COEJL of Southern Arizona

The Southern Arizona Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (SAZ COEJL) is a regional affiliate of the national COEJL organization. Founded in 1999, we deepen the Southern Arizona Jewish community’s commitment to the stewardship of creation, work in the interfaith community to achieve this goal, and mobilizes the resources of Judaism to protect the Earth and all her inhabitants.

We strive to permanently integrate environmental concern into the fabric of Jewish life in the Southern Arizona.

We mobilize the Southern Arizona Jewish Community to effect environmental justice and sustainability.

We work with like-minded secular groups and groups of all faiths to advocate, educate, and make a difference in the environment.

We achieve our goals through hands-on learning experiences, workshops, eco-observance of Shabbat and festivals, demonstration projects, panel discussions, films, secular and interfaith projects and workshops, and direct engagement with synagogues, religious schools, the Jewish Community Center and the Tucson Hebrew Academy.

ABOUT COEJL

COEJL, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, is the leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1993, COEJL has helped tens of thousands of Jews make a connection between Judaism and the environment. COEJL has put environmental protection on the agenda of the organized Jewish community and made the case to elected officials and decision-makers that protecting the environment is a moral and religious obligation. Today, COEJL represents 29 national Jewish organizations spanning the full spectrum of Jewish religious and communal life and serves as the voice of the organized Jewish community on environmental issues in Washington, D.C. and around the country. COEJL has its headquarters in New York and a national board of 23 trustees. COEJL is a program of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA).