“The Negev, Then and Now” was the focus of a presentation at the Quarry Lake Clubhouse on Dec. 5. Mitch Gold, left, president of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Baltimore Chapter, regaled the attendees with pictures from his days in the Negev in the late 1960s. Co-presenter David Speer, right, director of the Washington/Baltimore Region of American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, discussed plans for the region’s future with BGU as the anchor for an expanding innovation ecosystem.
