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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 plastics for the eight days of Passover. Named Plastover, the initiative adds a contemporary and meaningfu...

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 every seven years in the Jewish calendar – it is indeed where the modern notion of a “sabbatical�...

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, ground floor apartment with parking on Lochamei Gallipoli St. was sold for NIS 2.04 million. A 67-sq.m...

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 for abook about a woman who drowns in the first chapter. Yet it’s the perfect title forRachel Be...

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 for abook about a woman who drowns in the first chapter. Yet it’s the perfect title forRachel Be...