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Israeli reserve soldiers help farmers pick oranges in Moshav Beit Hillel, not far from the Israeli border with Lebanon, Nov. 10, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

‘Israel has to be much more food self-sufficient,’ expert warns

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Since 1948, when the fledgling State of Israel celebrated its independence and began exporting and importing goods from other countries, it has become reliant on global trade. Now, as the Jewish state and it faces...
Israeli Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter (center, behind the Israeli flag) at the signing of a declaration of intent regarding wheat production with Azerbaijan, Sept. 11, 2023. Credit Israeli Ministry of Agriculture.

Israel grain deal with Baku and Tashkent to ‘ensure food security’

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Israel has signed a major grain deal with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan to secure all of the country’s wheat needs at a time of disruptions in the global food supply amid the war in Ukraine,...
Moisey Katsman, a disabled, homebound Holocaust survivor, enjoys apples and honey delivered in advance of Rosh Hashanah 2023. He is one of thousands of the country's neediest Jews receiving New Year food packages from the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Claims Conference and Jewish Federations of North America. Photo by Misha Kovalev.

Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine

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Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
Potato plants grown in the greenhouse were infected with potato late blight or sprayed with water as control. Credit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

New protein-based biosensor detects potato and tomato crop disease

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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new molecular sensor system that detects harmful diseases in plants and food crops, including potatoes and tomatoes. Potatoes have become the world’s third major food...
From left: Amir Hamidi, former U.S. attaché in the United Arab Emirates; Zohreh Mizrahi, president of the Persian American Civic Action Network (PACAN); and Alex Selsky of the Israeli Victory Project. Credit: Courtesy.

Anti-regime Iranian activists visit Israel to garner support and spread awareness

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As European and American negotiating teams continue to convene in Vienna in an attempt to sign a new nuclear deal with Iran, the Iranian people have taken to the streets to protest the rising...
Baby formula. Credit: Ksenia Sandulyak/Shutterstock.

Like rest of nation, Jewish families grapple with baby-formula shortage

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For months now, stores have been struggling to stock enough baby formula, even as manufacturers insist that they are producing at full capacity. In February, the Food and Drug Administration shut down a formula...

Jordan proposes building joint wheat storage center with Israel

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Jordan’s King Abdullah II has proposed that the Hashemite Kingdom and Israel jointly set up a wheat reserves and foods storage center, Reshet Bet reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the proposal was made during a...
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...
A DoorDash delivery rider. Credit: rblfmr/Shutterstock.

Kosher soup kitchen joins with DoorDash in New York to help feed families

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A Jewish-run and kosher-certified soup kitchen and food pantry operating in New York City has partnered with the food-delivery service DoorDash to provide meals and groceries to families in need in the boroughs of...
The store in central Israel where thousands of people in need go shopping for free in a respectful experience. Photo courtesy of Shani and Osher Shukrun.

The Israeli supermarket where you can shop for free

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A few years ago, Shani Shukrun began matching people up on Facebook. Not for romantic purposes, but to bring together people in need with donors who could help them. Each time, she’d raise 300 to...