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Welcome to the Jewish Team. We are energizing the Jewish Community to take bold action on climate change. Just as Jewish leaders played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement, we believe Jews can and will step forward today on the climate crisis.
Yonatan Malin is the action team leader; Rich Scissors and Phyllis LeFevre are on the steering committee.
Yonatan Malin is the action team leader; Rich Scissors and Phyllis LeFevre are on the steering committee.
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We meet a few times a year to support one another and to hear speakers present on other climate-related Jewish/faith outreach efforts. What can you do to move the needle forward? Use the five levers of political will to amplify our message.
Here are a few resources:
-Yonatan Malin
yonmalin[at]gmail.com
Here are a few resources:
- Information sheet for Jewish leaders and communities
- Jewish support for climate action and carbon pricing
- Jewish sermons and op-eds on climate change
- Media resources for letters to the editor and op-eds
- Media relation. Write articles and letters for local and national Jewish publications.
- Grassroots outreach. Give presentations at your synagogue or at your local JCC; give a d’rash at a Shabbat service; provide readings for your clergy related to climate change that they can use on Jewish holidays.
- Grasstops outreach. Work with your rabbi, cantor, and local Jewish leaders to gain support for HR763.
- Team development. Encourage other Jewish members of CCL to join the Jewish Action Team.
- Lobby your member of Congress. Whether your member of Congress is Jewish or not, bring your faith, your culture, and your values to your meetings and letter writing activities.
-Yonatan Malin
yonmalin[at]gmail.com
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