Rabbi Katy Z. Allen
Climate disaster is the crisis of our era, challenging us technically, politically and economically, as well as a crisis of social justice and a refugee crisis. But less often noted is that climate disaster is a spiritual crisis. It forces us to ask what our life s purpose is, how to stay emotionally centered in the face of destruction, and how to make the thousands of years of our religious traditions relevant in a situation never envisioned by those who fashioned these traditions.
The Third Jewish Climate Action Conference: Everything Is Connected (jewishclimate.org/3rd-jewish-climate-action-conference.html), taking place online on Sunday, April 25 from noon to 8 p.m., will offer a holistic and comprehensive view of the work that the climate demands of us today as much as one can get in eight hours.