Judaism Unbound Episode 371: Loving Jewish Agitation - Isaac Ostrow, Sophie Raskin
The Jewish Youth Climate Movement (JYCM) is a Gen Z-led movement dedicated to combating climate change and environmental injustice from a Jewish lens. Two of its activists, Isaac Ostrow and Sophie Raskin, join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about JYCM's recent trip to COP-27 (the United Nations' Climate Change Conference).
[1] Learn more about the Jewish Youth Climate Movement by heading to www.Adamah.org/JYCM. Learn more about the delegation that Ostrow and Raskin were a part of, that attended the UN’s Climate Change Conference, via this link. And make sure to follow JYCM on Tiktok, Instagram, or Facebook.
[2] Find out how you can start, or join, a JYCM K’vutzah (chapter) here!
[3] Another member of this delegation, Madeline Canfield, is a past guest on Judaism Unbound. Check out her appearance on the podcast via Episode 320: Seders in the Streets - Madeline Canfield, Nate DeGroot. For another past episode of Judaism Unbound exploring the fight against climate change through a Jewish lens, see Episode 342: Dayenu — That’s Enough, Climate Change - Jennie Rosenn.
[4] At the close of the Shmita year (fall of 2022), Judaism Unbound hosted an event called Hakhel Unbound, which closed with a focus on how the American-Jewish community might commit to fighting climate change. You can view the closing gathering of Hakhel Unbound by clicking here.
[5] Dan references the group Concerned Jewish Students, which disrupted a major Jewish Federations gathering in the 1970s. One of its leaders was Michael Strassfeld, a recent guest on Judaism Unbound. Check out his episode via Episode 366: Judaism Disrupted - Michael Strassfeld.
[6] In this conversation, the guests and co-hosts explore the idea of environmental racism. Learn more about environmental racism via this link.
