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Sukkot

This Friday evening will begin the holiday of Sukkot. It is a multifaceted holiday that connects us to the environment, to our history...

Water With Your Foot?

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Ekev, continues Moses’ final discourse to the Jewish People before we entered the Land of Israel. In...

Ruben, Gad, and the America's Cup

This week’s double Torah portion of Matot-Maasei is a difficult part of the Torah. Even as a vegetarian, I can accept the many sections...

Milk, Honey, and Water

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Shelach Lecha, is another one of the Parshiot that does not mention water at all. Milk and Honey? Yes,...

Underwater in Eilat

My name is Sophia MacVittie. I'm a marine biology major at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida and this summer, I have had an...

First Ever Scientific Dive at the Dead Sea

Ben Gurion University researchers have discovered deep springs on the floor of the Dead Sea, which provide fresh water to the rapidly...

Deep Sea Judaism

In a different kind of Taglit-Birthright trip, a group of young American Jews passionate about scuba diving came to Israel to learn about...