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Milim Spring 2019
Tony Zendle
Counting the Stars - Jews in Space
In space nobody can hear you scream, but they can hear you kvetch.’ From Leonard Nimoy’s Vulcan salute to the Soviet cosmonaut, from Levi Ben Gerson to William Herschel and Carl Sagan, Jews have made a contribution to all things astronomical.
Tony Zendle has gathered together many of the stories that relate to Jews’ involvement; their role in science fiction; as astronauts; as astronomers, and the talk will reflect that, but more than that you will learn about how salt beef and bagels went into space, about the Nazi Daleks, and along the way some issues that have clouded the fictional element of the tales.
Tony’s latest book is “Counting the Stars”, a book of two halves. Real Jews in Real Space, and Unreal Jews in Unreal Space.
Real Jews – the astronomers who opened up, and continue to explore our understanding of the Cosmos; the people who enabled man to go to Space, both Russian and American. Unreal Jews – Space Opera, Space Theatre, and not just Star Trek and Spock’s salute, but also Dr Who, and the Jewish authors of science fiction; indeed the man who coined the term science fiction.
Johno Ellison
It's on the Meter: One Taxi, Three Mates and 43,000 Miles of Misadventures around the World
It’s on the Meter: One Taxi, Three Mates and 43,000 Miles of Misadventures around the World
When three friends – Paul, Johno and Leigh – clicked ‘buy’ on an iconic London cab, little did they know what they were letting themselves in for. Leaving the Big Smoke in their taxi bound for Sydney, the lads began a 43,000-mile trip that would take them off the beaten track to some of the most dangerous and deadly places on earth. By the time they arrived home, they would manage against all the odds to circumnavigate the globe and break two world records.
From altercations with the Iranian secret police to narrowly escaping the Taliban, the trio’s adventure is filled with hair-raising escapades. Feel the fear, revel in the fun and meet some of the hundred passengers the taxi picked up along the way, as the authors take you on their action-packed journey.
Walking the Wharfe: An ode to a Yorkshire river
In a world of globetrotting explorers and record-breaking journeys – of which he has been part himself – Johno Ellison decided to return to his roots and walk the entire length of the River Wharfe, the Yorkshire waterway beside which he grew up.
In his new book for Bradt, Walking the Wharfe, Ellison retraces the steps of Victorian author Edmund Bogg to investigate how the riverscape and its communities have evolved during the intervening 120 years. While wild camping, meeting modern-day Vikings, wartime ghosts and the fearless ‘Dales Dippers’, and learning how not to deal with a herd of over-inquisitive cows, Ellison encounters a microcosm of English history and culture.
Tony Zendle
Counting the Stars - Jews in Space
In space nobody can hear you scream, but they can hear you kvetch.’ From Leonard Nimoy’s Vulcan salute to the Soviet cosmonaut, from Levi Ben Gerson to William Herschel and Carl Sagan, Jews have made a contribution to all things astronomical.
Tony Zendle has gathered together many of the stories that relate to Jews’ involvement; their role in science fiction; as astronauts; as astronomers, and the talk will reflect that, but more than that you will learn about how salt beef and bagels went into space, about the Nazi Daleks, and along the way some issues that have clouded the fictional element of the tales.
Tony’s latest book is “Counting the Stars”, a book of two halves. Real Jews in Real Space, and Unreal Jews in Unreal Space.
Real Jews – the astronomers who opened up, and continue to explore our understanding of the Cosmos; the people who enabled man to go to Space, both Russian and American. Unreal Jews – Space Opera, Space Theatre, and not just Star Trek and Spock’s salute, but also Dr Who, and the Jewish authors of science fiction; indeed the man who coined the term science fiction.
Johno Ellison
It's on the Meter: One Taxi, Three Mates and 43,000 Miles of Misadventures around the World
It’s on the Meter: One Taxi, Three Mates and 43,000 Miles of Misadventures around the World
When three friends – Paul, Johno and Leigh – clicked ‘buy’ on an iconic London cab, little did they know what they were letting themselves in for. Leaving the Big Smoke in their taxi bound for Sydney, the lads began a 43,000-mile trip that would take them off the beaten track to some of the most dangerous and deadly places on earth. By the time they arrived home, they would manage against all the odds to circumnavigate the globe and break two world records.
From altercations with the Iranian secret police to narrowly escaping the Taliban, the trio’s adventure is filled with hair-raising escapades. Feel the fear, revel in the fun and meet some of the hundred passengers the taxi picked up along the way, as the authors take you on their action-packed journey.
Walking the Wharfe: An ode to a Yorkshire river
In a world of globetrotting explorers and record-breaking journeys – of which he has been part himself – Johno Ellison decided to return to his roots and walk the entire length of the River Wharfe, the Yorkshire waterway beside which he grew up.
In his new book for Bradt, Walking the Wharfe, Ellison retraces the steps of Victorian author Edmund Bogg to investigate how the riverscape and its communities have evolved during the intervening 120 years. While wild camping, meeting modern-day Vikings, wartime ghosts and the fearless ‘Dales Dippers’, and learning how not to deal with a herd of over-inquisitive cows, Ellison encounters a microcosm of English history and culture.
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