Dr David Brooks
Some ecological scholars blame today’s ecological problems on the Judeo-Christian heritage.  This talk will show that, from the earliest literature, our Jewish heritage has a strong ecological flavour, and that that we can find ecologically oriented directives if not laws throughout the Tannakh, the midrash, and the Talmud. In the Middle Ages when Jews were not allowed to own property in most of Europe, these teachings fell into non-use, but in recent years they are being reclaimed in principle and in practice.