Israel’s firefighters may fall short amid wildfire threats, top officials warn
Firefighters battle the wildfires that broke out in the Jerusalem area at the end of April. Photo...
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Category: Environmental News
Israel celebrates 77th Independence Day as fires cancel ceremonies
JNS Israel ushered in its 77th Independence Day at sunset on Wednesday night, April 30, with nightly celebrations canceled or postponed throughout the country as massive wildfires continued to engulf the Jewish state. The...
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What’s it all about? Poetry class set by COGH that relates Jewish sensibility to nature
SUSAN COMMINOS SCHENECTADY—What’s It All About? Part 2, a poetry reading-and-writing course...
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Temple Israel Tu B’Shevat kiddush to feature environmental talk of Tina Lieberman
Some of the seven species to be offered at the kiddish. ALBANY–The greening committee at Temple...
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Israeli held in Madagascar for trying to smuggle out rare tortoises
(JNS) An Israeli citizen has been held for weeks in the African island nation of Madagascar after...
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Israeli findings on parasites could protect endangered species
(JNS) Parasites have always had a bad reputation, and health professionals have warned the public...
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Are jackals becoming domesticated?
By PESACH BENSON (JNS) Israeli researchers have found evidence that living in close proximity to...
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The Jewish Federations of North America to raise money for Turkey, Syria
(JNS) The Jewish Federations of North America has launched a relief fund to provide humanitarian...
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Swastika Mountain in Oregon to be renamed at year’s end
(JNS) A mountain south of Eugene, Ore., that bears the same name as the swastika symbol of the...
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Anti-Israel groups lash out at Sierra Club for reinstating educational trips to Israel
The environmentalist Sierra Club has reopened its Israel travel program five months after...
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