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Opinion Polluted skies over NYC will become our new normal — and this is why we organize
Dayenu founder says the smoke and orange haze that made the air unfit to breathe must open our eyes to activism
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Culture Smoke-filled skies evoke the Christian apocalypse — but what does Judaism say about the End Times?
New York was engulfed by thick, yellow smog from wildfires this week, causing a lot of discussion of doomsday
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Fast Forward Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action
Jewish climate activists are declaring a "paradigm shift" and "culture change" that they say have put an end to decades of inaction on climate
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Culture ‘Extrapolations’ gives us an amazing Black rabbi (and a lot of embarrassing white Jews)
Daveed Diggs’ performance moves the Jewish story forward, but tired tropes hold the show back
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News Scientists predict 600% increase in deadly heat waves in Israel by 2100
Extreme weather lasting all summer is projected to drive an 11-fold leap in mortality rates by the end of the century
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Breaking News Jewish institutions should divest billions in fossil fuels, new report says
The Jewish nonprofit Dayenu encourages Jewish groups to divest $3 billion in non-renewables and invest it in clean energy
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Letters How does one buy sustainable lox?
A sustainability executive from Acme Smoked Fish weighs in
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Opinion A New York synagogue banned lox. That’s not as crazy as it sounds
The move by B'nai Jeshurun provoked outrage and mockery, but other synagogues should take a lesson
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
In Case You Missed It
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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Opinion Oct. 7 changed Israel. A year later, it must change American Jews, too
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