Climate Action Team
Climate Action Team
Upcoming Events:
Some members of the Climate Action Team are planning to volunteer to plant trees with Friends of the Urban Forest on March 11 and March 25. We’d love to have more participants from Sherith Israel. If you are interested, you can sign up on the organization’s website for either or both dates. We’d love to see you there!
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RAC-CA Regional Meeting on climate change
Sunday, March 19, 10:30 am–2:30pm, in person
Discuss ideas, challenges and accomplishments of congregational organizing on climate and learn about the RAC-CA statewide Climate Tzedek Campaign. Participants will learn from climate experts and help shape plans for the campaign. Organized by The Religious Action Center of California with Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller and hosted by our Climate Action Team.
CSI Climate Action Team is up and running
Sherith Israel is a congregation with deep concern about Climate Change, the ways it threatens people, all sentient beings, our ecosystems and our planet. We recognize that climate change damage is global and existential, and also, that it is suffered inequitably, most severely by individuals, communities, and ecosystems lacking resources. As Jews, we understand well from our deep history as a people and from remarkably cogent, timely advice found in liturgy and interpretation, along with local and global climate advocacy, that we are obligated to address climate change problems. We know the climate problems are vast and the need for immediate Climate Positive Action is critical right now and right here at Sherith Israel.
In 2022, the Sherith Israel Social Action Committee through its newly formed Climate Action Team, sprang into action. The Congregation Sherith Israel Dayenu Circle was formed. A ”Dayenu Circle” is a small group, usually of about 5-15 people, that meets at least once monthly to engage in climate campaigns and efforts organized by the national Dayenu organization,* and to grapple with the deep spiritual and existential questions raised by the climate crisis.
In addition to the CSI Dayenu Circle work, the Sherith Israel Climate Action Team plans to
- organize ongoing programs to educate themselves and others in the CSI community about climate change and climate justice;
- spotlight the intersection of environmental justice physical, economic and health impacts on disadvantaged populations;
- as a community, examine our practices as individuals and families and at our synagogue for ways we can contribute more for a green, sustainable future;
- take action to influence governmental and business practices and policies related to the climate crisis.
The entire Sherith Israel community, congregants, clergy and staff alike, are invited to participate, to help define the education programs and social and political actions to be undertaken. We aim for intergenerational projects, school aged and retirement aged pairing. We aim for whole families to work together with other families. We aim for singles to join with other singles and the whole community. Our Climate Action Team is forging alliances with other Jewish organizations, other faith organizations and non-religious groups.
Our focus is on:
- Halting ongoing damage to the environment, humans, other animals and plants being caused by the forces of climate change;
- Repairing existing damage that has resulted from climate change; and
- Preventing future harm from climate change.
Our goals are bold and audacious. As the circumstances demand.
Dayenu: We have had enough!
But we also have enough. We have what we need to transform our world.
If you are interested in becoming active with the Climate Action Team or simply want to hear more, please join in the monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. You can get the time and link by contacting: Carol Kingsley 415 759-1338 or Nancy Sheftel-Gomes.
Co-Chairs of Climate Action Team: Carol Kingsley and Nancy Sheftel-Gomes
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The Dayenu Commitment: We draw from our Jewish tradition, experience and faith to have the power to create real and lasting change. Dayenu is an national-based organization building a dynamic, multi-generational movement of American Jews courageously confronting the climate crisis. Through a growing network of Dayenu Circles across the country, they’re gathering, training, and taking action to advance bold solutions to the climate crisis. Dayenu partners work closely with other organizations and efforts — within and beyond the Jewish community — to help bring the full strength and voice of the American Jewish community to national and global movements. We also work arm in arm with communities that are directly impacted by, and most vulnerable to, the climate crisis” from www.dayenu.org
Wed, October 4 2023
19 Tishrei 5784
Coming Events
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Friday ,
OctOctober 6 , 2023
Friday, Oct 6th 6:00p to 7:15p
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Saturday ,
OctOctober 7 , 2023
Saturday, Oct 7th 9:15a to 10:15a
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Sunday ,
OctOctober 8 , 2023
Sunday, Oct 8th 9:30a to 12:30p
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Sunday ,
OctOctober 8 , 2023
Sunday, Oct 8th 11:00a to 12:30p
Join our family-oriented Simchat Torah celebration with Studio! We will celebrate the spirit of the Torah and all its teachings by dancing, singing and rejoicing in the presence of our community. In person only. All are welcome! -
Tuesday ,
OctOctober 10 , 2023
Tuesday, Oct 10th 4:30p to 5:45p
3-5th grade Hebrew 4:15-5pm on Zoom 5-5:45pm in person -
Tuesday ,
OctOctober 10 , 2023
Tuesday, Oct 10th 6:00p to 8:00p
Dinner: 6-6:30 pm* Studio Classes: 6:30-8 pm* *times subject to change -
Friday ,
OctOctober 13 , 2023
Friday, Oct 13th 7:30p to 9:00p
We welcome (back) to Congregation Sherith Israel, Ilana Kaufman, CEO of the Jews of Color Initiative (JoCI). Hear the story of the founding of JoCI, including why it is a vital part of today’s Jewish ecosystem. Kaufman will also discuss key learnings from JoCI’s two major research studies, Counting Inconsistencies, a population study estimating 12-15% of American Jews are Jews of Color, and Beyond the Count, the largest study of Jews of Color in the US that provides an unprecedented view of JoC identities and lived experiences. The program will conclude with an engaging discussion about what's next on the horizon for this field and how to join together to collectively create change. BIO: Ilana (she/her) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Jews of Color Initiative. Her work sits at the center of Jewish community, racial equity, and justice, is anchored by the voices and experience of Jews of Color, and is focused on grantmaking, research and field building, and community education. As a guest on NPR’s All Things Considered and Code Switch, with pieces featured in eJewish Philanthropy and The Foundation Review, and an Eli Talk titled Who Counts, Race and the Jewish Future with over 45,000 views, Ilana is passionate about all things at the intersection of Jewish community, racial justice, Jews of Color, education, and philanthropy. Ilana was previously the Public Affairs and Civic Engagement Director, East Bay for the San Francisco, Bay Area Jewish Community Relations Council. A Senior Schusterman Fellow who is always searching Jewish text for discussion of equity and justice, Ilana received her B.A. in Sociology from California State University-Humboldt and her M.A. in Educational Pedagogy from Mills College. -
Saturday ,
OctOctober 14 , 2023
Saturday, Oct 14th 10:30a to 12:30p
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Sunday ,
OctOctober 15 , 2023
Sunday, Oct 15th 9:30a to 12:30p
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Tuesday ,
OctOctober 17 , 2023
Tuesday, Oct 17th 4:30p to 5:45p
3-5th grade Hebrew 4:15-5pm on Zoom 5-5:45pm in person