A massive march aimed at pressing for stronger efforts to curb climate change will take place in New York on the second day of Rosh Hashanah — a scheduling move...
For this activist future rabbi, climate change is not just a theory to read about in textbooks. Recent college graduate Savannah (Lipinski) Lipner says that just about every summer, her parents’...
Dayenu is growing quickly in size and impact. It presses candidates and elected officials to take real action. They educate them — and voters — about what’s at stake, and...
Abby Bresler’s motivation to combat climate change is personal. Bresler, a musician and manager of environmental organization the Jewish Youth Climate Movement at Adamah (formerly Hazon), has a respiratory condition that...
They say, “two Jews, three opinions,” but, actually, we American Jews are remarkably consistent in what we care about. Polling over the past 10 years illustrates that we care deeply about four...
On an unusually warm February day, approximately 200 Jews gathered at the Hebrew Educational Alliance in Denver, Colorado for the inaugural Colorado Jewish Climate Summit, which coincided with Tu Bishvat, the new year...
One of the key concepts I’ve learned in rabbinical school is “the question behind the question.” When someone makes a seemingly innocuous inquiry about Jewish law or tradition, it’s often...
A few months ago, Colleen Kane realized she was falling out of touch with the spiritual side of life. She felt lost. For her, reviving it meant drawing closer to...
Around the world, faith institutions are championing climate action, from international efforts like advocating with world leaders to national movements pushing for green energy legislation. But many of their concrete actions take place...
