By the end of this century, sea level rise could force 13.1 million Americans from their homes. This would become the largest galut – forced exile – in history.
For the Jews, this is an old story.
Nowadays, the Jewish ghetto in Rome is a cool tourist destination. It wasn’t always that way. In the 1500s, the Pope forced the Jews to live in cramped quarters on the left bank of the Tiber River — the lowest point of the city; below sea level; and prone to constant flooding.
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