The day the Earth stood stupid

By Marty Kaplan
Published on May 13, 2013

Say goodnight, Earthlings. That message — plus the slimmest of shots at an eleventh-hour reprieve — was announced to the people of the world last week.

Election 2012: What no president can do

By David Suissa
Published on November 7, 2012

As I write this, I still don’t know who’s won the presidency. But by the time you read this, barring an Electoral College tie, you certainly will know.

Editorial Cartoon: Action vs. Inaction

By Steve Greenberg
Published on November 1, 2012

Cooking Our Children

By Rav Yosef Kanefsky
Published on August 7, 2012

Frogs in hot water

By Steve Greenberg
Published on April 18, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Job searching, Buy Israel, David Mamet, Global Warming

Published on November 30, 2011

Even though organizations like JVS have WorkSource centers on Wilshire Boulevard and in Marina del Rey, the jobs through JVS are all online (“Still Unemployed: Out of Luck but Not Out of Hope,” Nov. 25). The process of finding jobs online is not effective.

Letters to the Editor: Global Warming

Published on November 17, 2011

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Global warming: Part 2

By Dennis Prager
Published on November 9, 2011

This is how I began Part 1 of this column, two weeks ago: “In the belief that there are people on the left who are more interested in understanding the right rather than in simply dismissing its decency, I would like to briefly explain why many thoughtful people are skeptical of the claims made on behalf of global warming.”

The flat earth society

By Steve Greenberg
Published on April 20, 2011

Editorial cartoon

Save the date, save the world

By Elyse Glickman
Published on October 10, 2008

Savvy couples are realizing -- in increasing numbers -- that when they send out invites, they are also sending out a message about their own sustainability practices. Some are turning away from paper and ink altogether and looking to cyberspace for their wedding communication needs, from the invites to thank-you notes, as well as albums and scrapbooks.

The Dead Sea is dying and it's a 'man-made disaster' [VIDEO]

Published on August 3, 2008

The Dead Sea's rapid disappearance has become a grave concern for environmentalists, industries that profit from the sea and Israel's tourism sector

Red-Dead canal idea stirs controversy

By Dina Kraft
Published on August 3, 2008

The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study of a plan to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say the canal idea is a risky proposition to save the Dead Sea, which is rapidly shrinking.

OPINION: Save the Dead Sea by restoring the Jordan River, not by building a canal to the Red Sea

Published on August 3, 2008

The way to save the Dead Sea is by restoring freshwater flow from a rehabilitated Jordan River, not building an ecologically risky channel from the Red Sea

VIDEO: A Sacred Duty—A Jewish response to threats to our environment

Published on July 8, 2008

A Major Documentary on Current Environmental Threats and How Jewish Teachings Can Be Applied in Responding to These Threats.

Let kids rule the land

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on January 3, 2008

Kids can influence how their families handle the growing global warming issue, at least according to Laurie David and Cambria Gordon, co-authors of "The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming"

End hypocrisy now

By Rob Eshman
Published on January 3, 2008

Quick, name one thing that 99 percent of all American Jews agree on. Impossible, right? We are the People who pride ourselves on our contentiousness, who revel in our stiff-neckedness, who love to remind the world that where there are two Jews, you'll find three opinions.

But it's not always so.

What would Noah do?

By Jane Ulman
Published on January 3, 2008

On a ferociously cold evening in November 1978, Rabbi Everett Gendler climbed atop the icy roof of Temple Emanuel in Lowell, Mass., and installed solar panels to fuel the synagogue's ner tamid (eternal light).

"We plugged it almost directly into the sun," said Gendler, who rejoiced that the ner tamid was no longer dependent on the finite and politically questionable energy resources of the Middle East.

Converting to Green: How many skeptics does it take to screw in a CFL light bulb?

By Howard Gordon
Published on January 3, 2008

Bush’s environmental legacy

By Steve Greenberg
Published on December 20, 2007