Matzo is a staple and hallmark of Jewish cuisine and culture. STREIT’S: MATZO AND THE AMERICAN DREAM spotlights the iconic Streit’s factory in New York, a fifth-generation family business that resiliently stays true to tradition, churning water into flour using ovens as old as the factory itself.
airs 12/18 at 11 p.m.
Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville and Toledo, this is the story of a remarkable 800-year period when Muslims, Christians and Jews in medieval Spain forged a common cultural identity that often transcended their religious differences.
airs 12/17 at 8 p.m.
The UN has a series of Sustainable Development Goals for the health of our future. These include:
To meet these goals, they have developed a number of plans. These include the ActNow Campaign – supporting climate action, the Be the Change Initiative – which includes a Be the Change Challenge Toolkit, and, my personal favorite, the Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World. This guide lays out four different levels of action.
Level 1: Things you can do from your couch.
Level 2: Things you can do at home
Level 3: Things you can do outside your house
Level 4: Things you can do at work
To see details of what you can do at each of these levels, check out their website, or download and print out the .pdf.