was at its zenith, competing with the likes of Seb Coe and Steve Ovett. He also represented the country.

In case some reading this letter might question the conclusion that the Maccabiah has lost its status I would like to remind the readers of some of the stars of past Great Britain teams, all ‘’pukka’’ internationals and Maccabiah Gold Medallists:

Harry Kane, Olympian, AAA Champion and British Record Holder at 400m Hurdles.

Dave Segal, Olympic, European and Commonwealth Games medallist, AAA Champion and British 200m record holder.

Walter Nicholls, Chairman of the Amateur Athletic Association, Technical Official at Maccabiah Games, 1969 and 1989 and Great Britain Team Manager at Maccabiah in 1985

Looking outwards

Two items in last week’s JC wonderfully sought to broaden the horizons of so many in our community as tohere and there, then I went for the card catalog computer, looked up the call number for the photography books, found them, and took this shot:

We then went back to class to catch up with everyone else. The instructor had brought in and set up a bunch of his lighting equipment: a black backdrop, a lamp with a directional filter to use for backlighting, a high powered flash which had a preview lamp and was optically triggered, a light reflector, and his hotshoe flash (for those with Nikon cameras). He had been in class with a bunch of students working on portraits. I stayed for a few pointers and took a few shots. Melanie (who works at a photo studio) jumped in the hotseat and started giving us