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Paul Cohen at his home in Narsaq, Greenland. (Dan Fellner/ JTA)
August 21, 2023, 6:18 am
The only Jew in remote Greenland sometimes feels like ‘the last person on Earth’
Paul Cohen has lived for 22 years in the isolated town of Narsaq, where he works remotely as a translator. And, he says, the rare Jewish tourists always manage to seek him out
By dan fellner
One of the activities available during the annual Desert Nights festival in the Negev, August 2023 (Courtesy Iran Vanezia)
July 26, 2023, 2:20 pm
The desert shows off its charms during August’s Negev festival
A month-long celebration features starry nights and activity-packed days in Israel’s quiet, arid south
By Jessica Steinberg
Pine processionary beetles burrowing into the ground. (Dr Gal Zagron, Head Of Pest Control and Pesticides, Ministry of Environmental Protection)
April 18, 2023, 1:37 pm
Environment ministry warns public not to touch stinging caterpillars
Pine larvae carry stinging hairs that cause skin, eye, throat irritation and allergic reactions; come down from the trees in spring to pupate
By Sue Surkes
The KKL-JNF's Yatir Forest in southern Israel's Negev. (Alex Kolomoisky)
September 12, 2022, 6:38 am
With planted forests threatened by development, KKL plans to root protections in law
Bringing a leading planner on board, organization seeks to preserve trees and expand woodland countrywide, including by refining the very definition of forest
By Sue Surkes
The bride and groom, Ophir Haberer and Adi Aboody, exit the chuppah after the ceremony with family and friends applauding, June 4, 2022. (Luna Munn Photography)
August 16, 2022, 1:39 am
In California, a wilderness-inspired wedding celebration marries nature with Judaism
Adi Aboody and Ophir Haberer, who met through Wilderness Torah, a group of earth-focused Jews, mark their nuptials with an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar
By Alix Wall
Great white pelicans at a water reservoir in the Hefer valley, in central Israel, on October 22, 2021. Pelicans stop off in Israel during their annual migration from the Balkans to Africa, where they enjoy a mild winter before returning to Europe. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 9, 2022, 2:02 pm
Israeli nature loses equivalent of a medium-sized city to development every year
Annual State of Nature report highlights negative consequences of galloping urbanization amid population growth, but notes increase in protected open space
By Sue Surkes
Old structures from the original kibbutz in this photo taken along the historic Neve Ilan Forest walk. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 15, 2022, 9:18 am
Ancient and not-so-ancient history meet in the blossoming Neve Ilan Forest
Take a walk in the lush hills just outside Jerusalem, where structures of a kibbutz from pre-state Israel and an ancient Hasmonean fortress sit together among the wildflowers
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
An aerial view of Gamla on the Golan Heights. (AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
December 28, 2021, 8:48 pm
Fast-tracked plan to double Golan population is a minefield — nature advocacy group
Society for Protection of Nature in Israel calls to strengthen existing communities rather than create new ones, protect nature and include public in planning
By Sue Surkes
‘Polar Night’ features the large male polar bear which looked through Galitz’s camera lens (above) walking across a frozen fjord in Svalbard at around midnight looking for seals’ breathing holes, summer 2018. (Roie Galitz)
October 29, 2021, 1:55 pm
Podcast: Capturing nature, one photo at a time
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes speaks with award-winning Israeli photographer Roie Galitz about his love for polar bears and the coldest parts of the planet
By ToI Staff
Resting from the climb after reaching the top of Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 24, 2021, 10:24 am
Stunning views from Goliath’s hometown show its ancient strategic importance
The rocky ascent to Tel Tzafit, thought to be the biblical city of Gath, is dotted with colorful foliage leading to a panoramic lookout over the length and breadth of the Holy Land
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The Nazareth Iris. (Yuval Sapir)
March 13, 2021, 9:01 am
As irises bloom, the king of Israel’s wildflowers is in the field
A cornucopia of royal, or Oncocyclus, irises, are flowering in a rainbow of colors from northern to southern Israel, one of the few places in the world they can be found
By Sue Surkes
A volunteer repainting trail markers in the KKL-JNF's US Independence Park (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 27, 2021, 9:45 am
Stroll among the humble cyclamen on a not-so-humble jaunt in the Judean Hills
From brilliantly blooming buds to scenic views and unusual and entertaining recreation areas, KKL-JNF’s US Independence Park between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh is not to be missed
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Alex Kohanski began using gender-neutral pronouns on their first day of the Adamah Jewish farming fellowship. (Courtesy of Kohanski)/ via JTA
February 27, 2021, 3:07 am
Transgender Jews in the US find a safe haven in an unexpected place: The farm
17-year-old Jewish farm fellowship Adamah says since its inception at least 10% of participants have changed pronouns over the course of the program
By Ben Harris
The lower trail at Beit Zayit. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 30, 2021, 9:09 am
A breath of fresh air: 5 invigorating nature walks to cure what ails you
When lockdown restrictions are lifted, stretch your limbs among the stunning views, sweet-smelling flowers, and lush vegetation along these free-to-access trails
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Almond trees blossom in the Golan Heights, on February 27, 2020. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)
January 27, 2021, 8:20 pm
Erupting with flowers before spring, almond tree a bounty of Jewish symbolism
The subject of a biblical miracle and a sign of industriousness, the almond tree blossoms in time for Jewish arbor day, while most other plants are still locked in winter’s embrace
By Sue Surkes
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