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Over the past six months, the synagogue has focused on environmental initiatives. In addition to the solar panels placed on top of the campus buildings, the synagogue has mulched its entire 6 acres to preserve water, created two large food gardens, added a chicken coop, sprinkled various herbs, garden beds, bushes and trees around the day schools, and is in the midst of building a Jewish honeybee “hotel,” so the synagogue can produce honey and teach families and students about bee preservation.

North American-Israeli Devorah Brous has been a social activist in Israel for fourteen years. After nine years running Bustan, a social justice and sustainability organization that works with the Bedouin community in the Negev, Brous has returned to live in the United States. She spoke on the phone with Am Johal.