The global race is on to further develop clean-tech industries. Pollution has taken its toll and no country is immune from its effects. Each country brings its own specifi c set of challenges to the Green Revolution but on this one front, our goals are united. Israel, historically a leader in innovation and technology, has risen to the clean-tech challenge in recent years.

Huaiji Hydro Power Project, CLP

The challenges that Israel has overcome in terms of natural resource scarcity has made Israel a natural partner for other nations as they face critical environmental challenges.

The list of Israeli/Jewish companies excelling in green tech is long. Even a search among those companies putting their technology to use across Asia yields a more than impressive number in the areas of renewable energy, electric cars, natural gas, water technology, desalination and waste-management.

We walked through the two lines of barbed wire at Auschwitz and, at that moment, there was no air to breathe. It was not the sight and sounds of the place… it was seeing our children walking inside the wire. The air evaporated, the mind screamed… So it was also in Maydenek… in the gas chamber, so small, so diabolically efficient… to see our children there, and to catch a glimpse of the hell on earth that it must have been for parents to be unable to save their children.

March along the railroad tracks used for transports

We had for some years talked about going on the March with our children… we felt a need to bear witness, to be with them in coming to terms with the past and, as importantly, we hoped that their Grandparents would, Please G-d, live to know that their Grandchildren had done the trip. This year we did. As we waited for the March to begin, we found ourselves milling around with some IDF officers beside us. One carried the Sefer Torah dedicated to Ilan Ramon, ob”m… bringing back other, more recent, sad memories.

Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and their induction into the United Nations in 1939, Israel has established and maintained relations with 162 nations around the world.

Israel's Prime Minister, Mr. Ehud Olmert & Korea's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Song Min-soon

The Foreign Ministry serves to implement and represent the foreign policy of the Government of Israel worldwide. They also promote Israel's economic, cultural, and scientific relations and foster cooperation with developing countries in a number of areas. A key function of the Ministry is also the increased development of relations with Diaspora communities and the protection of the rights of Israeli citizens abroad.

Perth is the capital and largest city in Western Australia. It is Australia’s forth largest city, with a population of approximately 1.5 million. Perth was founded in 1829 as the political centre of the free settler Swan River Colony. The metropolitan area is located between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Range.

Downtown Perth

The central business district is situated on the beautiful Swan River which winds itself through Perth’s suburbs. The climate in Perth is typically Mediterranean - with wet, rather mild winters and warm, dry summers and the standard of living is very high. The original Jewish settlers in Perth were largely from South Africa and tended to be very orthodox in their practices. Other Jewish groups concentrated themselves in other Australian cities like Melbourne or Sydney.