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April 2016 – January 2017
“In our Own Hands” – The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II
Booking essential
First Aid Talk/Demonstartion by MDA, followed by tea
Also, presentation of Charity Shield Donation to MDA
Film “Young Victoria”
Starring
Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany,
Miranda Richardson and Jim Broadbent
with a screen play by Julian Fellowes.
Admission includes afternoon tea
One of our members has a giant cinema screen
and digital projector set-up in their home. We will
be screening a full film which has yet to be chosen
from a large list. There will be plenty of time to
socialize over refreshments.
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.