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Audio: London to Baghdad - Custodians of History and Civilization
2/3/2010 8:32:00 PM
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.Irving Finkel and Donny George - caretakers of history at two of the greatest museums of the world! Dr. Finkel shares his excitement with discoveries on ancient cuneiform tablets, the origins of modern culture and writing from Sumer, and life in Abraham's time. Irving tells the fascinating story of how the Jews of Cochin helped unravel
the ancient board game of Ur.
Former Director of the Iraq Museum, Professor Donny George Youkhanna picks up the Sumerian thread. Donny is an Assyrian and feels personally connected to Assyrian culture, artifacts, and texts. Currently at Stonybrook University, as former Chairman of the Board of Antiquities he continues actively preserve history in Iraq, insisting
on protecting Ezekiel's tomb with ancient Hebrew inscriptions. With great passion Donny explains the travesty of looting and then presenting artifacts in museums and collections.
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SHORT - Custodians of the British and Iraq Museums speak with personal passion and fascination about the treasures they preserve and their value for society today - Dr Irving Finkel of British Museum and Prof. Donny George, former Chairman of the Board of Antiquities and Director of the Iraq Museum. Fascinating, inspiring, and edifying!
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BARNEA LEVI SELAVAN is a native of Chicago, IL. He has worked in public relations, primarily for the Jerusalem Reclamation Project in the Old City of Jerusalem. Barnea received rabbinic ordination from the late Rabbi Y. Ruderman, and is a sought-after lecturer as well as a successful tour guide and educator. He specializes in Jerusalem's Old City and the Western Wall excavations, and is the author of the successful book, “Tzaddik's Guide to Jerusalem's Old City.” Barnea lives in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem with his wife and children. DOVID WILLNER grew up on the fringe of Hollywood. He earned an MA Ed. from Loyola Marymount University, specializing in Marriage Family and Child Counseling, and has worked extensively in informal Jewish education. Dovid studied at the Hebrew Institute of California, and directed programs for NCSY, JCCA, the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, and the Jewish Agency in Israel. He is the founder of Mountain High Productions, a company providing graphic design and media consulting and production, bringing a wealth of experience in media and education to Foundation Stone's ongoing activities. Dovid lives in Efrat with his wife and children. DOVID & BARNEA learned together in California in the '70's and established Foundation Stone in 1996. Together they host the LandMinds podcast every Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Israel time on Israel National Radio. And the rest is... history.