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Purim is, among other things, a festival of blame. We gather as a community to publicly name and boo the bad guy. I have always hated this aspect of Purim; it feels wrong to revel in the evil of another human being. As a kid, I would cover my ears and shift uncomfortably in my…
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On March 29, 1968, less than a week before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis to support a strike by Black sanitation workers who were exposed to hazardous chemicals and dirty air and water on a daily basis — far more often than their white counterparts, and for far less pay. That…
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News Climate change tops agenda in Hazon-Pearlstone merger
In Portland this month, the daytime temperature reached 100 degrees. In Seattle, 111. Between June 26 and July 6, approximately 800 people died of heat -related causes in the Pacific Northwest. Hundreds more have died in extreme floods in Europe. No extreme heat or cold temperature event on record has come close in terms of…
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How’s your summer going? Are you seeing friends and family? Taking weekend trips to hilly hiking spots and cute, small towns? Reading novels in the park, seeing art outdoors, going to the beach, drinking blush-colored cocktails on rooftops? Here’s what Jamie Margolin is doing: answering emails, writing a book, getting on conference calls. She’ll be…
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Life It’s Time For The Orthodox Community To Start Talking About Climate Change
I found my soul in the depths of Prospect Park. I wasn’t really looking for it, per se, but it found me. You see, I had been struggling with finding ways to counteract the mind-numbing effects of my digital habits (Instagram! Twitter! Facebook! Netflix! Email!) and found the solution in nature. In less than ten…
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