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Sheep’s tail fat alya is the ancient Middle-Eastern shmaltz

A Middle Eastern flavor that refuses to go out of style - sheep's tail fat. Some vegetable species thrive in harsh, arid conditions and still...

Argan Oil: Expert Estimates About 20,000 Trees in Israel

Nah, nobody does that goat thing anymore... Our recent post about Israeli argan oil caused a few ripples over the Internet. While we now know...

Argan Oil Now Produced in Israel

Much of Morocco's argan oil still comes from nuts excreted by goats. The fabulously expensive oil is now produced in Israel - without goat...

Tahini Fuels the Countries that Fuel the World!

Maimonides, a Jewish scholar, prescribed tahini almost 1,000 years ago. It's a calcium food for vegans. When my friend Elia consulted her doctor complaining of...

Preserving olives the natural, fermented way

This Syrian olive tree is loaded with fruit, most of which will fall to the ground, unpicked. The autumn olive harvest is still in full...

Choose The Best Olives for Pickling

Learn how to buy olives in the market and then how to salt and ferment them.

Middle East Meat Consumption Rises With World Demand

Rising meat demand, rising risks in the Middle East: antibiotics, meat glue and global warming. World meat consumption is on the rise and this is...

Actually, We Can Feed 10 Billion People. Here’s How

Even though it seems like the earth couldn't possibly handle 10 billion people, an article published in Nature shows that it is possible to...

Eden Vardy Plants a Sustainable T.R.E.E. in Aspen

A sustainable T.R.E.E. grows in Aspen, where children learn about real food. As a child, Israeli-born Eden Vardy wanted to know where his food came...

October Seasonal Produce

October offers a variety of short-season delicacies. Look for olives, dates, and beans. Each month brings forward new fruit or vegetables to charm the eye and palate, while the previous month's stars fade away.

Yom Kippur Fast Food, Before and After

Miriam suggests dishes to suit meals before and after the Big Fast of Yom Kippur. This coming Friday night a Jewish Shabbat and Yom Kippur holiday...

World’s First Turkish Womb Transplant Is A Success

"If God allows, we will hold our baby in our arms". 21-year-old Derya Sert (right) and her doctor Omer Ozkan pose for a...

How Benches and Sidewalks Transform Middle East Streets

The recent protests held across the Middle East demanding better and greener transport got me thinking about how we encourage the oldest form of...

Marijuana Prevents Post-Trauma Stress Disorder: University of Haifa Study

Pot can prevent PTSD, finds a new study from the University of Haifa. Another socially redeeming value in that evil old weed? Post-trauma stress disorder...

Homemade pomegranate molasses recipe

The Middle-Eastern pantry staple can be made at home easily. Pomegranates come into season now, just as summer fades and before the Jewish New Year,...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

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Knowing about the concept of the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary helps explain a core idea in Islam.

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