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News Israeli environmentalist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by more than a dozen countries
Yosef Abramowitz has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his groundbreaking work bringing solar power to the African continent. Today, he’s known as Israel’s solar pioneer — sometimes dubbed “Captain Sunshine” — but at heart, Abramowitz sees himself as what he’s always been: A Jewish educator. “I still see myself as a…
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Community Jews are voting on climate like our lives depend on it
In this election, American Jews are voting on climate like our lives depend on it — because they do. Over the past eight weeks, we — together with more than 800 other Jews and in partnership with more than 40 Jewish organizations — have been reaching out to voters across the country as part of…
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Community Why isn’t climate change a bigger issue for the Orthodox?
Why have Orthodox Jews been so slow to commit to the struggle against climate change? The Pope and the Islamic Society of North America have spoken up about it. In January, Renewal Rabbi Arthur Waskow’s Shalom Center issued a statement with more than 500 rabbinic signees, and this spring, Reform Rabbi Jennie Rosenn launched Dayenu:…
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Fast Forward 500 Rabbis And Jewish Leaders Call For Action Against Climate Change
(JTA) — Five hundred rabbis and other Jewish leaders from around the world are calling for climate change action. The letter released earlier this month was signed by rabbis and leaders spanning the denominational spectrum — from Orthodox to Reform and secular — and from countries including the United States, Canada, England, Israel and Brazil,…
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Fast Forward Israelis Are Using Photos Of Greta Thunberg To Shame Each Other Over Plastic Utensils
(JTA) — Israelis who are concerned about a warming climate have a new tactic: using cut-out photos of the prominent teen climate activist Greta Thunberg to shame their colleagues for using plasticware. In workplaces across Tel Aviv, people are placing pictures of Thunberg, 16, in their kitchen areas next to disposable forks, knives and plates,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Lulav-Wielding 77-Year-Old Rabbi Dragged Away By Police At Climate Protest
A 77-year-old rabbi protesting in London on Monday was arrested and dragged away from the protest by police. Rabbi Jeffrey Newman was among dozens of Jewish protesters demonstrating in the streets outside the house of the Lord Mayor of London, the Jewish News reported. The group, affiliated with the Extinction Rebellion movement, was protesting what…
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Fast Forward Fake News Trolls Are Trying To Tie Greta Thunberg To George Soros
Thousands of people on social media were exposed to a manipulated image that purported to show teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg posing with liberal financier and philanthropist George Soros, AFP reported Wednesday. “This is that climate change girl Greta with George Soros,” One person who spread the faked image wrote. “As soon as I…
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Opinion This High Holiday Season, Commit To Joining The Fight Against Climate Change
The high holidays are a time of personal and communal reckoning. These are the sins we have committed, we recite. Before the beginning of Yom Kippur, even before Kol Nidrei, the prayer leader or shaliach tzibbur recites “with the consent of God … we allow ourselves to pray with transgressors.” We are in this together….
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