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January 2016 – January 2017
Chaim Martell will look back on his career as a medical photographer, with the warning that this illustrated presentation is not for the faint hearted!
A talk by Ian Banks, a lawyer, on the ins and outs of making a will
First Aid Talk/Demonstartion by MDA, followed by tea
Also, presentation of Charity Shield Donation to MDA
A Small Step to the Moon but a Giant Leap in Undertsanding of the Jewish Calendar of its Day – A talk by Barbara Moont
The Earth goes around the sun every year and the moon goes around the earth every month. The Jewish calendar is based on both of these rotations. Around the year 350, Hillel HaNasi started the Jewish calendar of today. His accuracy was not equaled by the Western calendar for another 1000 years.
Barbara will explain the history of the Jewish calendar. She will also talk about the moon landings starting in 1969, when she worked on the Apollo project.
The history, conservation & digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls, presented by Orit Rosengarten, Assistant to the Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at the Israel Antiquities Authority.