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Fast Forward Ramah California Spared From Wildfires As Community Breathes Sigh Of Relief
A Jewish summer camp in California breathed a sigh of relief over the weekend as the camp’s director reported that its buildings were untouched by wildfires. Rabbi Joe Menashe, executive director of Camp Ramah in California, wrote on Facebook on Friday that though the wildfires raging near the camp had burned acres of land on…
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Fast Forward As Urban Wildfire Approaches Fast, Los Angeles Jewish Institutions Close
(JTA) — Los Angeles-area synagogues and Jewish institutions closed in the wake of a major fire, dubbed the Skirball Fire after the Jewish cultural center that is in its path. Leo Baeck Temple, Stephen Wise Temple, American Jewish University’s Familian Campus and the Skirball Cultural Center all were closed due to the fire, the Los…
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Opinion What The Shofar Tries To Tell Us About Deadly Hurricanes
This is a magical time of year. It’s a season of renewal. Right now, folks around the world are gathering to welcome a new year, stepping outside of standard time to inhabit an ancient lunar calendar that follows the moon and the tides. It’s a fraught moment, promising new life in the year ahead even…
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Life What This Rosh Hashanah Liturgical Poem Means In Trump’s America
Who will live, and who will die? Who by the length of their days, and who before their time? Who by wildfire, and who by hurricane? Who by repeal of their health care, and who by unjust pricing of their lifesaving medicines? The questions that we ask on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are not…
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Life Great Barrier Reef Too Far? Check Out Eilat’s Man-Made Reefs, Scientists Recommend
Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than natural coral formations, and can even help mitigate potential reef damage, according to a new study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Eilat’s artificial Tamar reef, according to the study, draws far more divers to it, and diverts traffic from precious natural knolls…
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Fast Forward 140 Jewish Leaders Vow To Back Paris Climate Goals
(JTA) — Over 140 Jewish leaders signed a letter encouraging Jewish institutions to support the goals of the Paris climate accord. “We call upon all Jewish federations, JCCs, synagogues, camps, day schools, Jewish organizations, leaders, businesses, and community members to identify ways in which we, the organized and powerful American Jewish community, can and must…
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Opinion Why Judaism Requires Pursuing The Goals Of The Paris Accords
(JTA) The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has demanded that we all ask ourselves where we stand on questions of climate change, global warming and our collective responsibility for the planet we call home. That the earth has been warming in recent years is indisputable. At issue are the causes…
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Opinion Abandoning The Paris Accord Means Abandoning The World
If nothing else, Donald Trump accomplished at least one big thing by withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. He gave the world the clearest possible demonstration of something Republicans have been aggressively proclaiming for years: American exceptionalism. With Trump’s June 1 announcement in the White House Rose Garden, the United States officially stands alone among…
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