Illuminates the guiding role that nature plays in human affairs….A welcome and powerful new voice.
—Thomas Berry, author, The Universe Story
This timely collection, bringing out the ecological soul of Judaism, is cause for celebration. . .Calls Jewish spirituality to reawaken to its own glad reverence for Earth.
—Joanna Macy, author, World as Lover, World as Self
Ellen Bernstein’s pathbreaking work helps us to rethink the meanings of Judaism’s ancient texts as we struggle to find ways of resolving today’s ecological dilemmas.
—Carolyn Merchant, professor of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics, University of California at Berkeley; author, Earthcare