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A vision for an oasis in the desert: Timna Park
Jewish Journal
August 17, 2016
Three decades ago, a man from Milwaukee looked out at a lonely stretch of the Negev desert in southern Israel and decided to create something seemingly impossible: a tourism draw.
Moving and shaking: Honoring Max Steinberg, The Concern Foundation and more
Ryan Torok
August 4, 2016
Marking the second anniversary of lone soldier Max Steinberg’s July 20, 2014 death while serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Steinberg’s parents, locals Stuart and Evie Steinberg, and Jewish National Fund (JNF) Ammunition Hill Liaison Yoel Rosby visited the Wall of Honor at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on July 20.
JNF reveals finances for first time, holds $2 billion in land
Jewish Journal
July 8, 2015
The Jewish National Fund, releasing its finances for the first time, revealed that it owned $2 billion of land as of last year.
JNF Canada cancels Huckabee speech amid LGBTQ objections
Jewish Journal
June 15, 2015
The Jewish National Fund of Canada has canceled a scheduled speech by U.S. presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee
Interview with Avigdor Lieberman: ‘About our PR, I completely agree, it is very, very bad’
Jared Sichel
September 17, 2014
The meteoric rise of Israel’s Russian-speaking, Moldova-born immigrant and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman may be proof, as he told an admiring Jewish National Fund (JNF) crowd in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, that Israel is more like America than even America.
Court upholds conviction of Irvine protesters
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2014
A California state appeals court has upheld the conviction of 10 students at the University of California, Irvine, who disrupted a 2010 speech by then-Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren.
Stop Prawer-Begin plan for Bedouin resettlement
Jewish Journal
December 14, 2013
The Negev Bedouin village of Umm el-Hiran is where I first learned about what it means to be rooted, to be devoted to something with steadfastness. It is here that I learned the true impact of Jewish National Fund (JNF) afforestation on the Bedouin, which is far from JNF’s whitewashed and spit-shined-glossy version.
Israeli UN ambassador sees opportunities
Jared Sichel
December 12, 2013
For Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, the Iranian nuclear threat is real, the hostility coming from the United Nations is enduring, and Palestinian calls for two states are disingenuous.
Hunting for the perfect (JNF) Christmas tree—in Israel
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2012
Winding up and down the rows of Arizona brush trees, Jason Heeney sees slim pickings for Christmas.
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