Putting Your Faith to Climate Action: Jewish and Interfaith Climate Work with Moshe Kornfeld (Episode #96)

Dr. Lynn Hellerstein of Vision Beyond Sight speaks with Moshe Kornfeld, climate activist and founder and executive director of Colorado Jewish Climate Action (CJCA), to talk about approaching the climate crisis from an interfaith perspective and being inspired by our own religious and indigenous narratives, communities and traditions to take climate action. Moshe also discusses CJCA’s role in the Jewish community, and how we can all be hopeful and helpful in our own ways to support the climate movement for the sake of the next generation.

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• How and why Moshe started the CJCA
• Anthropology, environmentalism, culture change
• Religion as a barrier or inspiration to climate action
• Role of CJCA in climate work for the community
• Jewish narrative about climate
• Indigenous traditions about man and nature
• CJCA committees, activities and programs
• The urgency of the climate crisis especially to the younger generation
• How to stay hopeful and helpful
• Making a contribution whoever you are

About Moshe Kornfeld:

Moshe Kornfeld is the founder and executive director of Colorado Jewish Climate Action (CJCA). His goal is to inspire Colorado Jews and Colorado Jewish institutions to embrace bold climate action. Moshe holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and has taught courses about the intersections of religion, environmentalism, and politics at CU Boulder, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Denver. He founded CJCA as a volunteer group in 2019 and began working as its director in 2022. Moshe lives in Denver with his wife and two children.

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“In the second paragraph of the Shema prayer that Jews say every day, in the morning and at night, it talks about if you don’t follow God’s way, the earth won’t bring forth the crops and the rains at the proper times. I think theologically, people became uncomfortable with that. In some communities, more liberal communities, they might not say that at all or they might say it quietly. I want to scream that at out loud and say ‘Hey look, our actions are undermining the predictability of the seasons and the rains.’ Let’s step back into the ecological wisdom that exist in our own tradition.” – Moshe Kornfeld

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