Michael Bloomberg Pays $4.5M To Cover U.S. Commitment To Paris Climate Pact
President Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement last year, but Bloomberg covered the country’s contribution.
Brooklyn Synagogue Pulls Cash From Chase In Climate Change Protest
Congregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood is removing its savings from JPMorgan Chase.
Ramah California Spared From Wildfires As Community Breathes Sigh Of Relief
Though the wildfires raging near the camp had burned acres of land on the camp’s property, the main campus was safe
As Urban Wildfire Approaches Fast, Los Angeles Jewish Institutions Close
The menacing wildfire is being called the Skirball Fire after the Jewish cultural center that is in its path.
What The Shofar Tries To Tell Us About Deadly Hurricanes
When the shofar heralds the new year, the congregation recites: This day the world is born — or, in modern Hebrew, destroyed.
What This Rosh Hashanah Liturgical Poem Means In Trump’s America
The questions that we ask on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are not theoretical. They’ve never been. But perhaps this year, we see this more than ever.
Great Barrier Reef Too Far? Check Out Eilat’s Man-Made Reefs, Scientists Recommend
Israeli scientists hope to save Eilat’s natural reefs by diverting divers to the Red Sea’s artificial reefs.
140 Jewish Leaders Vow To Back Paris Climate Goals
— Over 140 Jewish organizational leaders signed a letter encouraging Jewish institutions across the U.S. to support the goals of the Paris …
Why Judaism Requires Pursuing The Goals Of The Paris Accords
On the discussion of climate change, Jewish law is unambiguous a when life might be at risk: You are obligated to “err” in the direction of caution.
Abandoning The Paris Accord Means Abandoning The World
Trump’s withdrawal from the climate change pact isn’t the first time the U.S. has joined forces with unsavory outliers to defy global consensus.
