Added: 24th March 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 585 Comments:0
Rabbi Natan Slifkin, a.k.a. the Zoo Rabbi, is a lecturer at yeshivot and seminaries in Israel, the author of numerous books on Torah and the natural world, and has taught Zoo Torah to thousands of people worldwide. Click on the links below to learn more about his fascinating and unique career....
Added: 16th April 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 399 Comments:0
A safari park in Israel is changing its animals' diets in preparation for Jewish Passover. There is no doubt that these monkeys are into this special matzah treat!
Added: 31st May 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 335 Comments:0
An historic video broadcast from the Space Shuttle during the ill-fated flight of the First Israeli astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramon (STS-107 broke apart on re-entry - all hands lost). One of the astronauts shows the world what Israel looks like from space, including a zoom-in shot of Jerusalem (as...
Added: 1st June 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 463 Comments:0
The great Jewish comedian legend, Harvey Korman, died Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 81. Korman, a native of Chicago, was a character actor from the beginning, playing the butler in a seventh-grade production of Heidi. In high school he was active in drama club, and after graduating, he...
Added: 15th June 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 355 Comments:0
ISRAEL VULTURE REVIVAL: They eat the dead, but now, many of them are dying out on their own. Vultures in Israel have been on the decline in northern Israel for years: A program at the Jerusalem Zoo is changing that. Researchers take eggs from mating vultures early in the season. That allows for...
Added: 19th August 2008 Posted By:Yarden Views: 492 Comments:0
Jerusalem Zookeepers Save Handicapped Tortoise With Unique Wheelchair - One of Earth's slowest moving mammals just got a lot faster as Zookeepers in Jerusalem Biblical Zoo strapped wheels onto the bottom of a tortoise. The ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise, named Arava, received her new set...