Rabbi Arthur Waskow, creator of the 1969 Freedom Seder, will discuss eco-justice and related issues on Friday, August 7, at 6 p.m. after Shabbat services at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.

Identified by Newsweek Magazine as one of the 50 most influential American rabbis, Rabbi Waskow founded and directs The Shalom Center, a prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious and American life. The center applies Jewish and other spiritual thought to the issues of peace, justice, healing the earth and to the celebration of community.

Rabbi Waskow is author of Godwrestling and Seasons of our Joy. He edited an anthology of eco-Judaism, Torah of the Earth: Exploring 4,000 years of ecology in Jewish Thought.

His discussion is the first of The Lehman Lectures on Justice and Judaism, generously funded by Frances and Elliot Lehman of Chilmark.

Shabbat services will begin at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited both to services and to Rabbi Waskow’s discussion. Admission is free