Tara Kavaler Israel’s ultra-religious parties have no platforms on green issues Gilad Kariv, who will become the Israeli legislature’s first-ever Reform rabbi when the recently elected lawmakers are sworn in on Wednesday, is the left-wing Labor party’s environmental point person. For the history-making rabbi, unlike his counterparts in the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, action against global climate change is a faith-based initiative. “Reform Judaism and Progressive Judaism in general are working very hard now to shape a Jewish response to the environmental crisis,” he told The Media Line. “It’s part of our theology that emphasizes ethics, moral behavior, a sense of social and communal responsibility. …