Climate change
Eytan Lenko, chair of Jewish Climate Network with Anna Solomon, founder of JCN NSW.
August 3, 2023, 9:39 am
JCN expands to NSW
The establishment of the Sydney office comes four years after JCN's inception in Victoria, where it has already made a substantial impact.
By Mia Gardiner
From left: David Marlow, Janice Furstenberg, Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Joel Lazar. Photo: Peter Haskin.
July 3, 2023, 6:44 am
Environmental protection pledge
"Taking action on climate is vital if we want to provide a better future for our children and grandchildren."
By Mia Gardiner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives an invitation to the COP28 climate summit in November in Dubai from Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE ambassador to Israel. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO
May 29, 2023, 7:11 am
Israeli PM to attend climate summit
An invitation was presented to the PM by UAE ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja, who also delivered one to President Isaac Herzog.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood Campus. Photo: Peter Haskin.
May 18, 2023, 10:44 am
Schools taking sustainability action
Students from all levels complete gardening and cooking activities every fortnight. Community members beyond family, including the school's rabbis, are invited to the sessions.
By Mia Gardiner
The King David School goes solar. New solar panels on the roof of the Orrong Road campus. From left: Anna Fink, Ella Freeman, Freya Boltman, Marc Light. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 26, 2022, 10:00 am
Overcoming climate anxiety, one step at a time
'All members of the community have a role to play'
By Marc Light
Yosef Abramowitz, pictured here in Melbourne in 2018. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 29, 2022, 9:00 am
Taking charge of climate action
“Our community can be a real powerhouse on this.”
By Mia Gardiner
The Eraring coal-fired power station near Newcastle, NSW. Photo: Nick Pitsas, CSIRO
July 28, 2022, 11:12 am
Australia and Israel’s energy transition paths
By Marcus H. Rose
JCCV president Daniel Aghion addressing the plenum.
June 3, 2022, 3:00 pm
A ‘zero emissions community’
Four guest speakers addressed a Jewish Community Council of Victoria climate plenum to discuss the ways in which they are reducing carbon emissions within their organisations.
By Mia Gardiner
Rabbi Daniel Rabin and JCN CEO Joel Lazar at the workshop.
May 1, 2022, 9:00 am
Rabbis talk climate change
"Jewish law has a lot to say about the importance of managing risk to human life, which is particularly relevant for the challenges climate change poses."
By Mia Gardiner
Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull.
March 31, 2022, 2:59 pm
Lucy Turnbull deletes Kristallnacht tweet
'I meant no offence. Anti-semitism, Nazism and The Holocaust was one of the very worst, horrendous catastrophes ever'
By AJN STAFF
JBD plenum panellists (clockwise from top left): Professor Danielle Celermajer, Joel Lazar, Rabbi Danny Eisenberg and Ethy Levy. Photo: YouTube
March 25, 2022, 8:30 am
Climate tops agenda at plenum
"The need for political unity was a focus of speakers, who hoped people will see climate not as being about "the environment" but as being about "common sense"..."
By SIGMUND STERN
November 16, 2021, 7:00 am
Divine intervention
By A Serious Pickle
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Photo: Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP
November 10, 2021, 11:00 am
Top cleric sorry for Holocaust comparison
By Times of Israel
November 8, 2021, 7:00 am
Hot stuff
By A Serious Pickle
Photo: S-dmit/Dreamstime.com
November 4, 2021, 10:00 am
The future of the planet is in our hands
'As Jews, our tradition understands that humans and the health of the land are inextricably linked.'
By Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann
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