Episode No. 63—Environmental catastrophes and Judaism's mandate

07/22/21 • 24 min

Global warming—climate change—is very real, and the early Atlantic and Pacific storm seasons we're having, the massive early and intense wildfires we're seeing, the extreme weather patterns we're experiencing, etc., all are the result. Judaism, based on clack-letter Torah law, has much to say about what we need to do to save our planet.

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Episode No. 62—Is anyone in government willing to act responsibly?

Wildfires, tropical storms, climbing COVID rates, an apartment building collapse—things happen that shouldn't have happened, that could have been preventedm but all Congress does, to borrow from what John Adams said in the musical 1776, is “piddle, twiddle, and resolve. not one damn thing do [they] solve; piddle, twiddle, and resolve. nothing's ever solved ."

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Episode No. 64—As the High Holy Days approach, how to account for our souls

The High Holy Days aren't about our ritual sins, they are all about how we behave towards ourselves, towards others, and even to the so-called lesser life forms and even our environment. There's a helpful checklist to help us make that accounting, which is discussed here.

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