Episode 124: Dayenu: Jewish Climate Action Now

The climate crisis has entered an alarming new era. Since President Trump started his second term, the Environmental Protection Agency has fired scores of climate scientists and is trying to roll back climate protections and slash clean energy funding. For organizations like Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, it's been a giant step backward.

In this episode of Can We Talk?, we speak with Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, CEO of Dayenu, about how climate activists are navigating a new political landscape, how Jewish values fuel her work, and how the fight for climate action echoes the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt, which Jews will soon mark at our Passover seders. 

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Released April 8, 2025
  • Dayenu Founder and CEO Rabbi Jennie Rosenn. Photo courtesy of Dayenu. 

  • Rabbi Jennie Rosenn speaks at the "Jewish Climate Action, Hear The Call Senator Schumer" event on September 12, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network). Courtesy of Dayenu.

  • Rabbi Jennie Rosenn participating in Summer of Heat Actions in New York City, 2024. Photo courtesy of Dayenu. 

  • Rabbi Jennie Rosenn Headshot
  • Rabbi Jennie Rosenn Speaks at Jewish Climate Event
  • Rabbi Jennie Rosenn Participating in Climate Actions

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Episode 124: Dayenu: Jewish Climate Action Now." (Viewed on September 11, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk/episode-124-dayenu-jewish-climate-action-now>.