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Buyers and sellers at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, Aug 29, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Tu B’Shevat highlights challenges being faced by Israeli farmers

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As Israelis celebrate the agricultural holiday of Tu B’Shevat on Thursday, Uri Dorman is concerned about the Hamas war's impact on farms near the Gaza and Lebanese borders. “All those farms are very close to...
Harvesters work in the wheat field in Ukraine. Credit: zmeypetrov/Shutterstock.

War in Ukraine sparks food-security fears, experts say Israel needs national strategy

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The problem of national food security, which formerly preoccupied specialists, began to penetrate the world’s consciousness with COVID-19 supply disruptions, but it’s Russia’s war with Ukraine that has given governments a jolt. Ukraine, together...
Collecting hay piles for bales in central Israel. Aug. 20, 2018. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.

Jews worldwide join Israel’s farm families for challenges and blessings of ‘shmita’ year

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“Grant blessing on the face of the Earth and from its goodness satisfy us, blessing our year as the best of years. Blessed are you G-d who blesses the years.” — Morning prayers If you look...