Events Calendar

It is important to book your place for security purposes. You MUST submit your full name to the Secretary Ruth Barina (hob.ruthie@gmail.com), alternatively you may leave a message on the HOB telephone 050-744-7411 no later than Thursday 12th January. Please note if you do not submit your name, entrance cannot be guaranteed.

Ambassador Quarrey joined the FCO in 1994 and was most recently Director for the Near East and North Africa. He has previously worked as a Private Secretary to Prime Minister Blair and as Director for Foreign Policy in the National Security Secretariat. He has served overseas at the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York, in New Delhi and Harare.

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A Talk by Barbara Moont on the History of the Jewish Calendar and the Moon Landings @ Private home

Jan 21 @ 19:30 – 22:00

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.

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Rehovot talk: The Dead Sea Scrolls – History, Conservation and Digitization @ Home of Jo & Ian Levitt

Jan 21 @ 20:00 – 22:30

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.