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JUDAISM & NATURE

Green issues have recently inched into public discourse, but concern for nature has long been a tenet of Judaism. The Bible begins with the creation of the physical world and addresses it extensively. Modern Jews have grappled with everything from vegetarianism to recycling to the ethical treatment of animals.

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