Jewish Texts
Lessons for Regional Planning
The biblical "migrash" principle provides a response to urban sprawl.
Living in Balance
What accounts for the negative correlation between material excess and awareness of the Divine?
Sustenance from the Source
City living can cause social fragmentation and environmental degradation.
Jacob Ben Asher, the Ba’al Haturim
The author of the Arba'ah Turim set the stage for Joseph Caro's Shulchan Aruch.
The Blessing of Rain
We must pray for beneficial rain, and then follow through with environmental action.