This is a moral issue for me and my community….How can we permit money to be made to feed the greed of people in our generation while ignoring the children who will live after us?... Let's start now the process of stopping the criminal abuse of our environment. Let's start by having comprehensive protections of the roadless areas remaining in our national forests... Jewish tradition teaches that we have a responsibility to protect the earth for future generations. "Choose life that you and your children might live" (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. How does Rabbi Sudran interpret this verse from Deuteronomy? What are some of the implications?
2. How far into the future does this idea extend?
Time Period: Contemporary (The Yom Kippur War until the present-day)