Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner
I know how it feels to live tensed for likely or unlikely disaster. I know how it feels to wish for a brighter collective future and feel powerless to make it happen.
I want to help you catch your breath and find your agency, aliveness, and even playfulness in the midst of all this change.
I’m a rabbi, trauma-informed climate change chaplain, educator, and meditation teacher. Over the past 17 years I have worked in prisons, hospitals, and congregations to steady folks through hard times.
Exploring Apocalypse climate change chaplaincy is an extension of my rabbinic and pastoral care work (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 2016), and is shaped by additional professional trainings in Climate Psychology (California Institute of Integral Studies, 2022), Clinical Pastoral Education (East Jefferson General Hospital, 2017 and Bellevue Hospital, 2013), and certified yoga and meditation teacher training (Yoga Sanctuary Academy, 2011), as well as graduate work in intergenerational trauma narratives (University of Toronto, 2008).
Please note: Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner is a climate change chaplain and ordained clergy; she is not a mental health provider, and no service provided through Exploring Apocalypse should be construed as a substitute for or treatment by a mental health professional.
but we are still alive
every time i feel lost frustrated stuck angry
or overcome by despair and grief
meaning every day, every single day . . .
i find my eyes in a mirror
and whisper: you are still alive
and to each loved one: we are still alive
- adrienne marie brown