Jewish tradition & planet earth in the age of Greta Thunberg: now what?

Join us for dinner with Nigel Savage, the CEO of Hazon, the largest environmental organization in the Jewish community, as he reflects on the unique human and psychological challenges of the climate crisis, on ways that Jewish tradition provides potential wisdom, and on what we could or should do, moving forward. Sustainable plant-based dinner with fish entree option will be served.

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Schedule:

Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv: 5:30 pm

Dinner: 6:30 pm

Presentation with Q & A: 7:30 pm

Nigel Savage founded Hazon, the Jewish lab for sustainability, in 2000. The organization has grown steadily since then, offering a wide range of programs that focus on turning Jewish life outwards to create a more sustainable world for all – and strengthening Jewish life in vital and innovative ways.

Before founding Hazon, Nigel was a professional fund manager in London, where he worked for NM Rothschild and was co-head of UK Equities at Govett. He has an MA in History from Georgetown, and has learned at Pardes, Yakar, and the Hebrew University. He was a founder of Limmud NY, and serves on the board of Romemu.

In 2015 Nigel was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has twice been named a member of the Forward 50, the annual list of the 50 most influential Jewish people in the United States. He is a recipient of the Bernard Reisman Award, and has given Commencement speeches at Wagner (NYU, in 2011), at Hornstein (Brandeis, in 2014) and at Spertus (in Chicago, in 2018).