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Anti-Annexation Camp – Alumni Activism

During the Spring 2020 semester, Arava Institute students and interns experienced lock-down together during the most intense months of the coronavirus pandemic between March and

13/07/2020

Letter to KKL: Eviction of the Sumarin family from their home

Since 1996 the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies has brought over 1,000 Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian, and international students together on its Kibbutz Ketura campus, where

28/06/2020

group of women in the desert, seen from behind raising their arms to the sky

End of Spring 2020 semester

Last week we said goodbye to the students and interns of the Spring 2020 semester, our ‘covid cohort’. The 57 participants from Palestine, Jordan, Israel,

18/06/2020

COVID-19: Research updates

The Arava Institute has maintained a relatively high level of activity in our research centers and other departments throughout the pandemic. Here is a quick

31/05/2020

group of alumni sitting in circle outdoors

Alumni reflections: Sharing, caring, learning, and dancing together – the unlikely effect of Coronavirus

It is hard to conceive of many silver linings of the current pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, as of Saturday, May

25/05/2020

Alumni network activities during the coronavirus crisis – an alumna’s view

At the beginning of global lockdown/quarantine/stay at home orders, I, like many, reached out to my friends from afar, especially those from my semesters at

24/05/2020

An open letter on annexation to Member of Knesset Benny Gantz

Dear MK Gantz, We are writing to you out of deep concern regarding the proposed annexation of parts of the West Bank. As environmental experts

14/05/2020

Ramadan celebrations on campus

Ramadan is an Islamic religious occasion that is practiced every year all over the world. It is considered the month of giving, and bonding with

12/05/2020

Easter celebrations on campus during the coronavirus crisis

The Easter festivities on the Arava Institute campus were put together by some of the Christian students who introduced some of their familial traditions, and

13/04/2020

Passover celebrations in the midst of the coronavirus – a student view

Passover celebrations all across the Jewish world this year looked radically different than anything we have seen before, this goes without saying. Already, dozens of