At Congregation Beth Ahm we do more than just greet you
at the door. With an open heart, we welcome you into our
spiritual home. Everyone is embraced, everyone takes part,
everyone is cherished. Every person — men, women and
children — is invited to participate in our service, to be
involved in the way they feel most comfortable. There are no
strangers here. No insiders and outsiders. No important and
unimportant. At Congregation Beth Ahm, we like to think of
our congregation as one big family... where everybody knows
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have traveled all over the world, seen great cities and
mesmerizing landscapes, but there is no sight more
breathtaking than the Negev desert.
Jewish National Fund has embarked on Blueprint
Negev, a long-term vision to develop the Negev into a
hospitable environment that will become home to
250,000 new people over the next five years. We move
forward in this international $500 million campaign with
Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael, Daroma, the Israeli
government and the Or Movemerit. JNF plans include
building reservoirs, creating infrastructure for new
homes, identifying job opportunities, and attracting
industry, while preserving the desert environment. JNF
is creating a philanthropic bank to assist in financing
loans for people moving to the Negev.
• Our plan is to build 25 new communities and
strengthen existing communities across the Negev.
Here's an update on our work in the northeastern region.
Negev residents
At Haruv, 22 families have founded a community
enjoy their surroundings in
with the goal of growing to 210. Their vision is one of
Israel's next frontier.
religious and secular Jews living side by side, sharing
community resources and activities. JNF is providing temporary homes, the infrastructure
for permanent ones and a playground for Haruv's children.
At Kibbutz Shomriya, established in the 1930's, only 13 families remain. The Israeli
government approved a plan to turn over the kibbutz to 60 families evacuated from Gaza.
Another 90 families will follow. JNF has cleared the land and is preparing the infrastructure
for the permanent homes. The current kibbutz members will move to nearby Kibbutz Dvir
where they will welcome additional families when the infrastructure is completed.
Once a military outpost, Sansana has been refashioned with the help of JNF as a new
Negev town. It currently has 220 people and looks to expand to 2,200. Living in temporary
JNF-sponsored caravans, residents have already found work in the area or study at nearby
Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva.
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Giv'ot Bar, which literally means 'hills of grain,' has plans to grow to 500 families with
JNF's continuing partnership. At Carmit, JNF is working with Nefesh B'Nefesh to establish
an English-speaking community where Diaspora Jews can change the quality of life and
image of the Negev.
Northern Negev planned communities map
There's a lot more to this story. To learn more about the communities of Blueprint Negev,
visit www.jnf.org/negev.
This is no mirage. This is our vision: Blueprint Negev, David. Ben Gurion's dream made possible
by JNF, its partners and you. Be Israel's 21st century pioneers. Join me today.
Sincerely,
Ronald S. Lauder, President, Jewish National Fund — email: RLauder@jnf.org
P.S. To get a free DVD about our work in the Negev, visit
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