Special Projects | The Environment: MI-COEJL
CARING FOR THE EARTH
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Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (MI-COEJL) is the local affiliate of COEJL, the leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1993, COEJL has helped tens of thousands of Jews make a connection between Judaism and the environment. COEJL has put environmental protection on the agenda of the organized Jewish community and made the case to elected officials and decision-makers that protecting the environment is a moral and religious obligation. Today, COEJL represents 29 national Jewish organizations spanning the full spectrum of Jewish religious and communal life and serves as the voice of the organized Jewish community on environmental issues in Washington, D.C. and around the country.
MI-COEJL’s goals are to:
• Bring together the teachings of Judaism with the lessons of our natural
world.
• Expand the contemporary understanding of such Jewish values as
tikkun olam (repairing the world) and tzedek (justice) to include the
protection of both people and other species from environmental
degradation.
• Extend such traditions as social action and g’milut hasadim (performing
deeds of loving kindness) to environmental action and advocacy. And
shalom (peace or wholeness), which is at the very core of Jewish
aspirations, is in its full sense harmony in all creation.
• Provide forums for Jews to explore and deepen a commitment to
protecting the environment.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit sponsored the founding of MI-COEJL and provides ongoing in-kind support for the organization.
Contact us:
Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
c/o Jewish Community Relations Council
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 205
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Phone 248-642-5393 ext. 7
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