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RAMOT NAFTALI, Israel (Reuters) - The piercing note of a shofar - a ram's horn used in Jewish religious ceremonies - cuts through the mountain air of the Galilee. Here in northern Israel, shepherdess ...

TORONTO - A breed of sheep believed to have been raised by the Jewish patriarch Jacob may soon be brought to Israel, its Biblical homeland, after an Israeli couple gathered a herd in Canada and ...

These days, this fairly recently-named Jacob sheep is a very rare breed, with only a few thousand in existence. Gil and Jenna Lewinsky want to bring it back to Israel. Back home. Nobody is really sure ...

Gil and Jenna Lewinsky, a Canadian Jewish farming couple, had a different sort of aliyah in mind when they loaded more than 100 sheep on a cargo plane for Israel, animals they said hail from Biblical ...

A Jewish farming couple from Canada says it has shepherded the sheep of the bible back to the Holy Land after centuries in exile. With donations from Jewish and Christian supporters, and some help ...

Jacob sheep are a rare breed said to be descended from the patriarch Jacob's flock referenced in the Book of Genesis. TORONTO (JTA) – A rare breed of sheep said to be descended from Jacob’s flock ...

Jacob Sheep got their name in the late 19th century because their spots and speckles match the description in the Book of Genesis of Jacob's flock, according to sheep expert Elisha Gootwine. With ...