IsraelCast

This week on IsraelCast, we are joined by Yosef I. Abramowitz, an activist, educator, and pioneer in the solar energy industry in Israel and East Africa. Nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize and named by CNN as one of the six top global “Green Pioneers,” Abramowitz talks about his goal of providing clean electricity for 50 million people globally by 2025 through his company, Energiya Global. From developing the first solar fields in Israel to now announcing solar fields in Africa and the United States, Abramowitz explains the environmental challenges and opportunities Israel and the world are facing.

This week on IsraelCast, we are joined by Adele Raemer, who has lived in a Kibbutz on the border with Gaza since 1975. A mother and grandmother, she moderates a Facebook group called “Life on the Border”, which describes what life is like for residents of the Gaza Envelope communities during both calm times as well as during periods of tension and high alert. Listen as Adele paints an honest and insightful picture of life in this region, and what Jewish National Fund is doing to support the people who live there.

This week on IsraelCast, we are joined by Rabbi Dov Lipman, respected educator, active political leader, and widely published media spokesperson. Lipman shares his personal and professional experiences – from telling his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, that he planned to make Aliyah to Israel, to his time as a Member of the Knesset. Tune in to hear his views on the current challenges Israel faces, and what lies ahead.

Today on IsraelCast, we broadcast from the radio station at Alexander Muss High School’s campus in Hod Hasharon, just outside Tel Aviv! Our guest is the school’s co-CEO, Orit Rome.

Today on IsraelCast , we spotlight Jewish National Fund partner Red Mountain Therapeutic Riding Center, a unique center located on Kibbutz Grofit that provides weekly horseback riding therapy to nearly 200 children and adults with physical and mental disabilities, as well as emotional and behavioral issues in Israel’s Arava Valley region. Here more from its Jewish National Fund liaison, Alon Aviel.

Today on IsraelCast , we spotlight Jewish National Fund partner Special in Uniform in honor of Jewish Disability Awareness, Inclusion, and Acceptance Month.  We welcome SIU director Lt. Col. (Res.) Tiran Attia.  SIU is an innovative program that aims to integrate young people in Israel with Autism and other special needs into the IDF, and in turn, into Israeli society. Lt. Col. (Res.)

This week on IsraelCast, we talk to Elie Honig, a CNN Legal Analyst who previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. Honig discusses his recent (and first) trip to Israel, where he had the opportunity to meet with Gabriel Bach, the Israeli jurist who was the deputy prosecutor in the prosecution of Adolf Eichmann.

Today on IsraelCast , we welcome Rabbi Ari Lamm to the program! One of the great, young, thought- leaders of our time. He’s the special advisor the president of Yeshiva University, with whom he works closely on all matters concerning the university’s mission and vision.  He also oversees intellectual and philosophical initiatives emerging from the office of the president. Most recently, he was the resident scholar at the Jewish Center of Manhattan. He’s a founding editor and contributor at The Lehrhaus, a forum to generate thoughtful and dynamic discourse around Jewish ideas.

Today on IsraelCast, we have our second two-time guest. Joining us in the studio once again is Lior Lev Sercarz! You may remember Lior is a Chef, Master Spice Blender and Owner of La Boîte – a biscuits and spice shop in NYC. Lior works closely with leading chefs around the world, developing custom spice blends for them and for other customers. Lior is also the driving force behind the International Culinary Institute (ICI), which is being built with Jewish National Fund in Israel’s Upper Eastern Galilee.

Today on IsraelCast , we speak with Dr. Clive Lipchin, the Director of the Center for Transboundary Water Management at the Arava Institute. Clive joined the faculty of the Arava Institute in 2003, where he teaches a multi-disciplinary course on water management in the Middle-East.  He oversees research projects, workshops and conferences that focus on transboundary water and environmental problems facing  Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Territories.