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Opinion Jews excel at collective organizing. The LA fires are a call to rally resources to fight climate change
Catastrophic weather events are coming to define our lives, but it's not too late for change
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Opinion I was hosting a shiva in LA — then the fires started
Countless friends have been forced to evacuate their homes — and leave too much of their history behind
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Fast Forward Schusterman foundation, whose fortune comes from oil, makes first donation to climate group
Adamah, the country’s largest Jewish environmental organization, received a $300,000 grant from Schusterman Family Philanthropies, one of the largest foundations in the country
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Opinion This is a make or break election issue for young Jews
Climate change is on the ballot this Election Day
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Opinion ‘A flood of biblical proportions’: A survivor’s Rosh Hashanah lessons from Hurricane Helene
'We knew there were loved ones beneath the surface'
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Theater His family survived the Holocaust. He survived long COVID. It’s Josh Fox’s ‘survivor’s obligation’ to fight the oil industry
In ‘The Edge of Nature,’ the Oscar nominee uses folk song to warn us about climate change
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Fast Forward In a first, Oregon’s Jewish federations pull investments from fossil fuels
Federation leaders concluded that fossil fuel divestment aligned with their financial goals as well as their values
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Fast Forward A massive climate march is scheduled for Rosh Hashanah. Jewish activists give it a pass.
'This is not the discussion that we should be having,' said Shoshanna Segal. 'We should be having a discussion about: Is climate awareness somehow a 614th mitzvah?'
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News Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
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Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
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News ‘Do you have the Torahs?’ Synagogue races LA wildfire to rescue its past and future
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Culture In Peter Yarrow’s legacy, an uneasy blend of Jewish values and personal transgressions
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News LA fires won’t stop bar mitzvahs this Shabbat, as joy and pain meet
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News HIAS cuts 22 staff even as it braces for Trump immigration crackdown
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Fast Forward A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a ‘refuge’ for many who lost their homes
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News When fire spread to West Hollywood, a rabbi’s mom chose to grab candlesticks
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