Aytzim

Aytzim
Named aftertrees
Formation1999/2001
20-3460771
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit NGO
PurposeJewish environmentalism, Green Zionism
HeadquartersNew York City
Location
Area served
Worldwide
MethodsEducation, Advocacy and Public-Policy Formation
FieldsSustainability, Nature, Conservation, Water, Energy, Biodiversity, Ecology, Climate Change, Judaism and Israel
Websiteaytzim.org, jewcology.org

Aytzim (meaning "trees" in Hebrew), formerly the Green Zionist Alliance (GZA), is a New York–based Jewish environmental organization that is a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. A grassroots all-volunteer organization,[1] Aytzim is active in the United States, Canada and Israel. The organization is a former member of the American Zionist Movement and has worked in partnership with Ameinu, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL), Hazon, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, Interfaith Oceans, GreenFaith, Mercaz/Masorti (Conservative Judaism), the National Religious Coalition on Creation Care, and the Jewish National Fund (JNF)—although Aytzim has long criticized JNF for not prioritizing sustainability and environmental justice in its actions.[2][3] Aytzim's work at the nexus of Judaism, environmentalism and Zionism has courted controversy from both Jewish and non-Jewish groups (see below section on criticism).

  1. ^ "Members & Partners". Jewish Social Justice Roundtable.
  2. ^ Kraft, Dina (26 June 2006). "Green suffuses Zionist congress". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  3. ^ Krantz, David (17 March 2011). "Trees without Bulldozers: Environmental Justice for the Bedouin". Jewcology.