fbpx

Streisand to Receive Environmental Award

[additional-authors]
January 16, 2019
Photo from Wikimedia Commons.

Barbra Streisand will add another award to her Emmy, Oscar and Grammy collection when she is honored for her environmental activism by the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability at its annual Hollywood for Science Gala.

“When I moved to L.A., the air was unbreathable. Rivers were catching fire in Ohio,” Streisand said in a statement. “Then public support and a number of farsighted politicians passed legislation to clean up our air and water. Now we face a planetary crisis of climate change. It is imperative for all humanity that we act now.”

Model Gisele Bündchen will also be honored at the event, which will be held at Jeanne and Tony Pritzker’s Bel Air estate on Feb. 21.

Did you enjoy this article?
You'll love our roundtable.

Editor's Picks

Latest Articles

The Sweet Song of Survival

There is a second form of sacred survival: to survive as a nation. And that too takes precedence over everything.

Print Issue: Iran | March 5, 2026

Success in the war against Iran – which every American and Israeli should hope for – will only strengthen the tendency of both leaders to highlight their dominant personalities as the state axis, at the expense of the boring institutions that serve them.

In a Pickle– A Turshi Recipe

Tangy, bright and filled with irresistible umami flavor, turshi is the perfect complement to burgers, kebabs and chicken, as well as the perfect foil for eggs and salads.

Who Knows?

When future generations tell your story and mine, which parts will look obvious in hindsight? What opportunities will we have leveraged — and decisions made — that define our legacy?

You Heard It Here First, Folks!

For over half a decade, I had seen how the slow drip of antisemitism, carefully enveloped in the language of social justice and human rights, had steadily poisoned people whom I had previously considered perfectly reasonable.

Trump’s Critics Have a Lot Riding on the Iran Conflict

Their assumptions about the attack on Iran are based on a belief in the resilience of an evil terrorist regime, coupled with a conviction that Trump’s belief in the importance of the U.S.-Israel alliance is inherently wrong.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.