Episode 143 - The Eco-Rabbi: A Conversation with Yonatan Neril

<p><strong>ABOUT THIS EPISODE</strong></p> <p>Yonatan Neril may be a minority voice within the observant Jewish community, but he is a passionate and powerful one. Marshaling scores of Jewish sources - meticulously outlined in his book, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Eco-Bible-Ecological-Commentary-Genesis/dp/173533880X"> Eco Bible</a> - he argues for a new attitude towards sustainability and environmental consciousness from within the confines of Jewish tradition.</p> <p>Yonatan founded and directs both <a href= "https://www.jewishecoseminars.com/">Jewish Eco Seminars</a> and The <span class="aCOpRe"><a href= "https://www.interfaithsustain.com/">Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development</a> (ICSD).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">--------------------</span></p> <p><strong>ABOUT THIS PODCAST</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jews You Should Know introduces the broader community to interesting and inspiring Jewish men and women making a difference in our world. Some are already famous, some not yet so. But each is a Jew You Should Know.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The host, Rabbi Ari Koretzky, is Executive Director of MEOR Maryland (</span><a href= "http://www.meormd.org"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.meormd.org</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">), a premier Jewish outreach and educational organization. MEOR operates nationally on twenty campuses and in Manhattan; visit the national website at</span> <a href= "http://www.meor.org"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.meor.org</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please visit</span> <a href= "about:blank"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.JewsYouShouldKnow.com,</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">follow us on Twitter @JewsUShouldKnow or on</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/Jews-You-Should-Know-1455434437873344/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Facebook</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font