ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE

Meet a leader of Jewish climate activism

The CAI Environmental Committee is happy to share details for the Earth Day program we are cosponsoring on Monday, April 10, at 8 p.m., to be offered on Zoom. This program is jointly sponsored by Congregation Agudath Israel and United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism. The program will provide an important opportunity to “meet” Jakir Manela, CEO of Adamah — formed from the merger of Hazon and Pearlstone — the largest Jewish organization working to protect and sustain our environment. Mr. Manela, the visionary founder of the new Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition of which both USCJ, a founding partner, and CAI are founding members. Attendees will learn about the goals and opportunities this new coalition will provide. CAI’s Rabbi Ari Lucas will offer welcoming remarks, and Rabbi David Saltzman, a member of CAI’s Environmental Committee who initiated its Earth Day programming, will close the program. Environmental Committee cochairs Mark Lipsy and Harriet Sepinwall will, respectively, “host” and introduce the speaker. We believe that members of CAI and USCJ synagogues (and others who join us) will be interested in learning ways to respond to the moral urgency of the climate crisis and commit to climate action.

We invite you to register and encourage others to join the program.