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he miracle of Chanukah is an
included in our longterm plans:'
epic story of conservation, as
This Chanukah, Feldman suggests
one day's worth of oil lasts for
buying more fuel-efficient cars like
eight days in the Jewish Temple. Now,
hybrids or electric vehicles, buying
in some circles, energy conservation
Energy Star-compliant appliances for
and energy independence are increasing homes and thinking about energy usage
hallmarks of modern-day
at Jewish communal facili-
Above: Solar power
Chanukah.
ties.
pioneer Yosef
One of the first organiza-
"Make sure your com-
tions to emphasize this con- Abramowitz (left)
munal facilities are built in
cept was the Coalition on the is pictured here
a way that is energy efficient
Environment and Jewish Life with his children
because that not only reduc-
(COEJL), a leading American Ashira and Zamir
es the amount of energy,
Jewish environmental group as the family uses
but also lowers the energy
and a program of the Jewish its bicycle-shaped
bill; Feldman says. "We'd
Chanukah menorah.
Council for Public Affairs.
all rather put the money
For Chanukah in 2003,
into Jewish community
COEJL asked its members to
education or JCCs or having
consider ecological concerns alongside
Shabbat dinners with our friends than
the role of enjoyment and aesthetics.
huge energy bills. A lot of synagogues
"We had a light-bulb campaign to get
and Jewish communal institutions have
folks to change their bulbs to CFLs (com- set up environmental and sustainability
pact fluorescent light):' Jared Feldman,
committees to look at their facilities.
COED vice president and Washington,
They are now installing green roofs and
D.C., director, tells JNS.org. "We came
solar power. This makes a big difference:'
up with the idea of Chanukah as both a
According to David Krantz —
holiday of liberation, but also a holiday
president and chairperson of Aytzim:
of resource scarcity. We built off the idea
Ecological Judaism, which runs the
of the limited amount of oil for eight
Green Zionist Alliance, Jewcology.
org, and Shomrei Breishit: Rabbis
days and how conservation plays in:'
Moving forward, COEJL is working on and Cantors for the Earth projects —
more actively engaging Jewish commu-
Chanukah is the original holiday of
nity relations councils (JCRCs) around
energy conservation.
the country on these issues, according to
"Think about it. One day's worth of
Feldman.
oil lasted for eight days. Imagine if we
"We're thinking about how to use
conserved energy like we did during the
some of the Jewish holidays as a platform first Chanukah and only used one-eighth
to also discuss environmental issues:' he
says. "This has happened before and it is
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