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A field of pomegranate trees in Moshav Kfar Achim, south-central Israel, September 8, 2019. (Mila Aviv/Flash90)
September 23, 2025, 9:21 am
Why pomegranates, a Rosh Hashanah staple, are disappearing from Israeli farms
Loved by King Solomon, the fruit is valued for its beauty and health benefits. But farmers of this ruby-red member of the Seven Species complain that growing it is overly expensive
By Sue Surkes
Amiram Moierman, 85, is a lifelong fruit farmer who's been fighting the battle against encroaching imports. In his Karmei Yosef orchards, June 2021. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 7, 2021, 2:32 pm
The fruit farmer who swears by his pomegranates (and loquats and apricots)
Amiram Moerman says pomegranate juice saved him from the coronavirus, but rails against the Israeli government and its latest efforts to change the local farming industry
By Jessica Steinberg
Pomegranates sold for the upcoming Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on September 8, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 20, 2018, 3:59 pm
Preliminary study finds pomegranate juice may lower fetal brain damage risk
Haifa team finds that pregnant rats who drank the nectar showed significant reduction in susceptibility to dangerous inflammation in themselves and their embryos
By ToI Staff
Pomegranates at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on August 25, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 18, 2017, 4:36 pm
Jewish New Year fruit may hold seeds of hope for brain disease sufferers
Israeli neurologist, nanotech expert make pomegranate oil capsules that send antioxidants where they can have the most effect
By Shoshanna Solomon
Chowing down on maklouba and hummus with Open Restaurants at the Old City market (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 25, 2016, 9:16 am
Culinary tour samples pomegranates and chickpeas, upgraded Ottoman fare
Tastes of culinary history accompany an Open Restaurants visit to Jerusalem’s Old City market
By Jessica Steinberg
Picking apples for Leket, the food bank, for Rosh Hashanah 2016 (Courtesy Leket)
September 29, 2016, 1:50 pm
Rosh Hashanah fruit is in focus for food bank
Leket, which organizes volunteers to pick crops for the needy, trains its eye on apples, pomegranates and carambolas for the New Year
By Jessica Steinberg
The Seven Species Salad created by Waldorf Astoria executive chef Itzik Barak for a global Waldorf tasting competition (Courtesy Sarka Babicka)
February 3, 2016, 4:57 pm
A salad of biblical proportions at the Waldorf
Master chef Itzik Barak brings the traditional seven species to his hotel chain’s annual competition
By Jessica Steinberg
Pomegranate and Honey Glazed Chicken for a festive, and meaningful, main course this Rosh Hashanah. (JTA)
September 12, 2015, 10:36 pm
A fruity main course with a nod to the Bible for the New Year
If you’re still looking for that wow-’em meat dish, this Pomegranate and Honey Glazed Chicken will do the trick
By Liz Rueven
A pomegranate (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA Aravind Sivaraj/Wikimedia Commons)
April 9, 2015, 4:46 am
Pomegranate-date combo helps prevent heart attacks, Israeli study finds
Technion scientists say half a glass of pomegranate juice and 3 dates a day can protect arteries, reduce cholesterol buildup by 28%
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Shulim Greenberg's organization, Chesed 24/7, receives a truckload of pomegranates each year donated from Pom Wonderful, the nation's largest pomegranate juice producer. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)
January 10, 2015, 11:02 pm
Hasidic help and healing through… pomegranate juice
New York volunteer health organization spreads Judaism’s 613 commandments, one juice bottle at a time
By Uriel Heilman
photo credit: Andrea Brownstein/Photoli Photography
September 3, 2013, 3:10 pm
Traditional Rosh Hashanah fare, minus the sheep’s head
Braise beef cheeks in pomegranate sauce and wine for a festive holiday dish
By Shira Buzelan
Illustrative: Ruby-red Rosh Pered pomegranates, growing near Binyamina, just north of Caesaraea (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 1, 2013, 5:49 am
The poetic goodness of pomegranates
A father-and-son pair of organic fruit farmers talk about the whys, wheres and hows of the country’s best Rosh Hashanah fruit
By Jessica Steinberg
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