Faced with the enormity of the threat of climate change, many of us feel powerless. Yet, like Queen Esther, we can rise to meet the existential challenge of our day with courage and clarity, and lend our strength to humanity's collective fight for survival and justice. Join Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman, rabbinic ambassador for Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, to learn about the urgency of the climate crisis, and the powerful potential of the Jewish community to stand up for systemic change.
Rabbi Shoshana's presentation will include her personal story of joining the climate movement, a Purim text study, background on our political moment, and concrete action steps for how individuals and congregations can be part of Dayenu. Come and help build the power of the climate justice movement to create the political and systemic change we urgently need. We will rise to the moment of crisis together.
Bio:
Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman is a writer, mother, activist and song-leader in Boston. She serves as the Director of Professional Development at Hebrew College, and as a rabbinic adviser and ambassador for Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action. Her song The Tide Is Rising, which she co-wrote with her husband Yotam Schachter, has spread as an anthem in the climate movement. Her writing has been published in The New York Times and YES! Magazine.
Rabbi Shoshana has held rabbinic positions at Temple Sinai in Brookline, MA., Congregation Shirat HaYam of the North Shore, and The Jewish Community Day School of Greater Boston. She was ordained by Hebrew College, and is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, JOIN For Justice, and Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences where she was also a Henry David Thoreau Scholar. She lives in Roslindale with her husband, son and dog.
Thursday, February 18th @ 6PM