By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — Places and people have their names changed from time to time. Kibbutz Nahal Oz was originally established as an army outpost in 1951. At that time the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel was just a ploughed furrow to demark where Egypt ended and Israel began. [...]
By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — If you ask anyone at this time of the year in the Sha’ar Hanegev area what the word Red brings to mind, you will get two answers. Here our spring is extremely short. It’s really a brief cross over from Winter to Summer. In February March [...]
Editor’s Note: In this column, Dov Hartuv, a new correspondent in Sha’ar Hanegev municipality, Israel, introduces himself. Sha’ar Hanegev, alongside the border of Gaza, is the partnership region of the Jewish Federation of San Diego, By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel– It must be in our genes. We have always been nomads. Since the [...]
