JNF hopes to refashion Negev lifestyles to lure newcomers

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: July 11, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

TALYA HALKIN
Jerusalem Post
07-11-2006
Headline: JNF hopes to refashion Negev lifestyles to lure newcomers
Byline: TALYA HALKIN
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 08

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 -- Standing Monday afternoon on a barren hill overlooking a scattering of mobile homes baking in the desert sun, executive members of the Jewish National Fund's US delegation surveyed the landscape surrounding the new Negev community of Givot Bar.

Having arrived in Israel for JNF's four-day World Leadership Conference, delegation members spent the day in the Negev visiting projects funded and supported by the ...

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