The Jerusalem Report
An Ideal Community
A group of U.S. Jews wants to live in a new, progressive community in the Negev desert. Environmentalists warn of misguided development plans.
April 12, 2010
Patricia Golan
Developing the Negev is the clarion call of modern Zionism and a 40-year-old mission of Ben-Gurion University. But, is building new, small isolated communities the way to go? As Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Chicago seeks new pioneers and dollars to build Carmit, BGU's Prof. Alon Tal, a leading environmentalist says no.
