Rabbi Ellen Bernstein

Rabbi Ellen Bernstein is a pioneer in the field of religion and ecology.  She founded Shomrei Adamah, Keepers of the Earth, the first national Jewish environmental organization in 1988.   An author and ecotheologian, she writes and teaches on the intersection of Judaism, Bible and ecology and is author of several books most notably The Splendor of Creation, and The Promise of the Land, an ecologically centered Passover haggadah.      She created the first ecological guide for the New Year of the Trees (the Jewish holiday Tu B’Shvat) and has popularized this holiday as an ecological festival through large-scale inter-spiritual arts rituals.     She is an advisory group member for the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.  To learn more, go to www.ellenbernstein.org