Religion

The Heschel Center educates Israelis about nature, science and society.

When attempting to incorporate new elements and habits into our life what is the best way to do this? If I want to be...

I hate to admit it (especially since I'm a vegetarian and like to think of Shavuot as my holiday), but sooner or later the...

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) just published a lengthy article about the cleantech scene in Israel. JTA articles are republished in Jewish newspapers around...

Spring is here at last which also means the festival of Passover (or Pessach in Hebrew) is soon upon us. Many Jewish festivals represent...

We've seen how environmentalism can be applied to studies of literature, but what about Torah learning? While our Eco-Rabbi is one example that it's...

Food is never something lacking at Jewish celebrations, but, like most things in life, their environmental footprint keeps expanding, whether the factory-farmed chicken that...

It once happened that a farmer was removing stones from his field and putting them onto a public thoroughfare. There was a certain pious...

Our readers have also been asking about organic gardening during the shmita (or Sabbatical) year in the land of Israel. Are there any loopholes...

Although Israel has grown into a modern post-industrial economy, the country still has strong agrarian roots, most famously, the agricultural socialist community of the kibbutz. But earlier than that, the Bible proscribes things to do to mark the passing seasons. There are rights and rituals for nature in Judaism and it all started thousands of years ago.

Throughout history when a great event happened people would reset their calendar. When a new king became ruler the year would start again with...

“There are four heads of the year… on the fifteenth of Shvat for the trees…” Mishna, Tractate Rosh Hashana, 1:1 As our home revolves around...

In Judaism it is traditional to make blessings. In fact sometimes it can feel, for the initiated, that one makes blessings for everything! It...

Look at My work, how beautiful and perfect is everything that I created. I created it for you. Be careful not to ruin and...

Haaretz reported today that the tender for building a massive solar power plant in the Negev will not be given preference to Israeli companies....