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Presentations
These are some of the Powerpoint Presentations that we have
done.
Some of them are quite large and may take a few minutes to download. So please
be patient.
ID | Date | Title | #Slides & Size(mb) | Comment |
A000 | Pictures from CAFIP Meetings | |||
B094 | Jan/2014 | Philatelic Judaica | 60 slides 11mb | Adapted from a SIP presentation given by Dr. Albert Friedberg (Cleveland) in Sep/1967 |
B131 | Dec/2013 | JNF Essays, Proofs & Early Issues | 79 slides 13mb | Adapted from a SIP presentation given by Howard Chapman in Dec/2013 |
B136 | Apr/2016 | US Naval Ships with a Jewish Connection | 151 slides 21mb | Adapted from a SIP presentation given by Joe Weintrob in 2009 |
C103 | Mar/2014 | Jewish Holidays | 134 slides 48mb | |
C105 | Oct/2015 | Jewish Philately | 50 slides 6mb |
Adapted from the article “Stamps” in the Encyclopedia Judaica |
C106 | Nov/2015 | Ancient Seals: A Precursor to Modern Stamps | 104 slides 4mb | Adapted from the article “Seals” in the Encyclopedia Judaica |
C108 | Oct/2016 | High Holidays & Sukkot | 115 slides 30mb | |
C109 | Nov/2016 | The Bible: Told Through Stamps | 213 slides 32mb | Very large. Took 3 meetings to complete (Nov-Jan). |
C110 | Feb,Mar Apr/2017 |
Bible Scenes by the Great Master Artists
www.tinyurl.com/zrpszdm |
289 slides 20mb | Three part series. |
C112 | May/2017 | Israel Independence & Memorial Days on Stamps... 1950-1965 | 138 slides 18mb | |
C113 | June/2017 | Israel Memorial Days on Stamps... 1966-2018 | 288 slides 41mb | |
C114 | Apr/2018 | Israel Independence Days on Stamps... 1966-2018 | 118 slides 16mb | |
C116 | May/2017 | Jerusalem Day on Stamps | 118 slides 16mb | |
C120 | Nov/2017 | The Process of Stamp Design | 25 slides 12mb | This is a brief record of a presentation delivered by a noted stamp designer, Avi Dunkelman |
C118a | Sep/2017 to Jan/2018 |
The Running Stag: The
Stamps and Postal History of Israel Part A www.tinyurl.com/y2fxmz4c |
272 slides 38mb | This presentation is based on the book "The Running Stag" by Meir Persoff,
published in 1973. It is the postal history of Israel up to that
point. Because it is so large, it is being staged over the course of a number of months. Sep12. We went through slides 1 to 70, covering the following subjects: Palestine Forerunners. Oct10. We went through slides 71 to 135, covering the following subjects: British Mandate. Dec12. We went through slides 136 to 193, covering the following subjects: Interim Locals (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Rishon Lezion). Jan9. We went through slides 194 to 269, covering the following subjects: Interim Locals (Safad, Nahariya, Haifa, Beer Sheba, the PATCO fraud), Birth of Hebrew Stamps. |
C118b | Feb, Mar/2018 |
The Running Stag: The
Stamps and Postal History of Israel Part B www.tinyurl.com/yyzewece |
136 slides 6mb | Feb13. We went through slides
1-80, "Israel's First Stamps" and "Introducing Photogravure".
