Resources

Climate Torah

Check out these Climate Torah Resources – teachings from biblical ancestors to contemporary scholars, with suggested questions to spark discussion and reflection. We encourage you to use them with your Dayenu Circle, your Hillel or congregation, in your classroom, with friends, family, or on your own.*

May these narratives of Jewish resistance and resilience challenge us, comfort us, and inspire us to action.

*All the materials on this page are being shared using a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license.

CLIMATE TORAH RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD:

*New* Rooted and Rising Climate Torah Resources (10 to 15 minutes)  

Climate as Language of Covenant

 

Challenging Destruction: Moving from Noah to Abraham

Communal Response-ability Through the Lens of  Ta’anit

Three Stories of our Time   


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Holiday Resources

YIRAH – PASSOVER 5782 / 2022

We are leaving the Narrow Places of our times. As we face the climate crisis, injustice, war, and an ongoing pandemic, we are all-too-familiar with yirah’s aspect of terror and fear.

Passover is an opportunity to pause and remember the other side of yirah – the wonder, awe, and joy of collective liberation, of fighting for what we love, and of doing so together, with bold action and spiritual audacity.

Purim climate arts guide 2024

This A Time to Build: Purim Postcarding Climate Arts Guide features instructions on how to DIY your own:

  • Climate Grogger Noisemaker
  • Solar Panel Postcard Display
  • Pinwheel Windmill
  • Dayenu Grogger Wrapper
  • Printable Stickers

KISLEV 5782

In the Hebrew month of Kislev, here in the Northern Hemisphere, the weather cools and the nights stretch towards their longest. In the cycle of the Jewish year, winter offers us a season to pause, to turn inwards and to dream for the future.

The Torah contains ten different dream sequences from seven different dreamers, and during the month of Kislev, we read nine of these ten dreams…

SEDER SUPPLEMENT

Dayenu is pleased to offer a Passover Seder Supplement that includes climate conversation-starters, spirited music, practices to flex the imagination, and accessible Jewish learning for many ages. 

Please click below to download this resource to include in your Passover seder this year.

Tu BIShvat (Jewtina)

Dayenu partnered with Jewtina on the sustainable action section of this bilingual Tu Bishvat holiday guide.

This resource offers unique interpretations of the holiday that aspire to bridge Latin and Jewish identities in a new way, along with spiritually-rooted wisdom, steps for bold collective action during this holiday season, recipes, and much more.

Resources For Reform Institutions

This resource on fossil-fuel free investing for Reform institutions is a helpful guide for adopting the URJ’s fossil-fuel-free investing recommendation. Dayenu is here for additional support.

Dayenu Circles

Dayenu Circles—small groups of people working on climate action—are a way for you to make powerful, positive change with a Jewish voice. Together with just a few friends, fellow community members, or neighbors you can join or create a Dayenu Circle that can be your homebase for climate action.

Here are a few resources to help you join or start a Dayenu Circle:

💡 WHAT IS A DAYENU CIRCLE, AND WHY SHOULD I START ONE?
🚀 LAUNCHING YOUR DAYENU CIRCLE
🙌 YOUR FIRST DAYENU CIRCLE MEETING
✊🏾 JUSTICE, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN A DAYENU CIRCLE
📜 DAYENU PRINCIPLES

If you’re ready to launch your Circle, make sure to fill out a Dayenu Circle interest form so we can be in touch.

Organizing Resources

SAFETY, SECURITY, AND DE-ESCALATION AT ACTIONS

We offer these principles, suggestions, and resources for the Dayenu community.

 

JEWISH COMMUNAL ASSETS REPORT

 This report provides resources to support Jewish institutions to screen out fossil fuels and invest in a clean energy future.

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