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In a Decisive Election, a Jewish Group Focuses on Climate Voters

Dayenu, a nonprofit group, is mobilizing Jews around a threat that organizers warn every walk of life on earth must confront: climate change. by Cara Buckley | The New York...

Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as ‘a sacred duty’

The Washington Post

by Fiona Murphy | The Washington Post and Associated Press In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four...

On Yom Kippur, a Jewish case for fossil fuel divestment

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times | October 10, 2024 by Sammy Roth, Climate Columnist “See, I have set before you this day life and death, blessing and curse — and [you should]...

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When federal climate policy becomes unpredictable, two levers still matter

The Riverdale Press

I learned of the Trump administration’s repeal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Endangerment Finding in an email from Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder of the Jewish environmental organization Dayenu. That...

Evanston businesses go green with renewable energy plans, support from city, local organizations

The Daily Northwestern

Beth Emet The Free Synagogue has been using Community Solar since 2024, according to Chris Wynn, a temple employee. Wynn is a team member of the temple’s Dayenu Circle, a...

Purim gives us an imperative to resist authoritarianism. Here’s how to start

The Forward

Opinion piece by Raquel Fernandez Makarov, Dayenu’s Director of Campaigns and Organizing There are practical, concrete ways to embody Mordechai and Queen Esther’s bravery in our modern world

Faith leaders blast Trump repeal of linchpin climate rule as legal battle awaits

National Catholic Reporter

“This will go down in history as an act of immoral cowardice,” said Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder of the Jewish climate group Dayenu. “The moment when the Trump administration sold our...

Jews Against ICE Rally Draws Hundreds of Jewish Clergy, Congregants and Advocacy Groups

“We’ve seen what authoritarianism can reap… Climate justice, social justice and economic justice are all thwarted under authoritarian governments.”– Dayenu’s Deputy Campaigns & Organizing Director Rachel Mandelbaum was at the...

“Immoral cowardice”: On the repeal of the Endangerment Finding

“The decision to rescind the Endangerment Finding is a repudiation of science, the public will, and the very mission of the EPA to protect human health and the environment. This...

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn named One of 50 most innovative Jews over past 50 years

Moment magazine notes: “What this moment demands from us is creative leadership. One thing we’ve learned over the past few years is that we need community to sustain us in...

As Jews mark Tu Bishvat, the EPA turns its back on the Earth and public health

Religion News Service

Op ed by Rabbi Laura Bellows, Director of Spiritual Activism and Education. Led by its first-ever Jewish administrator, the EPA is planning to repeal a landmark determination that greenhouse gases...

NY Jews unite to say: Hochul must not abdicate New York’s climate commitments

by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn From where to buy the best bagels to mayoral candidates, there’s not a lot the New York Jewish community sees eye-to-eye on, especially these days. So...

New York Jewish community unites to press Governor Hochul to protect our climate and communities and recommit to renewable energy solutions that look to the future – not the past of dirty and deadly fossil fuels

More than 1,100 NY Jews from all denominations across the state signed onto a letter urging the Governor to invest in renewable energy solutions while resisting pressure from the White...

US withdrawal from global climate agreements isolates the country in a grim march back into the antiquated, dirty, and dangerous era of fossil fuels

On the US withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, established in 1992 and including all other nations of the world as members: Reactive from Rabbi Jennie Rosenn,...

One year after the LA fires, dozens of California Jewish clergy publish an open letter calling for fossil fuel polluters to be held accountable

“We know that our state faces escalating climate impacts that demand bold action. Further delay puts our communities and our futures in peril.” read the letter from clergy Today, one...

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