Eco-Theology
Title
Eco-Theology
Creator
Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections at the University of Colorado Boulder
Date
2013
Contributor
Stephanie Yuhas, Netanel Miles-Yepez, Deborah Fink, Sue Salinger, David Shneer, Andrew Violet, and Jacob Flaws.
Rights
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Format
Portable Document Format
Language
English
Text
“More and more, deeper thinking eco-theologians are coming to the conclusion that each religion is like a vital organ of the planet; and that for the planet’s sake, each religion needs to stay healthy, and to function well in concert with the others for the health of the greater body of the planet. Thus, for all my universalism, I still need to be the best and healthiest Jew I can be, and to urge my co-religionists to do the same, as their contribution to the healing of the planet.”
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, The Emerging Cosmology
“Eco-kosher is concerned not only with the origin of the things consume—what animal the meat came from, say, or what dishes it was cooked in -
but also with the results of our consumption, such as the environmental and human toll of our actions.[. . .] According to tradition, the fruit of oppressed labor is just as tainted as meat from an animal that was slaughtered without mercy [. . .] Are fruit and vegetables picked by underpaid migrant workers kosher?”
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish with Feeling
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, The Emerging Cosmology
“Eco-kosher is concerned not only with the origin of the things consume—what animal the meat came from, say, or what dishes it was cooked in -
but also with the results of our consumption, such as the environmental and human toll of our actions.[. . .] According to tradition, the fruit of oppressed labor is just as tainted as meat from an animal that was slaughtered without mercy [. . .] Are fruit and vegetables picked by underpaid migrant workers kosher?”
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish with Feeling
Files
Citation
Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections at the University of Colorado Boulder, “Eco-Theology,” IJL Digital Exhibits, accessed May 8, 2024, https://embodiedjudaism.omeka.net/items/show/109.