Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
COEJL is the leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1993, COEJL has helped tens of thousands of Jews make a connection between Judaism and the environment. COEJL has put environmental protection on the agenda of the organized Jewish community and made the case to elected officials and decision-makers that protecting the environment is a moral and religious obligation. Today, COEJL represents 29 national Jewish organizations spanning the full spectrum of Jewish religious and communal life and serves as the voice of the organized Jewish community on environmental issues in Washington, D.C. and around the country. COEJL has its headquarters in New York and a national board of 23 trustees. COEJL is a program of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA).
COEJL seeks to expand the contemporary understanding of such Jewish values as tikkun olam (repairing the world) and tzedek (justice) to include the protection of both people and other species from environmental degradation. COEJL seeks to extend such traditions as social action and g’milut hasadim (performing deeds of loving kindness) to environmental action and advocacy. And shalom (peace or wholeness), which is at the very core of Jewish aspirations, is in its full sense harmony in all creation.
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www.realclimate.org
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The JRF link to its environmental projects: The omer project of JRF
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The Shalom Center link to its "Green Menorah Covenant Coalition: Policy Changes to Avert Global Scorching
Canfei Nesharim (“the wings of eagles”) is dedicated to educating about the importance of protecting the environment from the perspective of Jewish tradition and Halacha (Jewish law). Canfei Nesharim develops programs and materials to provide rabbis, day schools, synagogues and outreach organizations with access to halachic, scientific and conservation resources. Our goal is to help Orthodox Jews, and the entire Jewish community, understand the halachos that are relevant to environmental protection and the significant environmental challenges being faced in the world, and to empower our community to take actions which will make a difference in addressing those challenges.
