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...In today’s world, a new kind of chaplain is needed. Climate change is threatening our planet. Temperatures are rising steadily, average rainfall is dropping, sea levels are rising, storm events are increasing in frequency and severity, and species are rapidly going extinct. The list of dire predictions goes on and on...
...American Jews are well-represented among environmental advocates. They include leaders of the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC, and campaigners for cleaner energy, kinder treatment of animals, and a more sustainable lifestyle.
While those taking action to protect the environment are too numerous to count, here (in alphabetical order) are 12 Jewish activists and community leaders at the forefront of the battle to keep the Earth green...
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In the face of the climate crisis, the human species faces an unparalleled existential crisis – will we survive, or will we follow the path of the dodo bird and other species now extinct? Can we both acknowledge the reality of anthropocentric climate change and respond with the speed and vigor required to reverse its trajectory?...
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Rabbi Katy Allen co-founded Jewish Climate Action Network (JCAN) in 2013 as an urgent and visionary Jewish voice on the crisis of climate change. Growing up on a farm and having worked as a science teacher, she went on to Jewish studies and helped found the One Earth Collective, and leads Ma'yan Tikvah, a congregation in the Boston Suburb of Wayland, on spirituality and nature, which holds outdoor Shabbat services all year long - in Massachusetts.
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This is an existential question. It’s a question of survival at some level, and we need survival in order to have Judaism...
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...But what other kinds of “seeds” might you plant this Passover? Seeds of family connection? Seeds of love? Seeds of wisdom? Seeds of courage and strength? Seeds about getting along with those with whom you might not agree? Here are some ways that you might be planting seeds as you prepare for and experience your seder...
