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| OHCC LIVING | APRIL 2025 | 33 Welcome spring! We hope March rain brings us beautiful owers this month. e Travel Club is busy planning day trips to parts of Southern California. Places we would like to visit and hope you will also. If there is a place you would like to visit or experience, please feel free to contact us (ohcctravelclub2025@gmail.com) with your suggestions. Here are our upcoming trips: April 16: Kimberly Crest House & Gardens in Redlands featuring a Victorian Chateau and Italian Renaissance styled garden. e house, built in 1897, is a charming example of life during the Gilded Age in Southern California. Following our tour, we head to the nearby A.K. Smiley Public Library, built in 1894. Nearby is the Lincoln Memorial Shrine, a philanthropic work of Robert Watchorn in memory of his son Ewart, who lost his life during WWI. May 20: Reagan Library and the Dead Sea Scrolls. is is a once in a lifetime experience to view eight authentic Dead Sea Scrolls and over 200 artifacts from the Second Temple period including the Magdala Stone and objects from Masada. July 4: Cruise the San Diego Bay on the Hornblower to view the Big Bay Boom Fireworks Display. is will be a wonderful sightseeing and cocktail cruise experience. Complimentary Appetizers and a no host bar will be provided on the cruise. Aug. 13: Pageant of the Masters. A favorite trip to Laguna Beach to see this outdoor theatrical performance where famous works of art are brought to life onstage. is year's theme is GOLD COAST: Treasures of California. Masterpieces from the most revered museums and monuments in Golden State will be featured. Frequently people on a trip need to cancel. Many people on our wait lists actually have had the opportunity to go on our trips. To be placed on the waitlist or to register for any of our trips, leave a check made out to the OH Travel Club, in the Travel Club envelope at the Clubhouse front desk. Add $5 to the price if you are not a member of the Club. You will receive an email conrming your registration. We certainly hope you will join us on one of our trips! Written by Amy Blount and approved by the Travel Club Board. Your OH Travel Club Board, Adele, Lynn, Amy, and Jeannine Travel Club Yiddish Club As the holiday of Passover approaches on April 12, it's interesting to reect on some Judeo-Arabic history, as we are reminded of the exodus from the land of Egypt. e Ben Ezra Synagogue of Old Cairo, according to folklore, is located on the site where baby Moses was found. e synagogue's founding date is suggested to be around 882 A.D. and has occupied three separate buildings in its long history. In 1012, an Egyptian caliph ordered the destruction of all Jewish and Christian places of worship in Cairo, so the original Ben Ezra Synagogue was torn down, to be rebuilt in the 1025-1040 period. A deliberately set re destroyed the second Ben Ezra house of worship in 1168. e third synagogue lasted from about 1168 until the early 20th century, surviving another re in the 15th century. A remodel occurred in 1488 and again in the 1880s. Ben Ezra was completely rebuilt in the early 1890s and renovated in the early 20th century. Around this time, a very important discovery was made. Found in a storeroom of the synagogue was a treasure trove of forgotten, stored away Hebrew, Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic secular and sacred manuscripts, the majority of which are now being kept at the Cambridge University Library. e most recent restoration of Ben Ezra Synagogue took a decade to complete and was inaugurated on Aug. 31, 2023. It is a popular tourist attraction, as the synagogue is no longer used for religious practice. Unfortunately, there are less than a dozen Jews of Egyptian ancestry residing in Cairo at the present time. Please SAVE THE DATE for the Yiddish Club's second model Seder on urs., April 17 to celebrate Passover. PLEASE NOTE: Yiddish Club emails and yers MAY BE going to your Spam. Check your Spam regularly! More information to follow. Also, if you have updated information (address, phone number, email), please send it to Dorothy Ganz, Records Administrator, at allgees@aol.com. Written by Dorothy Ganz