Rotary Club of Jerusalem well represented at District 2490 Half Year Convention

On Friday January 9, 2009 our District 2490 (Israel) held its half year convention. It was held at the Hecht Museum at Haifa University - our RC Jerusalem was represented by PDG Irene Lewitt, P/P Ruth Harris, Mike Rand and P/E Mark Zober

Highlights of the Convention included:

1. Greetings by the President of Haifa University Aharon Ben Zeev, who received a Paul Harris Fellowship;

2. Greetings by DG Yael Lazarus;

3. Musical interlude by Alex on the organ;

4. Presentation on the current status of Rotaract in the District -7 Clubs with 59 members;

5. Breakout sessions on community services and other topics; and

6. The election of Moshe Edelman as District Governor for RY 2011-12.

Other activities at the convention included sale of homemade jam by the Gan Yavne Club, sale of wine by the Benyamina Rotary Club and sale of the newly translated (Hebrew) of the Rotary International Manual of Procedures.