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From Lilith:
At the beginning of the Jewish year, we read of our obligation to “till and tend” the earth (Genesis 2:15). In the first few lines of our sacred text, we read of the responsibility of humankind to care for and rule over the whole of creation.

Our text is rooted in references to our deep Jewish agricultural and ethical obligations. So, clearly, climate change is a Jewish issue. The fight against rising sea levels and increased global temperatures is our fight. The work to maintain crop biodiversity and safeguard all lives from water and air pollution, especially lives in danger in low-income communities, is our work.

Continue Reading: lilith.org/2016/11/why-climate

Why Climate Change Is a Jewish Feminist Issue by Liya Rechtman // November 2016 Illustration of a globe with fire on top, like wild hair. And climate change is specifically a Jewish feminist issue. As Jewish feminists, we have to read what isn’t written. We know what it means to imagine silent voices into the stories, voices that were ignored and unimagined by two thousand years of misogynistic Jewish scholarship. Through rewriting Bible stories of decades now, we’re well versed in creating our own verses and listening for the voices of those who have not yet been heard. As the half of the Jewish tradition that has been recorded in our texts as implied references and unnamed actors, we are trained to listen to silence. So, too, must we hear in the silence of our earth the need to combat climate change.
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