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Green gold: Israel sets a new standard for legal medical marijuana research, production and sales
Just over six years ago, in the lush Upper Galilee of northern Israel, the nation’s first large-scale harvest of legal medical marijuana was flowering on the roof deck of Tzahi Cohen’s parents’ house, perched on a cliff overlooking the bright-green farming village of Birya. Until then, fewer than 100 Israeli patients suffering from a short list of ailments had been allowed to grow the plants for themselves, but this marked the first harvest by a licensed grower.
Holy harvest
It’s a Tuesday evening, and Rabbi Craig Wyckoff is turning the compost in a wire bin next to rows of kale, tomato and cucumber plants on the grounds of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City (UUCSC).
Israeli court approves harvesting of dead woman’s eggs
In an unprecedented decision, an Israeli court has ruled that the eggs of a deceased woman can be harvested and donated.
Sit, eat, stay a little while in the sukkah
Sukkot is \’z\’man simchatenu\’ — our season of rejoicing. It is a time to celebrate, to enjoy meals with guests, to sing, to study and to appreciate life. It is a time \’le-shev ba-Sukkah,\’ to live life to its fullest — in the sukkah.