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News Al Gore: Ivanka Trump Is ‘Very Concerned’ About Climate Change
Former Vice President Al Gore had kind words on Monday night for Ivanka Trump, following his meeting earlier with her and President-elect Donald Trump to discuss climate change. “It’s no secret that Ivanka Trump is very committed to having a climate policy that makes sense for our country and for our world and that was…
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Fast Forward Al Gore Talks Climate Change With Ivanka Trump — and Donald Too
Former Vice President Al Gore said he discussed climate change with Ivanka Trump Monday, in another sign that the first daughter will have an outsized role in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. “I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect. It was a sincere search for areas of common ground,” the former vice…
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News Will Ivanka Trump Be the White House Voice of Reason on Climate Change?
Ivanka Trump may advocate for action on climate change in her new role as first daughter, Politico reported today, citing a “source close to her.” Trump, who is Jewish, is considering ways to speak out on climate change, according to Politico. That could put her in conflict with her father, the president-elect, who has consistently…
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Fast Forward Morocco Demonstrators Protest Israeli Flag at U.N. Climate Talks
— Demonstrators chanted “Death to America! Death to Israel!” at the United Nations climate talks in Morocco. More than 200 people protested outside of the country’s parliament building in Rahat on Monday against the flying of the Israeli flag alongside the flags of 195 other countries represented at the climate talks, known as COP22, the French…
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Opinion The Seas Are Rising — and That’s a Jewish Problem
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. A (now disgraced) comedian once did a routine about Noah, who was incredulous about God warning him about the coming flood. Finally, famously, God asks Moses: “Noah, how long can you tread water?” I have been thinking about that question…
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Opinion Two Thirds of the Planet’s Wild Animals Will Be Gone by 2020. As a Jew, You Better Care.
The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon which humanity depends. The report was compiled by the World Wildlife Federation and the London Zoological Society, and shows that destruction of…
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Opinion From Rosh Hashanah to Election Day, It’s a Season of Repentance Like No Other
‘Today the world is born” — Hayom harat olam. These are among the most electric words in all of Jewish sacred liturgy. They’re recited by the congregation immediately after the blowing of the shofar, the ram’s horn, at midday on the New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah. The words are especially electric this year, because they…
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Opinion America and Israel Share a Weird Political Pathology. It’s Called Denial.
America and Israel have a lot in common. First of all, a strong political right tied to a fundamentalist religious establishment. Second, a highly polarized atmosphere in which each side sees the other as a deadly enemy. Third, a culture in which individuals increasingly side with their social-political-religious tribe rather than thinking independently — and…
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