Shelter in the Storm: Jewish & Crip Wisdom for Climate Disruption
May 11th, 1-3pm PST, 4-6pm EST, Zoom
Featuring Dr. Julia Watts Belser and Maria Palacios
Hosted by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and the Communal Loss Adaptation Project
Please join the Communal Loss Adaptation Project of SVARA: A Traditional Radical Yeshiva for an afternoon of Jewish and Crip Wisdom, in honor of the conclusion of the “Torah for the End (and Beginning) of the World” class. We will explore ancient Jewish texts on Noah’s ark in dialogue with a contemporary disabled personal story on surviving climate storms, to explore how we can keep each other safe in climate disruptions, with no one left behind.
Dr. Julia Watts Belser is a rabbi, scholar, and spiritual teacher who works at the intersections of disability studies, queer feminist Jewish ethics, and environmental justice. Maria Palacios is a disability activist, poet, artist, and author.
The Communal Loss Adaptation Project (CLAP) honors community-wide bereavements such as the losses of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate disruptions. CLAP centers frontline queer, disabled, and BIPOC communities and recognizes the universal human need to be witnessed in grief.
