View the full calendar of events below, or sort events by categories and/or tags by clicking those icons below.
July – November 2023
On promotion to Colonel and to the General Staff, her first assignment was as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Education and ETS Branch Colonel. She then studied Hebrew at the Defence Academy for six months before attending the 49th Israeli National Defence College in preparation for her role as the United Kingdom’s Defence Attaché to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Mark is a well-known media litigator who pioneered the phone hacking claims that led to the closure of the News of the World.
Jo Burgon will talk about life in the army from a woman’s perspective and her job as the Defence Attaché at the British Embassy.She has had a distinguished career and this should be a fascinating talk.
This is a kosher restaurant. Please let Sue know if you plan to come, so that the restaurant can be informed of the numbers..
Jill Shames is a Clinical Social Worker specialising in Trauma and Health Care Resilience and a volunteer with United Hatzalah (and an Advanced Black Belt in Shorin-ryu Karate!)
18 months ago she shared with us her experience helping children and women in Moldova and in Ukraine.
Now she is using her skills working with the soldiers and police who experienced the horrors of the Simchat Torah invasion.
In this Zoom meeting, Jill will share with us her coping techniques. We will practise them together and she will tell us of her recent experiences using these techniques.
There is no charge for this event but we welcome your contributions to the donation that HOB Rehovot will be giving to United Hatzalah to suppport this important effort.
Please register with Steve Morris,
sdmorris@gmail.com
or Whatsapp to 054-7228879
The Zoom link will be sent the day before the event.
Prof. Newman holds the research chair in Geopolitics at Ben Gurion University. Originally from London he made aliya in 1982 and has lived in the southern community of Meitar for the past 35 years. In 2013 he was awarded the OBE for strengthening academic and scientific links between Israel and the UK. Prof. Newman studied at the University of London and completed his PhD at the University of Durham before coming to live in Israel.
Booking essential: Warren@Rances.net.
Suggested donation of NIS 20 per person and all proceeds from this event will be donated to The Association for Israel’s Soldiers. Payment can be made via Paybox https://bit.ly/HOBProfNewman