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Climate Change in Jewish Thought: What To Do Once It’s Too Late?

David Zvi Kalman explores Jewish responses to climate change when reversal is no longer a viable option.
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Dr. David Zvi Kalman is a research fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Kogod Research Center. Dr. Kalman works on issues of technology, religion, and art. He holds a position as Senior Advisor for Sinai and Synapses and is the host of the Belief in the Future podcast. He is the owner of Print-O-Craft Press, an independent publishing house that has released books including Jessica Deutsch’s The Illustrated Pirkei Avot and Noam Sienna’s A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of

Climate Change in Jewish Thought: What To Do Once It’s Too Late?

Judaism cares about the climate. That much is clear. The particular way in which Judaism cares about the climate, however, is biased towards prevention and universalism, despite the fact that climate change is at this point inevitable, and despite the fact that its effects will be very unevenly distributed. In this session, David Zvi Kalman explores Jewish responses to climate change when reversal is no longer a viable option.

NOTE: This program was part of our Summer 2021 Virtual Symposium,  Torah of Possibility for an Uncertain Future

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