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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.

The Jerusalem Report: April 12, 2010 - Patricia Golan

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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.

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