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Live in Sustainable Booths for the Jewish Holiday of Sukkoth

Jews in Israel will live for a week in a sukkah, starting next week. It's a time to get back to nature, and...

Holy cow! Prophecy fulfilled after red heifer is born at Temple of Israel

Last week in Jerusalem a baby cow was born. Watch the adorable infant scamper around her mother in a short video released on YouTube...

Apple Cake With Apricot Jam Glaze

Tonight, Sunday the 9th of September, marks the first day of the Jewish New Year 2018, Rosh HaShanah 5779. The holiday extends until Tuesday...

Rebel, rebel: see Iranian women dance in public

Need a respite from awful news?  You can opt to plunk down money for a superhero movie - or better yet - tune in...

Connecting the Profound: Jewish Passover and the Environment

Passover 2018 in Israel begins after sunset on the evening of Friday, March 30th, and ends at dusk on Friday, April 6th. Outside of Israel,...

Iranian women “selfies” without headscarves causing rivers to dry up

Today on the streets of Jaffa, where I live, I saw for the first time in my life a woman in hijab (helmet on...

Ebola and The Hajj to Mecca?

The Ebola virus, already said to be virtually out of control in west Africa, may also be threatening Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East.

Shmita and surviving a year in Israel without starving as the land rests

Shmita is a Jewish way to let the land rest once every 7 years. For Jewish Israelis it's a deeply spiritual practice. Some may...

From mosque to mosque by bike at Tour de Salah eco event

British Muslims went green this past Saturday, as Muslims from all over London took part in a 100 km cycle ride from Mosque to...

Watch ISIS militants take over and burn marijuana fields in Syria

Maybe we'd have a little more tolerance and understanding in this world if ISIS just smoked some of the plants instead. Or maybe the...

The anti-fat fatwa is not a joke for buffet lovers in Saudi Arabia

Saudi cleric Saleh al Fawzan has decided that all-you-can-eat buffets are against Sharia (Islamic) law, unappetizing news for Muslims devoted to bargain dining deals! Last...

Fatwa saves tigers! Hunting rare creatures, dear Muslims, is now Haram

Could a fatwa, a religious Muslim order, save a tiger? Watch and see, because the Indonesian Council of Clerics (ICC), the country's highest Islamic...

DIY chocolate fruit-nut clusters for Purim baskets

The Jewish holiday of Purim 2018 begins this coming Wednesday night, the 28th of February, and continues through Thursday the 29th. In Jerusalem and other...

Holy Green Monday for Lent! A planet-friendly Cyprus tradition

Last Monday, Orthodox Christians across the Middle East kicked off the 40-day Lenten season with a wonderful food-based tradition called Green Monday, when folks...

Breastfeeding by law, in Abu Dhabi

According to Islam, being breastfed is a right for all children. Now Abu Dhabi has passed a clause in their Child Rights law that...

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