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Archive for March, 2008

Water, waste and wilderness.

Posted in Environment, Israel Environment, Israeli Water Crisis on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s water crisis time in Israel again. Spring is here, the turtle dove sings, almond trees blossom, and the winter that’s just passed brought a mere 65% of average rainfall.
This is the fifth consecutive winter to yield below average rainfall in Israel. Some are pointing the finger at global climate change, which is projected [...]

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What Does Judaism Say About Climate Change?

Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Jewish Climate Initiatve, Judaism on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The question sounds like the title for a Lunch and Learn session of the sort that I used to give when I was campus rabbi at Cambridge.
The usual format was that hungry students would come and wolf down smoked salmon bagels while I held forth for forty minutes on what Jewish tradition could [...]

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Why is this climate change organization different…?

Posted in Israel Environment, Jewish Climate Initiatve, Jewish Environmentalism on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Why a Jewish Climate Initiative? Surely climate change is a global problem? Isn’t everyone today concerned about it?
We spent quite a few late nights and Espressos debating these questions ourselves.
Our answer is that yes, many people are, and we applaud and support their efforts.
But the scale and urgency of the problem requires everyone to [...]

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