This is the Forward’s coverage of climate change and its impact on the Jewish community.
Climate Change
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Culture After Hurricane Katrina, a chaotic hospital evacuation led to 45 deaths. Who’s to blame?
'Five Days at Memorial,' a grueling new series from Apple TV+, explores grim choices at a waterlogged hospital.
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Fast Forward With climate bill passed, Democrats deliver on top policy concern for American Jews
According to recent polling, Jews not only care about climate — they also seem to prioritize over almost any other issue
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News ‘What was I doing when I was their age?’ Six Jewish teens, out to change the world
This year’s 15 Diller Tikkun Olam awardees are moving the dial on issues like the refugee crisis, climate change and LGBTQ+ inclusion
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News Their fortunes come from oil. Here’s how these Jewish philanthropies deal with climate change.
Some donate heavily to climate causes, others don’t prioritize the issue
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Fast Forward Israel to add heat waves to ‘threat map’ as nation faces grim climate projections
The Defense Ministry is expected to create an emergency plan for extreme temperatures as Europe swelters under heat waves and Israel's climate is warming at double the global average
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Opinion At every level, Jews must push investors to leave behind fossil fuels
With Sen. Manchin blocking federal climate legislation, communities must come together to confront the crisis
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Opinion The Supreme Court’s decision on the EPA is devastating. Jews must hold that grief as we forge ahead
As many Jews double down on confronting climate change, we must accept both the brokenness and wholeness of this painful time
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Fast Forward Does getting arrested at a climate protest help reduce emissions? A Jewish expert weighs in.
(JTA) – Our chances of averting climate catastrophe are narrowing to the point of no return, top scientists said last week in a series of landmark reports put out by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The emission of greenhouse gasses must start winding down and the switch to a low carbon economy must happen…
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Culture A shocking true story of Mexico’s Jewish community comes to Netflix
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Opinion Israel deported me for helping West Bank Palestinians. I won’t give up on a peaceful future for the country I love
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Culture Hey, Irving — why are there so many Jews named Irving?
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Culture In the most talked-about Epstein File exchange, a lesson in Yiddish
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: משהלע אַלפֿאָנסאָ רעדט וועגן נײַ ביכל פּרץ־מעשׂיות פֿאַר סטודענטןVIDEO: Moishele Alfonso on the new book of I. L. Peretz stories for students
דאָס ביכל נעמט אַרײַן אַ גלאָסאַר, שמועס־פֿראַגעס און קלאַנג־רעקאָרדירונגען פֿון די דערציילונגען.
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Light One Candle” — in Yiddish
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Culture How a wedding in Oklahoma taught a group of police officers and SWAT team members to care about Judaism and Israel
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Fast Forward Germany’s antisemitism czar says slogans like ‘From the river to the sea’ should be illegal
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