Class Description

This workshop is for Jews and allies who want to work with others to face the overwhelm about the mounting evidence of societal and lifeweb collapse. This online study group, with 5 themed sessions, will provide a space to look at Breaking Together by Jem Bendell, a provocative and imperfect text that argues that the collapse of industrial consumer society is already underway. Our inquiry will be rooted in diasporic Judaism, anti-Zionism, anti-colonialism, anti-racist action, disability justice, and feminism. Our study of Breaking Together will be supported by additional texts. We plan to include work from Klee Benally, Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Peter Gelderloos and others. These sessions are designed as spaces to confront our denial, integrate what’s happening, and move toward action.

You can access Breaking Together for free as an epub or audiobook, or you can purchase a physical copy by going to abebooks or ebay.

Our class will be hosted by Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg (writer, educator, organizer), Derekh Travers (facilitator, nourisher, post-prepper), and Dean Spade (author, organizer, and filmmaker). We will meet over Zoom from 6:30 to 8:00pm Central Time on April 21st, May 12th, June 2nd, June 23rd, and July 14th.


Class Cost

Participation in "Facing Collapse Together" is Pay What You Are Able with suggested donations of $18 for Tzedek Chicago members and $36 for non-members – no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Program fees will cover the cost of ASL interpretation, and half of all proceeds will be donated to UNRWA.

If you are not already a member of Tzedek Chicago, we invite you to join our congregation at this link. After becoming a member and setting up your ShulCloud account, you can return to this page to register for the course at the discounted rate.


Accessibility

All classes will be on Zoom, 90 minutes with a break. ASL interpretation will be provided and automatic captioning will be turned on during our sessions.

If there are accommodations that have not been listed that would make your learning experience more fruitful, please list them in the field below. We will do our best to meet all access requests given time and resource constraints.