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Fast Forward Iran General Claims Israel Is Stealing Its Clouds To Cause Climate Change
An Iranian general has accused Israel of causing climate change in the Islamic Republic by stealing the water out of clouds passing over the Mediterranean, Newsweek reported Monday. During an agricultural conference in Tehran, Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization, claimed Iranian scientific centers have proven that Israel and an…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Pays $4.5M To Cover U.S. Commitment To Paris Climate Pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday he will write a $4.5 million check for this year’s U.S. financial commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. President Trump last year pulled the United States out of the agreement, making the country the only one opposed to the pact. Bloomberg,…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Synagogue Pulls Cash From Chase In Climate Change Protest
NEW YORK (JTA) — Congregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood is removing its savings from JPMorgan Chase, making it the first U.S. synagogue to publicly divest from a bank or other corporation “to explicitly oppose the funding of fossil fuel and other related projects dangerous to the world in which we live,” according…
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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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