MARK EXPLAINS: Proposed Climate Legislation in the Current Massachusetts Legislative Session
2025-10-05 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | https://youtu.be/nLzGLCWUIog
There are some very promising pieces of proposed legislation in the Massachusetts legislature right now! If they pass, it will make a significant difference in carbon emissions for years to come.
The first step is to learn about these bills. Once you know about them, you can join others to campaign and lobby for them.
Mark Dyen will do a presentation for JCAN explaining the different bills. He explains things in a way that you can understand them. And you can ask questions.
Mark Dyen is an energy efficiency and renewable energy advocate and retired energy efficiency entrepreneur. As an advocate since the early 1970’s Mark was involved in the creation and adoption of energy policy reforms, including the creation of Mass Save, reforms in electric rate design and adoption of consumer protections, such as the law that forbids utility shut offs during the winter. Since retirement, Mark has served as a consultant to the US Department of Energy, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and several energy efficiency and renewable energy companies.

To Forever Inhabit This Earth: An Ethic of Enoughness
2025-11-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Event
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin will discuss how human beings need to redefine their relationship to the earth, and how the wisdom found in our Jewish texts obligates us to the mitzvah of Yishuv Ha’Olam (Habilitability of the World). She will also discuss a new paradigm for reading Genesis, and how the ancient Jewish concepts of Ba’al Taschit (Do not waste) and Shmita (Rest for the land) inform us how we must treat the land and each other.
To purchase Rabbi Cardin’s book, go to Bookshop.org or through Berhman House. Please click here for more information about Rabbi Nina Cardin.

Co-sponsored with FJMC International www.fjmc.org

Midrash & Imagination: Writing the World We Want
2025-12-04 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-11 15:00 - 16:00
Join Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action for Midrash & Imagination: Writing the World We Want. In this interactive creative writing workshop we’ll ground in Jewish wisdom about resilience, practice imagining together, and create a collective vision for the world we are calling in.
Whatever your experience with art making and your involvement with Dayenu previously, this event is for you!

Celebrate Chanukah with Laughtivism!
2025-12-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Virtual Event
Laughtivism is the use of humor to undermine authority and open minds. Satire and humorous events or social media have been used effectively to combat regimes around the world. When people laugh, they feel more brave and less alone.
There will be a short explanation of Laughtivism, followed by breaking into work groups to brainstorm and refine ideas about using this in an environmental context. At the end of the workshop, groups report back to each other.
Read more about activist humor here.
Musician Shira Kline will light our inner candles with Hanukkah music.

Midrash & Imagination: Writing the World We Want
2025-12-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Join Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action for Midrash & Imagination: Writing the World We Want. In this interactive creative writing workshop we’ll ground in Jewish wisdom about resilience, practice imagining together, and create a collective vision for the world we are calling in.
Whatever your experience with art making and your involvement with Dayenu previously, this event is for you!

From Dayenu www.dayenu.org

Eight Days of Reflection, One Night of Celebration
2025-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Event
Join Us for a Week of Reflection and a Night of Celebration on Zoom
Eight nights to celebrate the abundance we have today–and to reflect on how conservation and preservation of our one earth is so important for future generations
The miracle that a small amount of oil lasted eight nights reminds both the Jewish people and the rest of the world that there have been many times throughout our history during which we had to make do with very little by way of natural resources and material comforts. However, our perseverance and faith have allowed us to both survive and thrive.
We ask that you reflect on what Chanukah means to you. Is it a time to celebrate abundance? Is it a reminder of the importance of conservation and preservation? What are some other themes you’ve seen in the holiday and the story of the Maccabean Revolt? What do we do with those insights?
We’ll share submissions throughout the week of Chanukah, then meet on Zoom on December 18 at 7 PM. Our program will include our founder, Rabbi Katy Allen, playwright and novelist, long-time member Thea Iberall, and the works of playwright and storyteller Judith Black.
Please try to keep submissions to under 400 words. We will also accept photos and videos. We’ll be sharing the reflections on our website during the Chanukah holiday.
Please submit your reflection here

Celebrate Tu B'shvat
2026-02-01 17:00 - 19:00 | The Pryde, 59 Harvard Ave, Hyde Park, MA, 02136, United States
Join JCAN-MA to celebrate Tu B’shvat with a vegan seder. Loosely modeled after the Passover Seder, we’ll enjoy a light dinner which will include foods symbolizing the seven different species of food, drink four glasses of juice, as well as sing, reflect on how we can act locally to affect positive environmental change, and celebrate the bounty of nature and community.

What is Tu B’shvat? Sometimes called the Jewish Earth Day, it was first celebrated in the sixteenth century in Safed (pronounced Tz-faat), Israel. It is also known as the New Year of the Trees, and is observed on the 15th (tu) of the Hebrew month of Shvat.

You are invited to bring a plant-based dish (no meat, fish, poultry, dairy, eggs, or honey) to share if you would like, but are welcome to join without one.
REGISTER HERE. After you register, we’ll send you an email for you to let us know if you plan to bring a dish to share, and if you have any dietary restrictions.
Need a recipe or an idea? Let us know!
We are honored to host our Tu B’shvat seder this year at The Pryde, Boston’s first LGBTQ+ senior housing community.
February 1 at 5 PM
at
The Pryde
59 Harvard Ave.
Hyde Park, MA 02136
