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The environment a popular cause among the Ultra-Orthodox

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

Tags: Environment, Ultra-Orthodox

Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for January 13, 2008.

Secular Israeli stereotypes regarding their religious counterparts tend to hold fast.

The ultra-Orthodox are known to isolate themselves and denounce anything relevant to the modern world. The environment is the last cause many would expect them to take up.

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Lucky for the earth, the secular are wrong. Religious leaders across the country have done an impressive job combining environmentalist ideology with Jewish teachings thousands of years old.

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1.	Black hats, green livin`	11:23	\|	Steven Goldflam	14/01/08

2.	Holding Fast	11:25	\|	Jak Black	14/01/08

3.	i`m not convinced	12:13	\|	marcia	14/01/08

4.	EXTREMELY SLOPPY JOURNALISM, HAARETZ	13:04	\|	Israeli Greens	14/01/08

5.	what`s really going on with Jewish Eco-Ed	13:08	\|	Michelle	14/01/08

6.	To Israeli Greens	13:29	\|	Candice	14/01/08

7.	Israeli greens	13:55	\|	Tom	14/01/08

8.	To #`s 3, 4, and 5	15:35	\|	Deborah	14/01/08

9.	Silly Premise	15:53	\|	Ron	14/01/08

10.	to #9	16:49	\|	Tom	14/01/08

11.	Very good, BUT sorry, I didn`t see any of this in Orthodox area`s	20:56	\|	John	14/01/08

12.	Plant trees if you do not go to the IDF	21:25	\|	Ajay Kaur	14/01/08

13.	So, can we please get reclycling facilities	22:01	\|	cor	14/01/08

14.	To #4, hey, this journalism isn`t sloppy!!	22:36	\|	Steven Goldflam	14/01/08

15.	amazing	23:33	\|	Judith	14/01/08

16.	Impressive, but untrue	00:08	\|	Jonathan	15/01/08

17.	The Environment in Jewish Thought and Law	10:09	\|	Sviva Israel	15/01/08

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