November 8, 2019
2pm
Sinagoga Kahal-Zur Israel
Catholic, Evangelical, Jewish, Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Leaders to Host a Multi-Religious Event for Climate Protection at the Americas’ Oldest Synagogue, Kahal Zur Israel, in Recife, on Friday, November 8, at 2:30pm, in Bom Jesus street, near Marco Zero, in the historic center of Recife.
The event is part of the Brazilian Climate Change Conference, to be held in Recife, November 6-8, preparatory for the COP 25 climate conference, which will now be held in Madrid on December 2-13.
‘Faith in the Climate’ will feature Rabbi Nilton Bonder; Father Fábio Santos; coordinator of the Commission for Ecumenism of the Catholic Church of Pernambuco; Pastor Paulo César Pereira, President of the Alliance of Baptist Churches, Mother Beth de Oxum, Afro-Brazilian and Jaqueline Xakuru, indigenous.
Karenna Gore, director of Center for Earth Ethics, daughter of former US Vice President Al Gore, will speak at the event. The Center promotes ecumenical mobilization in climate defense. The interfaith ceremony will be followed by debate with its protagonists at the neighboring SeInspire cultural center on Arsenal Square at 4pm.
The event is a co-hosting of Centro Brasil no Cima (CBC), the Institute for Religious Studies (ISER), the Faith in Climate movement and the Climate and Society Institute (ICS) with the support of the Israelite Federation of Pernambuco (FIPE), chaired by Sônia Sette.
“As the warnings of science are increasingly worrying, members of different faiths unite in an act of faith and love and a mobilization for humanity threatened by climate change. The choice of the Recife Synagogue, built in 1637, from which the founders of New York City later departed, gives the the event a very symbolism,” said Alfredo Sirkis, director of CBC, one of the organizers.