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Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 Sacred Place 15 1 Adam, Adamah, and Adonai: The Relationship between Humans, Nature, and God in the Bible Jeff Sultar 19 2 Befriending the Desert Owl Shamu Fenyvesi 27 3 (Mis)reading Genesis: A Response to Environmentalist Critiques of Judaism Neal Joseph Loevinger 32 4 Is There Only One Holy Land? Bradley Shavit Artson 41 5 How Wilderness Forms a Jew Ellen Bernstein 50 6 A Sentient Universe Everett Gendler 57 7 Practical Kabbalah: A Family History Charles Fenyvesi 69 8 Jewish Perspectives on Limiting Consumption Eliezer Diamond 80 9 New York Is a Girl Robert Sand 88 Sacred Time 95 Cycles of the Jewish Year 10 The Sun, the Moon, and the Seasons: Ecological Implications of the Hebrew Calendar Debra J. Robbins 98 11 “In Your Goodness, You Renew Creation”: The Creation Cycles of the Jewish Liturgy Lawrence Troster 107 12 Shabbat and the Sabbatical Year Dan Fink 112 13 The Land of Your Soul Marc Sirinsky 121 The Holidays 14 Rain and the Calendar Ellen Cohn 127 15 Sukkot: Holiday of Joy Ellen Bernstein 133 16 Sukkot: Gathering the Boughs Dan Fink 137 17 A History of Tu B’Sh’vat Ellen Bernstein 139 18 The Tu B’Sh’vat Seder Ellen Bernstein 142 19 Purim Rivers and Revels Dan Fink 151 20 The Parsley versus the Potato: A Passover Reminiscence Everett Gendler 153 21 Leaving Egypt Dan Fink 155 22 Grow Your Own-Barley, That Is! Eileen Abrams 157 23 Mountain Paths Dan Fink 160 24 In Search of the Omer Ellen Cohn 162 25 Of Dust, Ashes, Comets, and a Three-Year-Old Dan Fink 167 Sacred Community 169 26 Cosmos and Chaos: Biblical Views of Creation Neil Gillman 172 27 Restoring a Blessing Shamu Fenyvesi 180 28 What Is the Common Wealth? David Ehrenfeld 185 29 Jewish Agricultural Law: Ethical First Principles and Environmental Justice Victor Raboy 190 30 The Blessings of Holiness Lawrence Troster 200 31 Nature, Spirit, Body Shira Dicker 207 32 Judaism’s Environmental Laws Barry Freundel 214 33 Business and Environment: A Case Study Philip J. Bentley 225 34 Between Dust and Divinity: Maimonides and Jewish Environmental Ethics Dan Fink 230 35 What Does the Hour Demand? Environmentalism As Self-Realization David Gedzelman 240 36 Living As If God Mattered: Heschel’s View of Nature and Humanity Marc Swetlitz 244 37 How Community Forms a Jew Ellen Bernstein 250 Notes 257 About the Contributors 269 Index 273