Mar13. We went through slides 81-140, "Designing for Gravure". |
C122a |
May, Jun/2018 |
Stamp Designers, Israel Part A - Wallish & Shamir Bros www.tinyurl.com/y6j3mpty |
280 slides 52mb | Part of a series dealing with Israel's early
stamp designers from the 1950s, 60s. May8. Completed the section on Wallish. June5. Completed the section on Shamir Bros. |
C122b |
Sep/2018 |
Stamp Designers, Israel Part B www.tinyurl.com/y5xknuha |
277 slides 63mb | Part of a series dealing with Israel's early
stamp designers from the 1950s, 60s. Sep4. We covered the following designers: George Harmori, Miriam Karoly, R.Errell, Franz Krausz, M. Kara, Arthur Szyk, Reuven Rubin, Wind-Struski. |
C122c |
Oct, Nov/2018 |
Stamp Designers, Israel Part C - Weishoff www.tinyurl.com/y5m2ddc6 |
228 slides 51mb | Part of a series dealing with Israel's early
stamp designers from the 1950s, 60s. This one deals with Eliezer Weishoff. Oct9. Covered his Israeli stamps. Nov13. Continued with his foreign stamps. Also watched video interview of him. https://youtu.be/oydkNlV9W-E |
C122d |
Dec/2018 Jan/2019 Apr/2019 |
Stamp Designers, Israel Part D www.tinyurl.com/y3wjl5px |
228 slides 51mb | Part of a series dealing with Israel's early
stamp designers from the 1950s, 60s. Dec12. We covered the following designers: I.Blaushild and G.Rothschild & Z.Lippmann. Jan8. We did part of Zvi Narkis. Apr2. We covered Zvi Narkis, Paul Kor, Friedel Stern .. In addition to the PPT, we watched two videos… https://tinyurl.com/yd8maxqc ..... Youtube: Indonesia World Stamp Exhibition - HA'ARETZ interview with Dr. Les Glassman ........ https://tinyurl.com/y7xqjtwa .... Ethiopian Postal Service Enterprise - Postal Museum Addis Ababa |
C126 | Mar/2019 | Composers On Stamps: The Jewish Connection??? | 40 slides 4mb | Special presentation by Howard Mednick, a classical music DJ known for his creative themes, which employ technology to connect audiences with leading performers and orchestras from around the world. Thru postage stamps we looked at the following composers, conductors, etc: Felix Mendelssohn, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Gustav Mahler, Georges Bizet, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland |
C118c | May/2019 Feb11/2020 |
The Running Stag: The
Stamps and Postal History of Israel Part C www.tinyurl.com/y3qvtp6h |
177 slides 15mb |
May14/2019. We went through slides
61-126, "Designs & Designers - Conclusion" and "Philatelic
Faux Pas". |
C122e |
June/2019 Sep/2019 |
Stamp Designers, Israel Part E - Kalderon www.tinyurl.com/yybdz5px |
220 slides 39mb |
Part of a series dealing with Israel's early
stamp designers from the 1950s, 60s. This one deals with Asher Kalderon. June11. Went thru slides 1-130. Sep10. Completed the remaining 90 slides and then saw the webinar with Tal Kalderon. Webinar01-TalKalderon_Y190604.mp4 www.tinyurl.com/yywm37kk |
C123f | Oct10/2019 Jan14/2020 |
Stamp Designers, Israel Part F - VardimonWolfensohnEtc www.tinyurl.com/r5ade3e |
230 slides 40mb |
Part of a series dealing with
Israel's early stamp designers from the 1950s, 60s. |
Nov12/2019 | Jewish Settlements
in Palestine:1870-1914 Guest speaker: Ed Kroft |
Ed's presentation
is still a work-in-progress, so its not ready for our website. However you
can read the press-release about it.
https://tinyurl.com/qvjm2uk LongURL |
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C127 | Dec10/2019 |
Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra www.tinyurl.com/uej4a36 Guest speaker: Howard Mednick |
73 slides 9mb |
Mednick focuses on
the founding of the IPO and the important roles played by Bronislaw Huberman &
Arturo Toscanini. He also takes us through the five compositions that were
featured
at the first IPO concert in 1936: ● Gioacchino Rossini - La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder) ● Franz Schubert - Symphony 8 (Unfinished) ● Johannes Brahms - Symphony 2 ● Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night’s Dream ● Carl Maria von Weber - Oberon Overture Although this is mostly about music, there are a lot of stamps. |
Jan14/2020 | See C123f | |||
Feb11/2020 | See C118c | |||