Torah for the Earth

Torah for the Earth

By Charlie ForbesReligion & Spirituality
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Torah for the Earth episodes

  • Parashat Vezot Haberachah
    Topics Include: Achdut and the unity of Israel, the Land as a “holobiont,” and the relationality of tribal blessings in the spatial equilibrium of nested ecosystems
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    9 min
  • Parashat Ha'Azinu
    Topics Include: The wisdom of Torah watering the seeds of life, song as liberatory moments, and defending the harmony of creation
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    12 min
  • Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech
    Topics Include: Selichot and the New Year for the Animals, responsibility and standing together as a community, Shmita and an ecological consciousness
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    11 min
  • Parashat Ki Tavo
    Topics Include: Giving away some of our labor as a form of thanksgiving, the transformation of “strategic weakness,” and living in service of the Land
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    11 min
  • Parashat Ki Teitzei
    Topics Include: Sending away a mother bird, considerate foraging practices, and avoiding the “second death” of nature
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    12 min
  • Parashat Shoftim
    Topics Include: Promotion of the law and nature imagery, the biblical commandment of Bal Tashchit, and devoting oneself to embodied change as a form of environmental justice
    For a full transcript, please click the following link:
    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    11 min
  • Parashat Re'eh
    Topics Include: Choosing life in the Anthropocene, supporting the holiness of the Land, earth-based tzedakah, and finding strength in times of crisis
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    13 min
  • Parashat Eikev
    Topics Include: The link between climate and theology, spiritual sustenance from food, and the momentum of positive change
    For a full transcript, please click the following link:
    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    11 min
  • Parashat Va'etchanan
    Topics Include: Eretz Yisrael and Gaia Consciousness, the Land as animate space, and our material responsibilities as part of a spiritual life
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    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    12 min
  • Parashat Devarim
    Topics Include: Teshuva and a “land ethic,” healing metaphysical geographies, and the importance of plurality
    For a full transcript, please click the following link:
    https://www.dwinitiative.org/news/categories/untitled-category
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    The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
    14 min

About Torah for the Earth

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Torah for the Earth is a podcast series that provides ecologically-centered commentary on the weekly Torah portion. Each week, the listener will be provided with a short and impactful audio essay that aims to relate messages contained within the weekly parashah with contemporary, ecological challenges. The podcast is hosted by Charlie Forbes, a scholar in the academic field of Religion and Ecology, who has an interest in exploring the scriptural foundations of religious traditions and their relationship to environmental teachings and practices. By systematically evaluating the Torah, this podcast aspires to illustrate that an understanding of the natural environment is fundamental to Jewish thought and philosophy, and integral to an appreciation of Jewish religious life.