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Culture in Philly - Coming This Week! |
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MARCH 3 - Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia (IFF) Presents
Dolphin Boy
8 PM at the Franklin Institute
MARCH 8 - Live musical performance by Idan Raichel
7:30 PM at Congregation Rodeph Shalom
See bottom for more information about the events and to purchase tickets. |
 Consulate News |
PROFESSOR BLUMBERG - CONSULATE VISIT
Dr. Dan G. Blumberg, Deputy Vice President and Dean for Research and Development at Ben-Gurion University of Negev, presented to a diverse group at the Consulate this week. He first met with senior law enforcement officials, businessmen and supporters of the American Association for BGU. In the next meeting, he discussed with community leaders the fascinating, new research and technology developments that are being made in the field of homeland security at BGU.
Picture here at the Consulate from left: AABGU Philadelphia Chapter Board Members Barbara Sivan and Richard Nager; Keynote Speaker Dr. Dan Blumberg; AABGU Board Member Helen Bershad and husband Jack R Bershad, Chairman of AABGU's Mid-Atlantic Region; AABGU Mid-Atlantic Region Associate Director Andrew Demchick and BGU graduate Dan Valsky. |
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Travel Tip |
DIVING IN THE DEAD SEA
From Israel21c
Avraham Bresler gets a rush out of diving in extreme locations. The first time he dove in the Dead Sea, he was being paid to clean out an underground pipe. Today, he runs guided extreme diving tours in the Dead Sea, which most would unsay is unfit for divers.
"The water is warm but it's as if you're in the Antarctic. Everything is white; it looks like you're diving in ice. The water glitters because of all the salt. It really is another world," Bresler stated.
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Photo Courtesy of Dead Sea Divers. |
The Dead Sea has a salinity level of 35 percent. Divers are required to wear full face masks and carry approximately 100 lbs. of weight. Because of the extreme conditions, only seasoned divers are allowed on this tour. Divers must have logged at least 50 dives in order to qualify for the Dead Sea plunge.
Though Bresler has dove hundreds of times in some of the world's most beautiful diving spots, he believes that the Dead Sea "is among the most magical diving destinations on the planet."
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