Joan Rachlin

Joan Rachlin, J.D., M.P.H., is the executive director emerita of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, an international bioethics organization. An attorney, she has both taught and practiced health, criminal, and civil rights law. Joan has been involved with the Women’s Health organization, Our Bodies Ourselves, for over 40 years and chaired its Board from 2016-2017. An active member of Temple Israel, Boston, she serves on the Leadership Council, TI Cares, Tikkun Central, and chairs the Green Team. She is also a member of the Higher Ground Initiative’sSteering Committee.

Hand holding up a sign that reads Climate Action Is Our Obligation at a protest rally

Environment and Climate Change

We Are Still In: One Congregation's Fight Against Climate Change

Joan Rachlin

October 19, 2018

During the month of Elul, we engaged in reflection in hopes of spiritual return, or t’shuvah.  The Green Team at Temple Israel Boston (TI) has been reflecting—and working— on ways to reduce our synagogue’s carbon footprint and to educate congregants on ways