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Scuba diving rabbi adopts the ocean as his part of the world to repair
Scubi Jew, a marine conservation group inspired by the Jewish concept of repairing the world, turns saving the oceans into a religious experience. Participants with Repair The Sea volunteer with the Coral Restoration Foundation in Key Largo, Florida, in 2012. Photo by Rachel Kobernick via RepairTheSea.org
April 20, 2021
(RNS) During his first year of rabbinical studies in Israel in 1982, Rabbi Ed Rosenthal went on a snorkeling trip. “I was overcome by the awe and wonder of the deep,” Rosenthal said. “It was as if I had entered an entirely new universe. I was hooked.”
A poll said most U.S. adults avoid church. What about college students?
âThey want something, but they donât buy into the trappings of organized religion.â
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Rev. Randall Meissen distributes Holy Communion at a Mass for graduating seniors in Abbey Church at Saint Leo University. He said of ministering to college students: âIt no longer works to simply ring the church bells and hope that young people come through the doors.â [ Courtesy of Saint Leo University ]
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Clinton Engelberger, a 19-year-old student at the University of South Florida, grew up Catholic. But in recent years, he said, religion hasnât played a big role in his life.