Category: Jewish Calendar

[January 26, 2024] The kabbalistic Tu B’Shvat Seder is such a special Jewish ritual, a mid-winter invitation to slow down, to cultivate mindfulness and connection. Together we open four doorways into four worlds, we meditatively drink wine and eat tree fruits as we journey through these worlds of action, emotion, mind, and spirit.  We do all this to bring ourselves into resonance and connection with trees—and not just the earthly trees, but the greater tree, the Tree of Life—Etz Chayim.  And never have we needed this spiritual technology more than now, as we face such an overwhelming climate crisis on every level—physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. …

[December 7, 2023] The story of Chanukah teaches us to stand tall in who we are, but the light of the candles also beckons us to see and treat each other with warmth and compassion, to listen, to learn, to hope…

[September 13, 2023] It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the state of the world, to turn away from the reality we live in this year, and next.  But our tradition forbids it.  We are called to look ourselves in the mirror, individually and collectively…

[September 12, 2023] We are looking forward to a year of growth, impact, energy, and change. Will you take climate action in 5784?…

[September 12, 2023] We are looking forward to a year of growth, impact, energy, and change. Will you take climate action in 5784? …

[September 13, 2023] It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the state of the world, to turn away from the reality we live in this year, and next.  But our tradition forbids it.  We are called to look ourselves in the mirror, individually and collectively…

[September 12, 2023] The leaders of Jewish Youth Climate Movement are sharing their climate resolutions for the Jewish New Year. What is your climate resolution for 5784?…

[August 16, 2023] More than once this summer, I’ve broken down trying to think about and talk to my kids about this. I feel so heartbroken for what they—and kids everywhere—are living through now and what they will step into as they grow up….

[July 18, 2023] Tonight starts the month of Av, a month that really encapsulates the idea of something bittersweet: we have a sad holiday that backs into a happy one…

[VIDEO] …what better place to say the blessing than a vegetable farm called Adamah. In this part of the Seder when we bless the fruits of the earth, we notice our place in the cycles of the world and how to live better within it…

For Gen-Z and Millennials, the climate crisis is existential. For many, it is their top concern, the source of their anxiety. Climate anxiety and climate grief are real, diagnosable disorders, harming the mental health and wellbeing of our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren — and people of all ages. …

JYCM New York Tu BiShvat Climate Justice Seder Sunday, February 5 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm Calling all New York area teens! Join us for a Climate Justice Seder, full of…

[12.20.22] …JYCM leaders are now speaking about their COP27 experience at events nationwide, and poised to grow our campus impact moving forward. So how do we maximize more youth leadership…

Friends, We find ourselves in the month of Elul, a time for introspection and checking in with ourselves, a time to confront all the ways in which we missed the…

Today is Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, the 74th anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel in 1948. Yesterday was Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Day of Remembrance, a day…

Friends, What is Purim? And Have We All Gone Mad? Purim is everywhere. A masquerade. A feast. A time of drinking and debauchery. Why? The unbridled joy of early spring?…