![]() Solowey, 68, immigrated to Israel from California in 1971 and has since spent her life on Kibbutz Ketura, which was founded by North American graduates of the Young Judaea Zionist youth group in 1973, 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Eilat.Īrriving as a qualified tree surgeon, she went on to earn further degrees and a doctorate by correspondence with US universities. It is in this unlikely kingdom at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in southern Israel that she continues to produce more date palms, other plants mentioned in the Bible such as frankincense, myrrh and Balm of Gilead (associated with the caravan that made its way from Gilead to Egypt and to which the young Joseph was sold by his jealous brothers in Genesis 37:25), and still more species that may hold medicinal potential or the promise of new crops that can be grown sustainably in dry conditions or that are valuable to the ecosystem and in danger of extinction. She also has two run-down greenhouses that lack even basic temperature control. Revered by plant geeks like a rock star, Solowey, 68, works out of an office crammed with books, old coffee and spice jars filled with seeds, and little vials with different shapes of thorns. ![]()
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