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Ramat HaNegev
Illustrative: A chunk of cmehin, or desert truffle (Courtesy Flora of Israel Online/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
March 1, 2018, 8:08 pm
Israeli researchers cultivate desert truffles worth more than uranium
Scientists manage to combine the rare fungus with a common dessert shrub; market price reaches $120 per pound
By JTA
The newly recognized Jewish town of Sheizaf in the Negev desert. (photo courtesy of Ayalim Association)
November 3, 2014, 8:03 pm
Government overrules court, legalizes new town in Negev
Decision trumps verdict that slated desert community of Sheizaf for dismantlement on environmental grounds
By Avi Lewis
A Shavuot celebration at Kibbutz Tzuba, near Jerusalem (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash 90)
June 3, 2014, 7:56 am
Celebrate Shavuot with water, shortcakes and community
It’s the harvest festival that includes a load of options for any kind of celebrant
By Jessica Steinberg
April 10, 2013, 5:12 pm
Polish square named after Ben-Gurion
Plonsk honors the memory of its famous native son who became Israel’s first prime minister
By Stuart Winer
March 8, 2013, 3:26 pm
Second swarm of locusts descends on Israel’s south
Shifting winds blow hundreds of thousands of the flying pests across the Egyptian border; volunteers asked to look to the skies
By Ron Friedman and TOI staff
March 8, 2013, 8:14 am
Southern farmers fear new swarm of locusts
Shifting winds may blow millions more of the flying pests across the border; volunteers asked to look to the skies
By Ron Friedman
A view of the crater's ridge in Mizpe Ramon (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2013, 8:38 am
48 hours around Mitzpe Ramon
Craters and cheese, wine and the stars, all in the rejuvenating desert climes of the Negev Desert
By Jessica Steinberg
'The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth' (1914) By Jennie A. Brownscombe
November 22, 2012, 6:05 pm
Challah, canned cranberries and ‘peanuts’ — Americans in Israel give thanks slightly differently
From celebrating a day late to sending pizzas to families in the south, how to mark Turkey Day in the 51st state
By Jessica Steinberg
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