By Mark D. Zimmerman
MELVILLE, New York — Pope Francis just issued a papal encyclical on the climate change crisis in which he states, “The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.” This follows a recent letter on the same topic which was initiated by Rabbi Arthur Waskow and six other rabbis from across the religious spectrum. Their letter, which has been signed by more than 350 other rabbis, refers to the Koch Brothers and others whose funding backs climate deniers using what phrase?
A. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Pharaohs.”
B. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Shmendricks.”
C. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Hamans.”
D. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Amaleks.”
E. They are referred to as “Big Oil Idiots Who Believe That Things Go Better With Koch.”
B. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Shmendricks.”
C. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Hamans.”
D. They are referred to as “Big Oil Carbon Amaleks.”
E. They are referred to as “Big Oil Idiots Who Believe That Things Go Better With Koch.”
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Mark D. Zimmerman is the author of Rashi, Rambam and Ramalamadingdong series of Jewish trivia e-books. Learn more at rrrjewishtrivia.com.
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Mark D. Zimmerman is the author of Rashi, Rambam and Ramalamadingdong series of Jewish trivia e-books. Learn more at rrrjewishtrivia.com.
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Care to comment? San Diego Jewish World is intended as a forum for the entire Jewish community, whatever your political leanings. Letters may be posted below provided they are civil, responsive to the article that prompted them, and signed with your first and last name, as well as with your city of residence. There is a limit of one letter per writer on any given day.
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See the full Rabbinic Letter on Climate Crisis at
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