6th Annual Reverse Tashlich 2023 Review

300 + 4000 23 COMMUNITIES

VOLUNTEERS

COUNTRIES

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Joseph Alexander

Foundation Osik Akselrud and

Aaron Weil

AND OUR PARTNERS

A POLLUTION SOLUTION FROM JEWISH WISDOM

Bal Tashchit (literally “Do Not Destroy”) is a fundamental, ethical principle in Judaism. It is based on the passage in Deuteronomy 20:19 which says:

‫ַת ְׁש ִח ית‬-‫ֹלא‬ ‫ֵע ָצ ּה ִל ְנ ֹּדַח‬-‫ֶא ת‬ ‫ִּכ י‬--‫ָע ָל יו ַּג ְר ֶז ן‬ ‫ִמ ֶּמ ּנ ּו ֹתאֵכ ל‬

“DO NOT DESTROY THE FRUIT TREES BY WIELDING AN AXE AGAINST THEM, FOR YOU CAN EAT FROM THEM.”

The Talmud expanded the concept of Bal Tashchit to include all forms of senseless damage or waste. It has become a central aspect of the ethical character of the Jewish people. Today, the destruction of the ocean and waterways of the world through pollution, single-use plastic products, and simple carelessness represent a blatant violation of the ethical principle of Bal Tashchit.

Reverse Tashlich Fulfills the Mitzvah of Bal Tashlich

International Reverse Tashlich Communities

Armenia

England

Yerevan - Yerevan Jewish Home

London - Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue London - West London Synagogue London - Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue

Australia St. Kilda - Temple Beth Israel Sydney - Emanuel Synagogue Sydney - Jewish Sustainability Initiative

Georgia

Baku - Hillel Baku

Tblisi - Hillel Tblisi Tblisi - Progressive Judaism Center "Dor L'dor"

Belarus

Israel

Azerbajan

Minsk - Hillel Minsk

Brazil San Paulo - HALELU

Canada London - Jewish London Montreal - Aleph Canada Montreal - Temple Emmanuel Montreal - Federation West Island Montreal - Lev Shul Surrey - White Rock South Surrey JCC Jewish Federation

Netanya - Bet Israel Masorti Congregation of Netanya Bat Yam - Clean Beach Haifa - Moishe House Haifa Kalya - The Dead Sea Revival Project

Kenya Alliance for Development and Population Services

Mexico Nayarit - Moishe House Pod SF Duboce

Moldova Kishinev - Hillel Kishinev

Montenegro

Russia

Montenegro - Montenegro Jewish Home

Saint Petersburg - Hillel Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg - Moishe House Saint Petersburg

New Zealand

Auckland - Auckland Hebrew Serbia Congregation Auckland - Beth Shalom Belgrade - Jevrejski Omladinski Auckland - Bnei Akiva Klub Beograd Auckland - Canterbury Hebrew Belgrade - Moishe Pod Belgrade Congregation Bezdan - Jewish Community Auckland - Habonim Dror of Bezdan Auckland - Moishe House Auckland South Africa Auckland - Tikkun HaYam Cape Town - Temple Israel New Zealand Hamilton - Waikato Uganda Jewish Association Mbale - Namanyonyi Jewish Wellington - Temple Sinai Community

Palau Koror - Fish 'n Fins Palau

Ukraine

Dnipro - Hillel Dnipro Kharkiv - Hillel Kharkiv Phillipines Kyiv - Hillel Kyiv Cebu - Gaja (Go) Dive Lviv - Hillel Lviv Portugal Odesa - Hillel Odesa Lisbon - Jewish Community Center Simferopol - Hillel Simferopol of Lisbon Lisbon - Jewish Cultural Center Rua da Judiaria

United States Reverse Tashlich Communities Alaska

San Francisco - Congregation Ner Tamid San Francisco - Congregation Sha’ar Anchorage - Congregation Beth Sholom Zahav Arkansas San Francisco - Freda B. Little Rock - Congregation B’nai Israel San Francisco - Or Shalom Jewish Community California San Jose - Hillel of Silicon Valley Bay Area - Repair the World Bay Area San Rafael - Congregation Rodef Sholom Berkeley - Berkeley Hillel Santa Barbara - Marine Conservation Castro Valley - Congregation Shir Ami Network Contra Costa County, Northwest - PJ Library Santa Maria - Temple Beth El Encinitas - Moishe House Encinitas Santa Rosa - Congregation Beth Ami Hermosa Beach - Temple Shalom of the Temple City - Temple Beth David of the South Bay San Gabriel Valley La Jolla - Dor Hadash Walnut Creek - Congregation B'nai Shalom Lafayette - Temple Isaiah Los Angeles - Beth Chayim Chadishim Colorado Los Angeles - Capital Group Boulder - Adventure Judaism Los Angeles - Jewish Youth Boulder - Beth Ami - Colorado Climate Movement Congregation for Humanistic Judaism Los Angeles - Moishe House - RSJ Boulder - Boulder JCC Los Angeles - Moishe House Venice Boulder - Congregation Har HaShem on Los Angeles - Repair the World Los Angeles the Margolis Family Campus Los Angeles - Shalom Institute - Camp JCA Boulder - Inland Ocean Coalition Shalom/Shemesh Farms/Camp Gesher Boulder - Judaism Your Way Los Angeles - USC Adamah on Campus Denver - Repair the World Colorado Manhattan Beach - Sisterhood, Fort Collins - Colorado State Congregation Tikvat Jacob University Hillel Oakland - Green Committee Temple Sinai Palo Alto - Congregation Kol Emeth Connecticut Palo Alto - Kol Emeth Bridgeport - Congregation B'nai Israel Ranchos Palos Verdes - Sisterhood, Fairfield - Or Hadash Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay Manchester - Beth Sholom B’nai Israel Redondo Beach - Temple Menorah New Haven - Slifka Center for Jewish Life San Francisco - Congregation Am Tikvah at Yale San Francisco - Congregation Kol Emeth Orange - Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven

