Tag: Climate Change
For the 3,500 teens at the annual BBYO convention, the world needs their help
DALLAS—Seventeen-year-old Swedish climate-change activist Greta Thunberg was not at BBYO’s International Convention here last week, but when her name was mentioned, throngs of teenagers applauded and screamed as if she was.
That’s because climate-change activism...
Why people of faith should oppose Bernie Sanders on population growth
American Jews are divided on many issues. But if there is one true consensus issue for American Jews, it’s abortion. A Pew Research Center poll showed that more than 81 percent of the community...
What this rabbi learned about climate change from the Torah
In the past, when Shoshana Meira Friedman thought about climate change, she felt helpless.
Friedman: “I got more and more overwhelmed seeing how terrible the environmental crisis really was, and it was actually when I...
Is fighting climate change a jewish duty?
Preserving the planet is a duty for the Jewish community, rabbis and activists told The Jerusalem Post.
“From a Jewish religious standpoint the idea of stewardship for God’s world is incredibly important, and anybody who’s...
US jewish groups condemn Trump’s withdrawal from Paris agreement
Jewish groups joined Israeli environmentalists in slamming President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Soon after the decision was made, Director of the Religious...