Jews, Ecology, and Obama

[Ian David]

Jews, Ecology, and Obama

October 16th, 2008

By Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb

It’s a choice between life and death, says Deuteronomy 30:19 - we should choose life (uvacharta bachayim), so that we and our descendants may live. Intergenerational survival is on the line, today, with the ecological choices we each make. Protecting Creation with all the strength we can muster is a mitzvah1, which reverberates l’dor vador, across the generations.

By a wide margin, the Obama-Biden ticket best chooses life, by better protecting our sacred, fragile home. With a destabilized global climate, “choosing life” goes way beyond issues of choice and rights - it means taking responsibility for preserving our environment rather than attempting singlemindedly to plunder it. John McCain once seemed to appreciate this responsibility more than many Republicans, but the policies he has espoused during his presidential campaign and his choice of running mate now put him at the back of the pack.

Barack Obama, on the other hand, feels this sense of responsibility in his kishkes; so does Joe Biden. That’s why we should choose them. Let these four specifics suffice:

More:
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See also:

The Schlep is working...thank you Bubbes and Zaydes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7542536&mesg_id=7542536


Obama Campaign Hits Hasidic Sukkah Circuit
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7543137&mesg_id=7543137

Palin Hits A Nerve With Many Jewish Women
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7543040&mesg_id=7543040




Jews for Obama Upoc Cellphone Text Message Group
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=316&topic_id=1529&mesg_id=1529






Sen. Barack Obama laying a wreath at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum.With him is Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev, center. getty images




Ronald Reagan lays a wreath on the grave of Nazi SS Concentration Camp prison guards in Bitburg, Germany.




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