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Kibbutz Ketura was founded in 1973 in the Arava Desert, on the Jordanian border about 50 km north of Eilat. The kibbutz was founded by a seed group from the American Zionist youth group Young Judaea, and over half of the current members are immigrants from English-speaking countries.

Businesses include desert agriculture, educational tourism, technical writing, Web publishing, an agricultural research station, a graduate-level ecological studies program, and a variety of individual entrepreneurial projects.

Ketura is the only kibbutz in Israel which has a kosher dining hall, and public observance of the Shabbat and holidays, without being formally affiliated with any religious movement. As a result, it has attracted members with a wide variety of religious backgrounds, and garinim from the Israeli Scouts, which has a similarly pluralistic policy. It also hosts groups from Noam, the Masorti (Conservative) youth group.

Resources in This Category

• Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES)

  http://www.arava.org/
  M.S. and M.A. in Desert Studies. Promoting professional cooperation in the Middle East. Describes year program, masters program, faculty, research, student life, field study trips, special programs.

• Kibbutz Ketura

  http://ketura.org.il/
  Offers information for volunteers, visitors, and potential members about this kibbutz located 50 kms north of Eilat.

• Marla Slott

  http://www.marlaslott.com/
  Original oil paintings and watercolors of Israeli desert landscapes by an artist from Kibbutz Ketura.

• The New Farm: Seeking life in the desert, on the desert's terms

  http://www.newfarm.org/international/israel/sept/
  Account of a week spent working with Elaine Solowey in her experimental orchard, working to find practical solutions for sustainable small-scale agriculture in marginal conditions.

 

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