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Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference

Faith and science can work together to motivate people to make environmentally-minded decisions and to give meaning to those choices. That was the overriding message

16/05/2018

2018 Beyond Borders Tour

Last week saw the completion of the Arava Institute’s first Beyond Borders Tour, and it was a wonderfully successful trip. 18 participants from the United

09/05/2018

Biodiversity of Sand Dunes

During the week before Passover, some of our students participated in a week-long Biodiversity of Sand Dunes workshop with Dr. Uri Shanas in cooperation with

23/04/2018

Arava Institute Staff Trip to Rawabi

Last week, the Arava Institute traveled to the Palestinian city of Rawabi. Rawabi, located next to Ramallah, is the first planned city built for and

15/04/2018

Director’s Blog April 2018: Playing the long game

It has been a very busy Passover holiday. The plight of the Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers has been one of the centers of attention

09/04/2018

2018 Alumni Conference

The 2018 Arava Alumni Peace and Environmental Network (AAPEN) Conference was held at the Institute in Kibbutz Ketura. It was attended by over 160 graduates,

26/03/2018

Beginning of Spring 2018 semester

We’re excited to welcome the 58 students and interns of the Spring 2018 semester. In this largest student body in the history of the Arava

18/02/2018

Corey Mikami memorial planting

On the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat, the “New Year of the Trees”, we gathered at the Arava Institute’s Experimental Orchards/Shelter Garden to plant plants

06/02/2018

Panel on humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The Public Council of the Arava Institute hosted a salon meeting last week entitled The Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza – Risks And Opportunities. Speakers included

24/01/2018

L’hitraot: An intern’s end-of-semester reflections

As the first semester of my program comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on this other-worldly experience here. Over the past four

16/01/2018

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