Florida Boca Raton - B'nai Torah Congregation Boca Raton - Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach Boca Raton - Temple Beth El Boynton Beach - Temple Torat Emet Clearwater - Jlearning Clearwater - Congregation Beth Shalom Clearwater - Temple B'nai Israel Daytona Beach - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Delray Beach - Temple Sinai of Palm Beach County Gainesville - Temple Shir Shalom Hollywood - Temple Beth El of Hollywood Hollywood - Temple Solel Jacksonville - Congregation Ahavath Chesed Jacksonville - Jacksonville Jewish Center Largo - The Tribe of Florida's Gulf Coast Margate - Temple Beth Am Miami - Center for Jewish Life Miami Miami - Enchanted Lakes Community Miami - Florida International Univeristy Miami - Miami Beach Jewish Community Center Miami - Repair the World Miami - The Center for Jewish Life Miami - University of Miami Hillel North Palm Beach - Herut Florida Orlando - UCF Hillel Ormond Beach - Congregation B'nai Torah Ormond Beach - Temple Beth-El Parkland - Congregation Kol Tikvah Palm Beach - Jewish Community Synagogue Palm Beach

Palm Harbor - Temple Ahavat Shalom Pinecrest - Rotary Environmental Sustainability District (6990) Action Committee Ponte Vedra - Beth El Beaches Synagogue Sarasota - Temple Sinai JQuest St. Petersburg - Congregation B'Nai Israel St. Petersburg - Eckerd College Hillel St. Petersburg - ECOmersion Tallahassee - Florida State University Hillel Tampa - Congregation Beth Am Tampa Tampa - Congregation Rodeph Sholom Tampa - Congregation Schaarai Zedek Tampa - Kol Ami Tampa - Tampa Ashdod Sister Cities Committee Tampa - Tampa JCCs and Federation Tampa - USF Hillel Taramac - Temple Beth Torah Sha’aray Tzedek Tavernier - Congregation Ohr Hayam Tequesta - Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach Vero Beach - Temple Beth Shalom Wellington - Temple Beth Torah

United States Reverse Tashlich Communities Georgia

Maryland

Atlanta - Adamah Atlanta - Ahavath Achim Synagogue Atlanta - Congregation Beth Shalom Atlanta - Congregation Shearith Israel Atlanta - Emory Hillel Atlanta - The Temple - Georgia Interfaith Power and Light Atlanta - UGA Hillel Brunswick - Temple Beth Tefilloh Roswell - Temple Beth Tikvah Statesboro - Hillel at Georgia Southern

Annapolis - Temple Solel Baltimore - Baltimore Repair the World Baltimore - B’nai Israel Downtown Baltimore - Bolton Street Synagogue Baltimore - Chizuk Amuno Congregation and Sisterhood Baltimore - UMBC Hillel Bethesda - Beth Chai Jewish Humanist Congregation College Park - Maryland Hillel Columbia - Columbia Jewish Congregation Damascus - Congregation Or Chadash Frederick - Congregation Kol Ami Olney - B'nai Shalom of Olney Rockville - Kol Shalom Townson - Goucher Hillel

Hawaii Hilo - Aloha HaYam Kihei - Maui Jewish Community

Illinois Chicago - Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School Chicago - Beth Emet the Free Synagogue Chicago - Reboot Galesburg - Temple Sholom Chicago - UChicago Hillel Joilet - Joliet Jewish Congregation

Indiana Bloomington - Beth Shalom Religious School Indianapolis - Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis

Iowa Iowa City - Iowa Hillel

Maine Rockland - Adas Yoshuron Synagogue

Massachusetts Arlington - Mystic River Watershed Association Beverly - Temple B'nai Abraham Cambridge - Harvard Hillel Cambridge - MIT Hillel Duxbury - Congregation Shirat Hayam Florence - Beit Ahavah Reform Synagogue Gloucester - Temple Ahavat Achim Natick - Temple Israel of Natick Marblehead - Epstein Hillel School Peabody - Temple Tiferet Shalom Plymouth - Congregation Beth Jacob South Hadley - Mount Holyoke College Jewish Student Union Swampscott - Congregation Shirat Hayam Welfleet - Green Shul Wellesley - Temple Beth Elohim Winchester - Temple Shir Tikvah

