While staying at the Carlton

During our stay at the Carlton, Ann and Beth (although she goes by the name Tamar in Israel, and incidentally Tamar spelled backwards is Ramat, as in Ramat Gan where she lives) went on several ORT trips and I went on one with Ann.

ORT personnel took official photos at a number of these places (various ORT schools in Israel) and when I obtain them, I'll try to post them on this page.


One of the trips was from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to see the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin (first image). He spoke about how much the State of Israel valued their partnership with ORT. There are over a dozen ORT schools in Israel, with all of them, I think, jointly funded.

The person in charge of ORT in Israel is named Nechama Kenig and in the second image she is with Ann in front of the statue called "Jacob and Sisyphus at the Well". The statue is in one of the garden terraces at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. We had a nice supper there. A description of the statue (and a bigger image of the statue), which was acquired about 10 years ago is here.

As part of our 'insiders tour', we were told about the acquisition of a painting by Nurit David called "Care of the Sick".  It is actually a life cycle painting which has representations of the painter from early childhood (coming down the slide) to death (being carried down the ladder on the right).  It was painted in 2010 and acquired in 2017 by the museum. Nurit's website is here.