There is a lot of energy around the Gendler Grapevine Project "The Interfaith Farm to Preschool Initiative" in Louisville, KY. The initiative is striving to bring together two communities over issues of food and social justice. As we as a society wrestle with continued racism and bigotry throughout the United States, we thought we'd share [...]
We are pleased to announce our grantees for the 2015 Gendler Grapevine Project's "New Seeds" initiative! Each of our seven grantees presented innovative, interesting, and engaging projects. The applicants drew inspiration from the life and teachings of Rabbi Gendler, recognizing that he incorporated his theories and teachings into physical and practical action that resonated with his congregants and [...]
Hebrew College, a 2014 Gendler Grapevine Project grant recipient, is hosting The Gendler Eco Ritual Lab: An Interactive Summit on Jewish Ecological Values at Lifecycle Moments. The event will be held in Newton, MA, at Hebrew College on Sunday, Apr 26, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. in Berenson Hall. Clergy, ritual leaders, educators, artists, and activists [...]
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School's Gendler Grapevine Project initiative continues to provide its students the opportunity to develop deep connections to food and the kosher slaughter process. Earlier this year, students in the shechita class worked on sharpening their knives and took the first of several exams toward receiving their certifications. Rabbi Loike brought multiple [...]
One highlight of HUC-JIR's Gendler Grapevine Project is the Everett Gendler Environmental Lecture Series at the New York campus of HUC-JIR. Rabbi Fred Dobb In mid-October, the HUC-JIR community welcomed Rabbi Fred Dobb, Chair of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life and rabbi at Adat Shalom Congregation in Bethesda, MD. In [...]
The Gendler Eco Ritual Lab of Hebrew College, a joint project of the Rabbinical School and The Center for Global Judaism, seeks to address the issue that while there are now several effective local and national Jewish environmental initiatives, little attention has yet been given to the training of rabbis as environmental leaders as well as the production of high [...]
Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), a school with a long history of being committed to social justice issues, views the current environmental crisis as the civil rights issue of our time. This commitment to environmental issues reinforces the core goals of JTS, such as cultivating Jewish leadership, community engagement, and tikkun olam. JTS's Gendler Grapevine Project grant will support the JTS [...]
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School's (YCT) Gendler Grapevine Project initiative will develop and implement a fellowship to train rabbinical students in shechita, or the skill of performing kosher slaughter. YCT views shechita as a radical way to reconnect with the sources of food in a modern world where the average person has little knowledge of [...]
Through their Gendler Grapevine Project initiative, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) is developing and will offer the course, "Rabbis as Activist Leaders for Environmental Sustainability and Justice." The course will be taught in the spring semester, beginning in February 2015. Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is developing and will teach the course. Rabbi Liebling has a long history [...]
In 2014, the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion's (HUC-JIR) New York campus rolled out their Gendler Grapevine Project: the Greening Initiative. The HUC-JIR Green Team worked over the summer to prepare the school for the physical as well as cultural changes necessary for successful implementation of the Greening Initiative. Modeling the program [...]
