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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Urge Trump To Stay In Paris Climate Change Agreement
NEW YORK (JTA) — Three Jewish groups called on President Trump to keep the United States as a signatory in the United Nations’ Paris climate change agreement. The Union for Reform Judaism, the American Jewish World Service and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life joined 20 other religious groups in urging Trump to…
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Opinion The Global Climate Forecast: Apocalyptic
This past weekend we stared down the Apocalypse. It’s not yet clear which side came out ahead, but we’re still breathing, which is pretty good. In France, the first round of the two-part presidential election ended with first place going to the only plausible candidate in the 11-person field. The first-place winner, banker Emmanuel Macron,…
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Community The Biggest Threat To The Jewish Community Is Climate Change
As Earth Day 2017 approaches (it falls on April 22 this year, which also happens to be Shabbat), where are we as human beings? Where are we as Jews? My answer will probably not surprise you — we are focusing on the wrong things, and we are not doing enough to avert catastrophe. The human…
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Culture WATCH: Trailer For Mensch Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Sequel”
The 2016 election has, so far, not turned out well for the climate: Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order initiating the unraveling of much of President Obama’s progressive legacy on climate change. But that election might do some long-term good for climate change awareness — or so, at least, hopes former Vice President and…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bernie Sanders Says Trump’s Climate Backtrack ‘Threatens Our Grandkids’
Bernie Sanders has a blunt message for President Trump after the White House announced a rollback of Obama-era climate change policies: he and other Democrats will not let the administration “threaten the lives of our children and grandchildren.” Mr. Trump: You are threatening the lives of our children and grandchildren. We will fight you every…
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Community The Real Threat To Our Jewish Grandchildren Is Not Bomb Threats
To which of the many threats posed by the Trump administration should the Jewish community give most of its attention? The repellent and frightening resurgence of anti-Semitism? The inhumane persecution of undocumented immigrants? The loosening of gun regulations? The discriminatory and irrational Muslim ban? Collusion with Russia? All of these are important, but I fear…
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Fast Forward It’s Ivanka Vs. Bannon: Will U.S. Stay In Big Paris Climate Treaty?
Is Ivanka Trump shaping out to a liberal counter-force to Steve Bannon in Trump’s White House? After reportedly convincing her father to back off of an executive order which would allow LGBTQ discrimination, now the First Daughter is using her clout to influence the debate over climate change. According to the New York Times, the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders And ‘Science Guy’ Hold Climate Change Forum
Bernie Sanders and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) hosted a conversation about the perils of climate change Monday, bringing their talk to Facebook Live in order to raise consciousness about an environmental issue they fear the new administration will backslide on. “Join me and Bill Nye at 10:30 a.m. ET tomorrow on Facebook Live for…
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