In the spirit of the Days of Awe, the ten days between Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, we need to look honestly at reality. Here is some of our global reality affecting all our globe, including Israel:

UN Secretary General said on 9-17-09

"Climate change is the preeminent geopolitical issue of our time. It rewrites the global equation for development, peace and prosperity. It threatens markets, economies and development gains. It can deplete food and water supplies, provoke conflict and migration, destabilize fragile societies and even topple governments.."

To get a feel for this issue may I suggest you see this video of the North Pole by time-lapse photography by the highly respected National Geographic Magazine photographer James Balog.

As friend told me after our Rosh Hashana service, Judaism teaches us that we are not supposed to bury our heads in the sand even if we do not like the news.

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Matania