Members' Night, May 3 



A preview of the special exhibit, "Masada — 

 King Herod's Fortress," and a program of music, dance, 

 motion pictures and a slide lecture related to the 

 exhibit, will highlight the Museum's 1968 Members' 

 Night on May 3. The music and dance events, 

 including songs by the Amranim Brothers, Shalom and 

 Barak, third generation Israelis of Yemenite descent, 

 and performances by the Habonin Israeli Folk Dance 

 Troupe will be in Stanley Field Hall. 



The Masada Exhibit is of deep significance to archa- 

 eologists. Middle Eastern historians and scholars of the 

 Old and New Testaments. Some of the scrolls found at 

 Masada have added important information to what is 

 known about the Dead Sea Scrolls and the life of Jesus. 



These finds, plus large scale photo murals, coins, 

 weapons and a diorama in miniature of Roman 

 legions laying siege to Masada, make up the 

 display. The Exhibit opened in London and has 

 been complimented in the continental and national 

 press for its graphic design as well as its archaeological 

 impact. Organized by the Jewish Theological 

 Seminary of America and the Israel Exploration 

 Society, the Exhibit enjoyed a successful United States 

 premiere at the Jewish Museum in New York. 



Built in 36 B.C. by King Herod the Great, Masada 

 was a luxurious retreat and strong fortress against a 

 feared attack from the armies of Cleopatra of Egypt. 

 It was in this rock fortress in 73 A.D. that 960 

 Jewish men, women and children gave up their lives 

 rather than go into slavery, when 7 years of revolt 

 against the Romans ended in defeat. 



A slide lecture, "Masada, A State of Mind," will be 

 given by Marc Michaelson, former Travel Editor 

 of Chicago's American and Director of Publicity for 

 the Tourism Council of Greater Chicago. Michaelson, 

 who visited Masada last year, will speak at 7^30. 

 and 8:30 p.m. A film on the Masada excavations 

 by the British Broadcasting Company and a motion 

 picture on the Bar-Kokhba Caves, where the Jewish 

 resistance contined after the fall of Masada, will be 

 shown continuously from 7 to 10 p.m. Two half-hour 

 music and dance programs will be given at 7 and 9 p.m. 



Research and exhibit preparation areas of the 

 Museum, including some special exhibits related to 

 Field Museum research, explorations and acquisitions, 

 will be open on the third and fourth floors from 7 to 

 10 p.m. "Tibet — Highland of Monk and Nomad," 

 the Museum's new permanent exhibit on the second 

 floor, will be illuminated and open for the evening. 



The special Members' preview of "Masada" will 

 continue from. 3 to 10 p.m. Refreshments will be 

 served from 7 to 10 p.m., and the cafeteria will be open 

 from 6 to 8 p.m. 



Masada 



Photo by Yigael Yadin. 



The nearly sheer walls of Masada rise 1,300 ft. above the 

 western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. 



Volunteers came from as fai 

 as the U. S. and Australia tc 

 work on the Masada exca- 

 vation. 



Photo by The Jewish Museum, 



Photo by The Jewish Museum 



Chartered buses will leave at frequent intervals 

 throughout the evening from State and Jackson Streets, 

 and return trips from the Museum's south entrance 

 will continue until 10 p.m. 



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