Nina Beth Cardin is a rabbi, author, and environmental activist.[1] In 1978, she founded the Jewish Women’s Resource Center.[2]
In 1988, Cardin was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, after which she held seminary jobs including Assistant to the Vice Chancellor, Special Assistant to the Chancellor, and Visiting Lecturer in Theology.[3] In 1994 she became the founding associate director of the National Center for Jewish Healing.[4][5] In 2006, she founded the Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network.[2][6] From 2007 until 2009 she was general consultant to COEJL, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.[1] In 2011, she founded the Baltimore Orchard Project, which grows and distributes fruit to the poor in Baltimore.[7][8][9]
Her books include: Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss (1999), The Tapestry of Jewish Time: A Spiritual Guide to Holidays and Life-Cycle Events, with Ilene Winn-Lederer (Apr 2000), Rediscovering the Jewish Holidays: Tradition in a Modern Voice, with Gila Gevirtz (Jun 1, 2002), and The Time of Our Lives: A Teen Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle, with Scott Blumenthal (Jun 1, 2003).[10][5] She has also translated and edited Out of the Depths I Call to You: A Book of Prayers for the Married Jewish Woman, written "Mourning a Miscarriage", a LifeLights™ pastoral care pamphlet,[5] and contributed to the anthology The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions.[11]
Jewish Woman Magazine named her one of 10 Women to Watch in 2011. [2]