[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1674495580584{padding-top: 2% !important;padding-bottom: 2% !important;}"] by Rabbi Paul Citrin Monday, January 23, 2023 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]On a January day in 1925, Chayim Nachman Bialik delivered the keynote address at the inauguration of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. Two themes...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]A conversation with a special guest - Professor Daniel Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where Israel’s first School of Sustainability and Climate Change was just founded about the challenge...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]Ultra Orthodox children make up 25% of the Jewish school system in Israel, and in Jerusalem, 63%. Clearly, SPNI's conservation efforts must extend to this sector. Oshra Attia, environmental education coordinator at...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]In this recorded webinar you'll get to some facts about Israel and the environment: Learn how Israel’s model of nature protection is enlightening the world. Hear about new models of eco-innovation that...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]Join the new Chair of Nature Israel, Jonathan Silverstein of Austin, Texas, in a talk about transforming Nature Israel (SPNI's U.S. affiliate) into one of the top 10 philanthropies caring for the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]Fresh from the US and Canada, Jay Shofet in conversation with Jonathan Silverstein, Chair of Nature Israel, and Dan Alon, Deputy CEO of SPNI, talk about Re-wilding, why everyone should care about...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]Gitit Weissblum, SPNI's lobbyist and coordinator of government relations, in an interview with Jay Shofet, discusses:   • what's SPNI currently focusing on in the Knesset   • which government ministries are the most challenging   • is...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]History of the Nili & David Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO) and Women Birders - A discussion with Alen Kacal Director of the JBO.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]A special update on trees, afforestation and Israel wildlife with Amir Balaban - Director of Urban Nature - will talk about the state of the forest after last year's fires.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=""...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1673049126371{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]Protecting the Israel's Mediterranean Coast - with Hadas Gan Perkal, Marine Project Coordinator.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOUTXSlKMQ" align="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left"...