Liz Galst
By Liz Galst
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News JNF ‘Greens’ Its Tree-Planting Program
It seems, at first glance, like an obvious idea for the Jewish National Fund: Take the organization’s signature program — tree-planting in Israel — and repackage it for a new generation and a new historical moment, as a way to combat global warming. (Trees absorb the primary greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, and transform it into…
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News Stemming the Tide
This week, in synagogues around the world, Jews will read about a rapidly rising water table, a torrent that destroys nearly everyone and everything on the planet. In the story of Noah, this deluge is God’s doing. And after the waters have receded, God promises never again to destroy the world by flood. God does…
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Music Peter Gabriel’s not-so-secret Jewish weapon — and his little side project called King Crimson
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News How a Florida bill could hurt Jewish studies
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Film & TV From Israel, a thriller series so improbable that it has to be true
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Fast Forward Asaf Zamir, Israel’s top diplomat in NY, summoned to Jerusalem after implicitly criticizing judicial overhaul
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Opinion Which side are you on: Jewish American or American Jew?
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Fast Forward Far-right Israeli minister finds enemy in JDC, the mainstream American Jewish aid group
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