The Greening Of Jewish America
James Besser Washington Correspondent In Boston, Jewish groups worried about the plight of the herring recently lobbied the state legislature to repair fish ladders along the Charles River.In Boston,...
View ArticleItzik: Greening Of Israel Won’t Be Easy
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer Dalia Itzik, who has served as Israel’s environmental minister for nearly one year, is also a member of the Knesset who has served as deputy mayor of Jerusalem and a member...
View ArticleDemand Clean Energy
Mirele B. Goldsmith We do face a conundrum in responding to the BP oil spill, but it is not that there are no good alternatives to fossil fuels (“Oil Spill Reveals Crude Conundrum,” Editorial, May...
View ArticleUJA-Fed. Goes Green
Amy Spiro Editorial Intern Task force reducing agency’s carbon footprint at offices as well as network agencies.These days the UJA-Federation of New York is trying to make less of an impact — on the...
View ArticleRabbis Draw Lessons From Spill
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Rabbi Julie Schonfeld spent a few days around fishermen near the Gulf of Mexico last week and thought of the Israelites in the Sinai Desert.Rabbi Schonfeld, executive vice...
View ArticleFarm-To-Table Ethos Grows At New Camp
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Eden Village melds eco and Jewish values, and has campers saying, ‘Pass the zucchini.’ At Eden Village Camp, a brand-new Jewish sleep-away camp in Putnam Valley, 50 miles...
View ArticleJewish Groups Fight Repeal of Clean Energy Law in Calif.
(JTA) -- A coalition of Jewish organizations in California is waging a campaign against a ballot proposition they say would hurt efforts to wean the United States off foreign oil.Proposition 23...
View ArticleAftermath of a Wildfire: JNF And Environmentalists - Don’t Plant A Tree
Joshua Mitnick Israel Correspondent Israeli forest experts argue for letting nature run its course in the Carmel.Beit Oren, Israel — As Israel’s largest fire in history devoured thousands of acres of...
View ArticleEarth Day Treats
Emma Goss Food & Wine Editor Bring back childhood with cup o' dirt and ants on a log. Today is Earth Day, the annual celebration and honoring of the environment, when we examine the ways in which...
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