Marine Environment | Tikkun HaYam

One Mitzvah - 6th Annual Reverse Tashlich Water Torah

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Nitzavim, is the perfect parsha to proceed Tikkun HaYam’s Sixth Annual Reverse Tashlich. If you’ve...

Blessings and Curses - Ki Tavo

This Week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Ki Tavo, contains an account of an incredible ceremony that was to take place once the Israelites...

The Solution to Pollution is not Dissolution - Ki Teitzeh

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Ki Teitzeh, has many aspects to discuss, including the famous mitzvah of Shiluach HaKan, which was...

The Free or Closed Sea? - Shoftim

This week’s parsha, Parshat Shoftim, has powerful sections that have historically guided the Jewish people, today motivate the work of...

For Lack of a Nail - Re'eh

There is an old ditty that I remember from my childhood that went like this: For lack of a nail, the shoe was lost. For lack of a shoe, a...

Ruben, Gad, and the America's Cup - Matot-Maasei

This week’s double Torah portion of Matot-Maasei is a difficult part of the Torah. Even as a vegetarian, I can accept the many sections...

The Species We Save Just Might Be Our Own - Pinchas

This Week's Torah Portion, Parshat Pinchas, has some very interesting stories. There is, yet again, another round of instructions for how...

A Righteous Uprising

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Korach, recounts the story of yet another rebellion against the leadership of Moses and Aaron. Korach,...

Reverse Tashlich Renewed

We have expanded our Reverse Tashlich program to include Repair the Sea Stewards - unaffiliated individuals who want to join the global...

One Fish. Two Fish. Red Fish. Blue Fish.

The week’s Torah Portion, Bamidbar, is the first parsha in the Book of Numbers. The Book is called Numbers because the entire parsha is...