Congregants of Beth Shalom gathered on Sunday, March 2, to hear Dr. Ken Abramovitch, professor and chair of the Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine Department at UMKC School of Dentistry.
Dr. Abramovitch shared stories of his experiences early in his career when he spent a year living among and providing dental care to the Inuit people along the Hudson Bay coast in northwestern Quebec. The group listened as he described the conditions of the Arctic environment and how the Inuit adapt to it with their nomadic lifestyle to feed and clothe themselves. The audience saw photos of the Inuit people, their housing, medical stations and transportation modes such as dog sleds, trucks and prop planes. The slide presentation also included images of the native landscape and images of caribou, fish, seals, polar bears and whales that the Inuit hunted. The variations in Inuit soapstone carvings were also presented. Following this talk, the group ate brunch together.
This event was part of the Cafe Ohev program which has continued at Congregation Beth Shalom after Ohev Sholom and Beth Shalom consolidated two years ago.
