A Couple of Thoughts for Yom Kippur

By Rabbi Julian Sinclair
The Power of One
On Yom Kippur we examine our actions.  The scrupulous review of our deeds that the day calls for teaches us that everything we do, however small it may seem matters a great deal, often far more than we can even imagine.
Maimonides writes in The Laws of Teshuvah:
Therefore a person [...]

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Julian Gets to Grips with Green Business with a Double Book Review

By Rabbi Julian Sinclair
A couple of years after former Sierra Club President Adam Werbach founded  ActNow, a sustainable business consultancy, he signed up Walmart as a client. This brought Werbach considerable notoriety in eco-activist circles. Walmart’s record of
environmental responsibility had previously been spotty, to put it mildly. Werbach retorted to his critics that Walmart, with [...]

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Corn, Hockey, and Eco Marketing to the World, One Community at a Time

By Yannai Kranzler
Breaking news, from Dayton, Ohio: Attitudes don’t predict behavior. Economic incentives don’t usually work. And sweet corn tastes best the day it’s picked.
I’ll explain:
I’ve spent the last week in Dayton, with my wife, Chana’s grandparents and cousins. I expected a quiet week- great times with Chan’s family and a nice break from the [...]

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