‘Judaism and The Environment’

Martin Shukert

Omaha, NE

Green Judaism and the Design of Communities: A Practitioner’s View

Jonah Steinberg

Hebrew College

Classical Rabbinic Steps Toward a Theology of Cosmic and Environmental Torah

Alon Tal

Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University

What Makes Jewish Environmentalism Jewish?

Keynote

Lawrence Troster

GreenFaith and Bard College

The Promise of Creation:  A Jewish Environmental Theology of Redemption