Climate Change, Sure, but What About My Schmear?

I’ve been a lot thinking about climate change lately, and it’s got me feeling cloudy. Take this a study, for example, which says that sea levels could nearly double over previous estimates over the next 100 years; or these related articles about the “unstoppable ice collapse” in Antarctica if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise; or this recently updated New York Times infographic showing which low-lying American cities “could disappear.” Apparently, New York, Boston, Miami—all areas with large Jewish populations—could be eventually be submerged in water. And I. Am. Freaking. Out.

Where will I get my bagels? What will happen to all of the silver Judaica, brought over from Eastern Europe and housed in Miami’s Tower 41? And what about the Jewish academics in the ivory, ivy-covered towers? Who will then hear their important, fact-checked opinions, which need to be heard. And what about my lox and bagel and cream cheese? Where I get my slivers of wonderful, dill-sprinkled fish slices if Russ & Daughters takes a dive?

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