Bat Kol Institute was founded in Toronto on 8th April 1983 and is now based in Jerusalem. Since then it has enabled Christians to study the Bible from within the living traditions of Judaism, with Christian and Jewish professors.

Bat Kol Institute provides opportunities for academic study in Israel, both in the classroom and in the field, through participation and engagement with the biblical texts, visiting associated archaeological sites, and the experience of Jewish liturgies as modelled in homes and synagogues throughout Israel.

The spiraling prices of wheat and other food grains all over the world bring to focus significant elements of human existence—land and production. The decrease in wheat and rice production is alarming. “Big suppliers like Argentina, Australia and Russia all have been reporting a decline in their output because of drought or other climate related...