Dr Ruth Calderon is the former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and current MK for the Yesh Atid party. An educator and Talmud scholar, she co-founded Elul, a pioneering Beit Midrash, and founded and directed the Home for Hebrew Culture (Alma). She is a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and one of Israel’s leading voices for the revival of a pluralistic Israeli-Jewish identity.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is an Israeli government video showcasing the latest agricultural technologies of the future. The innovations include drones that can harvest crops and heard cows hands-free, vertically grown tomatoes and cucumbers, and an internet for bees.