The Washington Institute - conference 2024

Washington Institute for Near East Policy conference, with US Ambassador/negotiator Dennis Ross, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud, Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog,  IDF armed forces attache Maj. Gen. Hidai Zilberman, former US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, former US deputy national security advisor Dina Powell McCormick, Admiral Brad Cooper of US Central Command, and protestors outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.

A rather interesting and timely assignment.

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Ambassador Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud

Ambassador Thomas Nides

Dina Powell McCormick

Defense minister Yoav Gallant

Admiral Brad Cooper

Maj. Gen. Hidai Zilberman

Ambassador Michael Herzog

More spring walks, 2024

 Continued walks alone & with Ruth.

Bluebells, sunset, koan tree... 

(Reston, Seneca Park, Glencarlyn Park)

Black in The Day: Photographs of historic Black Arlington | An invitation

 You are invited to the opening of Black in The Day: Photographs of historic Black Arlington

a showing of photographs by Lloyd Wolf from the collection of the National Endowment for the Arts Survey Grant-funded Arlington Photographic Documentary Project (APDP).

The opening is:

Sunday May 5th from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM

at

FOHTA® Gallery (From One Hand to Another)

2206 South Monroe Street, Arlington VA 22206

Forty-five black-and-white photographs from Green Valley, Halls Hill, and Johnson Hill were all made in 1980 of these historically Black neighborhoods in Arlington, Virginia.

Many were made possible by the aid and direction of the late John Robinson.. Only a handful of the pictures have been seen by the public before.

The exhibition will run through June 19 (Juneteenth), 2024

For further information contact Felecia McFail, gallery director - Fohta@Fohta.com

See you there!

April Fool 2024

 

This is the 50th year I have celebrated April Fools and shared the foolishness.

Ruth and magnolia blossom (Homage to Magritte #2)

 

Ruth and magnolia blossom (Homage to Magritte #1)

 

Kleztronica at Bossa Bistro

Kaia Berman Peters (vocals, accordion, DJ)  in collaboration with Rachel Leader (fiddle, of Mamaliga) performed a high-energy set at Bossa Bistro in DC as part of the kleztronica movement - a loose collective of young diaspora Jewish artists creating what they have dubbed Yiddish House music /electronic klezmer.

Mrs. Toretsky’s Nightmare / Blue light

Mrs. Toretsky’s Nightmare: Howard Unger, Rachel Goldsmith, Jeff Toretsky and company at Bossa Bistro in Washington DC.

Observations from my walks

AIMBE 2024

I just finished photographing an assignment for AIMBE, The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

These scientists and research engineers are extraordinarily creative people, continually at the cutting edge of knowledge and its applications.

All the pictures were captured live onsite in-camera using multiple exposures.

Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Iftar

The American Muslim and Multifaith Women's Empowerment Council (AMMWEC) held a Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Iftar at Bnai Tzedek Congregation, in Maryland.

Words of cooperation, partnership, and mutual respect were shared by AMMWEC's executive director Anila Ali, Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Israeli Ambassador Herzog, Bosnian Ambassador Sven Alkalaj, dignitaries from a range of nations and organizations, with religious services led by both Rabbi Wenblatt and Imam Faizul R. Khan. 

The Ramadan fast and the Fast of Esther were broken with an Iftar meal of kosher Pakistani cuisine.