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Grapevine: An English rose

The board of directors and the Friends of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens put on their thinking caps and will host an English tea party

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WHAT IS the best way to honor Jose Dent, founder and chair of the UK Friends of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, a tireless supporter of the development of the gardens for the past 30 years? The board of directors and the Friends of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens put on their thinking caps and came up with the most obvious solution – an English tea party. They haven’t announced whether the menu will include scones with cream and jam or paper-thin cucumber sandwiches, but it won’t be long before invitees find out. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5.

OTHER BRITISH connections will be recalled at a memorial concert for Zena and Abe Harman, which will be performed by the Hebrew University Orchestra under the baton of its longtime conductor Anita Kamien at the YMCA auditorium on Tuesday, March 12. In this case, no other orchestra is more appropriate.

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