Michigan Southfield - Congregation Shaarey Zedek Kalamazoo - Temple B'nai Israel

Minnesota Minneapolis - Congregation Mayim Rabim St. Paul - Or Emet - Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism

Missouri Columbia - Mizzou Hillel St. Louis - WashU Hillel St. Louis - Edwards Stewards

New Hampshire Hanover - Kol Ha'Emek / Upper Valley Jewish Community

New Jersey Elberon - Temple Beth Miriam Hillsborough - Temple Beth-El Highland Park - Highland Park Conservative Temple - Congregation Anshe Emeth Howell - Congregation Ahavat Olam Jersey City - Temple Beth-El Lakewood - Jewish Federation of Ocean County Margate - Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties New Brunswick - Rutgers Hillel North Brunswick - Congregation B'nai Tikvah Sisterhood Princeton - Princeton Center for Jewish Life Ridgewood - Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel Somerset - Temple Beth El South Orange - Congregation Beth El Teaneck - Congregation Beth Sholom

United States Reverse Tashlich Communities New York Buffalo - Buffalo Jewish Federation Buffalo - Congregation Shir Shalom Cold Spring Harbor - Kehillath Shalom Synagogue Dobbs Ferry - Greenburgh Hebrew Center East Northport - E. Northport Jewish Center Flushing - Israel Center of Conservative Judaism Flushing - Temple Beth Sholom Forest Hills - The Reform Temple of Forest Hills Geneva - Abbe Center for Jewish Life Hempstead - Hofstra Hillel Huntington - Huntington Jewish Center Ithaca - Cornell Hillel Mamaroneck - Westchester Jewish Center New York - Flatbush Jewish Center and Central Brooklyn New York - Actors' Temple New York - Adamah (Jewish Youth Climate Movement) New York - Ansche Chesed New York - BBYO Big Apple Region New York - BQLI New York - Central Synagogue New York - Congregation Ramath Orah New York - Hillel at Baruch, City, John Jay, Pace, SVA, Fordham, FIT, & New School New York - Kane Street Synagogue, Grades 5-7 New York - Klub Kaarage New York - Moishe House Harlem

New York - Park Avenue Synagogue Newburgh - Temple Beth Jacob Oceanside - Friedberg JCC Port Washington - The Community Synagogue Rockaway - Sababa Beach Camp Syracuse - Jewish Federation Of Central New York West Harrison - Hillels of Westchester White Plains - Bet Am Shalom Synagogue Williamsville - Buffalo Jewish Federation

North Carolina Asheville - Congregation Beth HaTephila Charlotte - Moishe House North Charlotte New Bern - Temple B'nai Sholem

Ohio Cincinnati - Adath Israel Congregation Cincinnati - Shomrei Olam Jewish Environmental Advocates of Cincinnati Westlake - Westside Mosaic Outdoor Meetup

Oklahoma Oklahoma City - Temple Emanuel Tulsa - Temple Israel

Oregon Portland - Congregation Shir Tikvah Eugene - TBI Eugene Adult B'Nai Mitvah Group

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Newtown - Congregation Brothers of Israel Philadelphia - Temple Beth Zion Beth Israel Philadelphia - Temple University Hillel Pittsburg - Beth El Congregation of the South Hills Pittsburg - Rodef Shalom Congregation Wynnewood - Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El

Fairfax - Congregation Olam Tikvah Norfolk - Ohef Sholom Temple Religious School Suffolk - Hampton Roads River Dogs Richmond - Hillel at VCU Woodbridge - Congregation Ner Shalom

Rhode Island

Washington Seattle - Jconnect Seattle - Temple Beth Am Tacoma - Temple Beth El

Providence - Temple Beth El

Washington D.C. South Carolina

DC Green Team

Charleston - College of Charleston Hillel

Texas Brownsville - Temple Beth El Dallas - Temple Shalom Galveston - Jewston Harlingen - Temple Beth Israel Houston - Congregation Beth Yeshurun McAllen - Temple Emanuel Richardson - Hillels of North Texas

Utah Salt Lake City - Hillel for Utah

Vermont Burlington - Ohavi Zedek Synagogue Burlington - University of Vermont Hillel

Wisconsin Glendale - Milwaukee Jewish Day School Oconomowoc - Moishe House Alumni Retreat Madison - Temple Beth El Milwaukee - Hillel Milwaukee

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DC Jews • Washington DC

Beth Chai Jewish Humanist Congregation of Greater Washington • Bethesda,

Since moving to suburban Maryland from the coast of Florida, I have had to find a new Jewish community and reimagine how I interact with the environment. Reverse Tashlich was the perfect way to learn about and help conserve my local waterways while engaging with the Jewish community. I hope to continue participating in Reverse Tashlich no matter where I end up in the future!

, Maryland

Maiah B. DC Jews

Hillel at Virginia Commonwealth University • Richmond, Virginia

Fish ‘n Fins • Koror, Palau

Temple Beth Israel • Melbourne, Australia

Jewish London • London, Ontario, Canada