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Jesus may have eaten dates, but Jews grew them
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Meet the U S -born, ex-paratrooper about to shake Israel s environmental policy
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In 2005, Elaine Solowey made history when she managed to germinate a 1,900-year-old date palm seed, bringing an ancient species back to life.
Now, the California-born Solowey has set her sights on rescuing dozens of other threatened or endangered types of plants, with hopes of rehabilitating habitats and finding ways to help farmers and others cope with a warming climate in an already arid region.
Revered by plant geeks like a rock star, Solowey, 68, works out of an office crammed with books, old coffee and spice jars filled with seeds, and little vials with different shapes of thorns. She also has two run-down greenhouses that lack even basic temperature control.
Israel Could Be a âSuperpower of Goodness,â Says Presidential Hopeful Yosef Abramowitz
âI have but one ideological ax to grind, which is the climate,â Abramowitz says
(The Media Line) Yosef Israel Abramowitz, 56, an American immigrant to Israel and well-known environmentalist, announced last week that he will run for the position of president of Israel.
A graduate of Boston University in Jewish public policy and a Wexner graduate fellow at the Columbia Journalism School, Abramowitz has been a pivotal player in putting the solar energy industry on the map in Israel and Africa. He is is president and CEO of investment platform Energiya Global Capital, which finances the development of green energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa, and co-founder of the Arava Power Company at Kibbutz Ketura in Israelâs Arava Desert. He has been named by CNN as one of the planetâs top green pioneers and was nominated by 12 African countries and Belize for the 2021 Nobel Pea
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