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The accumulation of disasters in the Middle Ages--expulsions, crusades, and the Black Death, to name a few--inspired a steady stream of Jewish immigration to the Holy Land.

The Israeli presidency is largely a ceremonial role.

The Jewish spiritual tradition offers ways to think and act in harmony with nature and for the benefit of the environment.

Jewish texts have much to say on this subject.

Once considered the language of an older generation, Yiddish is now being embraced by hip twenty- and thirty-somethings.

It's vibrant. It's aggressive. It's in the Middle East.

Do we respond immediately to a claim of dire need, or perform

Contemporary Concerns on Nature and the Environment. Jewish Nature. Jewish Environment.

Themes and Theology of Nature and the Environment in Jewish Culture. Jewish Nature and the Environment.

According to at least one scholar, Jewish tradition does not recognize the right of personal conscientious objection.

Extending a biblical exemption from military service to Israeli refuseniks.

Scholar Norman Roth questions whether the idea of the medieval Church makes sense as a category of analysis for Jewish history.