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Hazon, the largest faith-based environmental organization in the U.S., and Pearlstone, one of the largest Jewish retreat centers and Jewish outdoor education sites in North America, announced today that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a proposal to merge the two organizations, with Jakir Manela serving as the inaugural CEO. This impactful new organization will lead the JOFEE (Jewish Outdoor Food Farming & Environmental Education) movement and the field of Jewish retreating f...

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel including in Jerusalem, Mevaseret Zion, Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Givatayim, Herzliya, Ramat Hasharon, Rishon Lezion, Kiryat Ono, and Ashkelon.

Thanks to the recent television series “The Good Place,” the idea of the "trolley problem" has become commonplace.

April 30, 2021 By Getty Billboards with the slogan “Israel Chooses to be Normal,” could be seen on the highway that runs through Tel Aviv during recent Israeli elections. These signs were sponsored by the extremist Noam Party. The billboards promoted a certain kind of “normalcy”—in particular, they wanted to “that my son marries a woman.” Noam’s campaign commercials added that a vote for them would mean that a person would no longer have to “worry” that their child would mar...

25 Horwitz was selected by the Forward as one of the most inspiring rabbis in North America. Rabbi Daniel S. Horwitz, a product of the Metro Detroit Jewish community, has been hired by Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills.  “I’m incredibly excited to have the opportunity to return home in order to join the Adat Shalom community,” Horwitz said in a statement from the synagogue. “In addition to having the chance to work alongside world-class colleagues and committed lay leaders, as...

Reboot Creates ‘Plastover Challenge’ to Remove Single-Use Plastics on Passover Passover is Jonathan Bines’s favorite Jewish holiday, but every year, he wishes it directly tied to Tikkun Olam so Jews could repair the earth, “which is so desperately in need of help.” Bines, who is an Emmy-nominated comedy writer and part-time environmental activist, teamed up with the arts and culture non-profit Reboot to launch a new initiative that asks Jews to give up single-use plasti...

Hazon, the Jewish Lab for Sustainability non-profit, officially opened submissions for The Shmita Prizes– an international arts competition with five different prizes. The goal is to draw attention to and raise awareness of the forthcoming shmita year (beginning Rosh Hashanah 2021). Categories include: ritual object, fine art, film or video, performance art/music/liturgy, plus a fifth category for the written word – essays and ideas.  Shmita is “a year of letting go”. It takes place e...

Apartments sold and rented Second-hand apartments sold Jerusalem and environs Jerusalem: A 108-sq.m. four-room, fourth floor garden apartment with a 400-sq.m. garden, storage room, elevator and two parking spaces on Kurtz St. in the Arnona neighborhood was sold for NIS 4.38 million. A 65-sq.m., three-room, first floor apartment with a balcony on Ben Yafune St. in the Baka neighborhood was sold for NIS 2.5 million (RE-MAX - Hazon). Tel Aviv and Central Region Tel Aviv: A 62-sq.m. three-room, gr...

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feature "Working on issues constantly on the precipice—healthcare, social justice, climate change, education—is emotionally and physically draining. When I founded Plan A, I was driven by what a friend called divine feminine fury. Unfortunately, that fury is constantly being replenished, although my anger is coupled with excitement for the impact Plan A’s clinic will have on improving access to care."   reviews Florence Adler Swims Forever (Simon & Schuster, $25.99) is a poignant title ...