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Jewish Climate Trust — why now?

JL;DR SUMMARY The Jewish Climate Trust has been launched as a think-and-do tank to enhance the Jewish community and Israel's response to the climate crisis. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityPhilanthropyClimate ChangeAdaptationInnovationStephen BronfmanJewish Climate TrustMitigationEnvironmental Strategy

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"Smoke rises as a wildfire burns in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 7, 2025."
Israel
"Even if you support this president on some issues, these actions are tragically irresponsible to future generations."
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
"Planning for Jewish Climate Trust preceded the devastating fires in Los Angeles, last summers fire in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, the hurricanes that destroyed much of Asheville, N.C., the recent drought in Israel, and the shocking reversal of climate policies by the new U.S. administration."
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
"Planning for Jewish Climate Trust preceded the devastating fires in Los Angeles, last summers fire in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, the hurricanes that destroyed much of Asheville, N.C., the recent drought in Israel, and the shocking reversal of climate policies by the new U.S. administration."
Jerusalem, Israel
"We already experience individual days that hit 100F in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"We already experience individual days that hit 100F in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva."
Beersheba, Southern District, Israel
"We already experience individual days that hit 100F in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"In the summer of 1995, the city of Chicago had five such days, and that heat wave caused an estimated 739 heat-related deaths in a city of 2.8 million."
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
"Jewish Climate Trust staff and stakeholders at the 2025 Jewish Funders Network Conference in Nashville, Tenn., on March 23, 2025."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"He co-chairs the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation in Montral, is the executive chairman of Claridge Inc. and is the longest-serving board member of the David Suzuki Foundation."

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