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Article: Boom operator Stef Wertheimer continues to dream
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- Jerusalem Post
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- August 14, 2001
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Jessica Steinberg
Jerusalem Post
08-14-2001
Headline: Boom operator Stef Wertheimer continues to dream
Byline: Jessica Steinberg
Edition; Daily
Section: Economics
Page: 12
Tuesday, August 14, 2001 -- Stef Wertheimer doesn't think of himself as a real- estate developer. Far from it. The 75-year-old is a self- made Zionist entrepreneur who creates capitalist kibbutzim.
Not far from Lebanon, in the bare hills of the Western Galilee, is the embodiment of his Zionist dream, the industrial park of Tefen, centered around Iscar, Wertheimer's privately owned precision tool business and home to some 20 start-ups.
In its idyllic setting, a three-and-a-half hour drive from Jerusalem, Tefen is a symbol of ...