Debate on the Senate version of An Act to Save People Money, Repair the Climate and Grow the Economy, also known as S.3143 begins today, and a vote will follow shortly after. Before the environmental bill goes from the Senate to the Conference Committee, we feel that including several proposed amendments would improve it. Our […]
Although we still mourn the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B’av, we know that this tragic day was the beginning of a transformation that enabled our people to survive and thrive. From the ashes of the Temple, Jews built a new center of Judaism in Yavneh. Their innovations became the rabbinic Judaism that we […]
As the sun sets on Tisha B’Av, the most sorrowful day on the Jewish calendar, we will gather to read Eicha (Lamentations)—an ancient text mourning the catastrophic destruction of Jerusalem 2,500 years ago: its women, children, animals, buildings, gates, and walls. Together, we will take turns reading from the text (bring your phone to follow […]
The problem with plastic goes way past those ubiquitous and annoying plastic straws and bags. When microplastics are being found in fetal tissue, the scale of the problem isn't about personal habits but systems--and that's the scale of the solutions we need. Did we mention that plastics *are* fossil fuels? And that they're the industry's […]