DSS party

ON ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY: Moving and Shaking: Dead Sea Scrolls, Yom HaAtzmaut and The Women’s Guild (Ryan Torok/Tess Cutler, Jewish Journal).

Blue tablecloths decorated tables, Israeli music played, and Hebrew-speaking security personnel were on guard as the local Israeli consulate held an upbeat Yom HaAtzmaut celebration at the California Science Center on April 23.

The crowd of 500 mixed and mingled, enjoying food and cocktails, while dignitaries posed for photos and many people ventured upstairs to the museum’s second floor to tour the museum’s current Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition.

The event drew a slew of influential and diverse personalities, including politicians, astronauts and clergy. They included Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles David Siegel and Israeli-American Council (IAC) Board Chairman Shawn Evenhaim.

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Background on the California Science Center's exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Los Angeles is here and links.