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Jewish-sponsored youth village in Rwanda hosts first utility-scale solar power field
The first utility-scale solar power field in East Africa, built on land belonging to a Jewish-sponsored youth village in Rwanda, was launched.
Six weeks after Better Place bust, some Israelis still bullish on electric cars
It was perhaps the biggest startup failure in Israel’s history. Five years of bombastic hype. $850 million of funding burned. Networks planned in at least seven countries. A founder who spoke of changing the world.
Israeli solar power pioneers take global step forward [UPDATE]
Arava Power Company co-founders have hired an outside company to raise $10 million to fund the development of solar fields outside of Israel.
Pro-Obama video by Sarah Silverman’s sister to begin airing in Florida
A video in support of President Obama produced by the sister of comedian Sarah Silverman will begin airing in Florida.
Head in the clouds and feet in the desert, Yosef Abramowitz dreams of Israeli solar power
Yosef Abramowitz is running out of time. With only minutes to go until he has to speak to a group of donors at the Jewish National Fund, Abramowitz looks like he just finished a workout. He\’s wearing sneakers, shorts and a white T-shirt featuring an outline of David Ben-Gurion\’s head superimposed on the picture of a sun.
Twenty-Nine Days to Make Mitzvot
Aryeh Green and Yosef Abramowitz were sipping tea in a Bedouin tent last year in Sde Boker, a kibbutz in Israel\’s Negev desert, when they had an idea. Participants at a conference of Kol Dor, an organization that seeks to revitalize Jewish activism and unity across the globe, the two were discussing how the group could promote Jewish identity and peoplehood.