To Jews around the world, the current Jewish year, 5782, might not seem to have great significance, but among Israeli farmers, this year is a momentous one. We’re currently in a shmita year-a full ...
William and Malya Levin run the Alliance Community Reboot in Salem County, New Jersey. (Photo by Ahron Moeller) In our modern capitalist society, Jewish farmers can’t really observe the shmita year — ...
TROY, N.Y. — A local Shmita study group based in Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy, collected $3,164 in donations and recently invested them in the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region to honor ...
A recent social media post shared by a colleague said, “I feel like after the year we’ve all had, our rabbis should be able to stand up on Rosh Hashanah and just exclaim, ‘I am so overwhelmed! I don’t ...
With shmita, the sabbatical year for agriculture, just around the corner (beginning on Rosh Hashanah 5782, September 7, 2021), secular, religious, and ultra-religious protagonists have yet another ...
We are in an era of multiple interlocking crises. From record-breaking heat waves to wildfires to water shortages, from rising authoritarianism to a pandemic rampaging across the world, it is clear ...
TROY, N.Y. — A local Shmita study group based in Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy, collected $3,164 in donations and recently invested them in the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region to honor ...