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New, more fanatical Muslim rulers caused the quality of Jewish life in North Africa and Egypt to deteriorate during the 12th and 13th centuries.

Arabic was the spoken and written tongue of the Jews in the medieval Muslim empire, a fact that encouraged cultural exchange and the development of new forms for Hebrew poetry.

Medieval Jews found religious tolerance and economic opportunity in Poland

The accumulation of disasters in the Middle Ages--expulsions, crusades, and the Black Death, to name a few--inspired a steady stream of Jewish immigration to the Holy Land.

The Israeli presidency is largely a ceremonial role.

The Jewish spiritual tradition offers ways to think and act in harmony with nature and for the benefit of the environment.

Jewish texts have much to say on this subject.

Once considered the language of an older generation, Yiddish is now being embraced by hip twenty- and thirty-somethings.

It's vibrant. It's aggressive. It's in the Middle East.

Do we respond immediately to a claim of dire need, or perform

Contemporary Concerns on Nature and the Environment. Jewish Nature. Jewish Environment.

Themes and Theology of Nature and the Environment in Jewish Culture. Jewish Nature and the Environment.