a great bjen conference

Our BJEN conference on Sept 30, 2007 launched our first full year of operation!

From the plenary to the workshops to the hallway conversations, information, ideas and challenges were flowing. As always, the most powerful portions of the morning were the contacts and connections that were made. We are eager to hear the after-stories from you. Many of you, veterans as well as newcomers to the field, were kind enough to contact me and tell me how inspired you were, and what you plan to do about it!

Let's keep in touch.

For the truth is, we all need support as we do this sacred, satisfying but often frustrating work.

The conference was an opportunity to support each other - and it was a time to renew our vows. The midrash tells us:

"Upon creating Adam and Eve, God proudly took them around the Garden of Eden, showing them its marvels and gifts, uses and wonders.

And then God said to them: 'Look what I’ve made - see how beautiful it all is. Everything I’ve made, I’ve made for you. Take care, lest you spoil it and destroy my world, because if you do, there is no one after you to make it right again.'” (Kohelet Rabbah 7:13)

Upon receiving this mandate of stewardship for the world, we made a vow to care for it and tend to it. At our conference, we renewed that vow. As we must do - through our actions - every day.