Earth Protection: At the Core of Judaism

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Some Jews say that their people won’t be truly free until the earth itself is freed from the bondage of ecological abuse, and humans return to the Promised Land of living in harmony with nature. Richard Schiffman reports on emerging environmental theology in the Jewish community.

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