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Topic: Israel Museum

May 1, 2013
3:49 am

This undated image provided by Sotheby's shows a section of a Torah created in Italy in 1457-1465. The illuminated manuscript, known as the Frankfurt Mishneh Torah, was auctioned for upwards of $2.9 million on April 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Steinhardt Judaica collection auctioned for $8.5 million

Sotheby’s says 92.6 percent of the 381 lots sold in ‘most valuable auction of Judaica ever held’

April 30, 2013
9:45 pm

A museum worker looks at the 'Gabriel Stone' as it is displayed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Jerusalem unveils mysterious Hebrew tablet

The ‘Gabriel Stone’ is the most important Israeli inscription found in the area since the Dead Sea Scrolls, scholars say

By Daniel Estrin

April 29, 2013
6:32 pm

An ancient Hebrew manuscript with illuminations made by master Italian artists from the late 1400s is presented to the media after its restoration at a paper laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 22, 2010 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Rare Renaissance manuscript acquired by Israel Museum, Met

15th-century Mishneh Torah will be displayed in a rotation agreement between Jerusalem and New York

By Matti Friedman

March 22, 2013
5:30 am

Sa'id Haruf (facing front) flanked by (left to right) Ola Zahar, head of Maantech; President Shimon Peres; Boaz Maoz, CEO Cisco Israel; President Barack Obama; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Courtesy President's Office)

US president meets Intel’s wannabe future head — an Israeli Arab, 26

On his Israel Museum visit, Obama impressed not only with the technology, but also with a program to help Arabs get hi-tech jobs

By David Shamah

March 18, 2013
12:36 pm

Barack Obama visiting Yad Vashem as a senator in 2008. (photo credit: Meir Azulay/Pool/Flash90)

Where Obama’s visiting in Israel, where he isn’t, and why

Why is the president spending hours at the Israel Museum but not going near the Western Wall? What’s he doing in Bethlehem? A primer on a tour through a diplomatic minefield

By Raphael Ahren

March 11, 2013
8:13 am

President Shimon Peres meets with then-US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at the President's Residence in Jerusalem July 23, 2008 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90)

Israel prepares for Obama with no-fly zones and snipers at junctions

Security arrangements for presidential visit will be draconian, but police chief aiming for minimum impact on the lives of Jerusalem residents

By Ron Friedman

February 15, 2013
8:29 am

A mixed community in Bat Yam, where Russian immigrants swim in the dead of winter, locals Israeli dance on the boardwalk, and a new stream of urban, artsy Israelis seek lower rents for their studios and living spaces. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Making it new in Bat Yam

Five ways to catch a glimpse of what’s happening in the city south of Tel Aviv that’s got what to offer

By Jessica Steinberg

February 12, 2013
10:00 am

Obama in Israel: Rabin’s grave, Iron Dome, Dead Sea Scrolls

The US president’s tentative itinerary includes a major public address, visits to memorials, lengthy meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas

By Gabe Fisher

February 8, 2013
12:54 am

Herodian dreams

Does the Israel Museum’s colossal exhibit reflect a longing for the Jerusalem Temple?

By Bonna Devora Haberman

February 5, 2013
3:24 am

Reconstructing pillars from the theater and mausoleum at Herodium (photo credit: Andrei Vainer)

Herod gets his 15 minutes

A behind-the-scenes look at the Israel Museum’s massive exhibit, opening Tuesday evening, on the hated Roman monarch who ruled Judea on behalf of Rome

By Jessica Steinberg

December 23, 2012
9:23 am

Learning to see a new reality

A partnership of vision between the Jerusalem International YMCA’s Peace Pre-School and the Israel Museum

By Kristen Hansen

December 18, 2012
2:30 pm

An Israel Antiquities Authority worker points to a spectral image photograph of fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, December 18 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Google meets Qumran: Thousands of Dead Sea Scrolls fragments go online

A new website makes the ‘ultimate puzzle’ of biblical scholarship accessible to anyone with an Internet connection

By Matti Friedman

November 30, 2012
1:32 pm

Li Lorian at her projection stage (Courtesy Li Lorian)

A one-woman show that projects politics

Puppeteer Li Lorian uses photographs, maps, stamps, playing cards and matchbooks to tell her side of the story

By Samuel Thrope

November 20, 2012
7:35 pm

Doron Lurie, senior curator and chief conservator at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, carries Abraham Brueghel's 'Still Life of Fruit with a Bird' painting into the museum's vault on Monday, November 19, 2012. (photo credit: Dan Balilty/AP)

Museums store artworks in vaults to protect them from missile attacks

Hundreds of paintings removed from gallery walls; curator calls it ‘chutzpah to take a chance on them’

By Dan Balilty

October 25, 2012
5:24 pm

The modern helmet at Manofim in the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

The capital’s artistic wake-up event

Manofim art festival starts Thursday at 30 sites across Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Israel Museum

Steinhardt Judaica collection auctioned for $8.5 million

Sotheby’s says 92.6 percent of the 381 lots sold in ‘most valuable auction of Judaica ever held’

Jerusalem unveils mysterious Hebrew tablet

The ‘Gabriel Stone’ is the most important Israeli inscription found in the area since the Dead Sea Scrolls, scholars say

Rare Renaissance manuscript acquired by Israel Museum, Met

15th-century Mishneh Torah will be displayed in a rotation agreement between Jerusalem and New York

US president meets Intel’s wannabe future head — an Israeli Arab, 26

On his Israel Museum visit, Obama impressed not only with the technology, but also with a program to help Arabs get hi-tech jobs

Where Obama’s visiting in Israel, where he isn’t, and why

Why is the president spending hours at the Israel Museum but not going near the Western Wall? What’s he doing in Bethlehem? A primer on a tour through a diplomatic minefield

Israel prepares for Obama with no-fly zones and snipers at junctions

Security arrangements for presidential visit will be draconian, but police chief aiming for minimum impact on the lives of Jerusalem residents

Making it new in Bat Yam

Five ways to catch a glimpse of what’s happening in the city south of Tel Aviv that’s got what to offer

Obama in Israel: Rabin’s grave, Iron Dome, Dead Sea Scrolls

The US president’s tentative itinerary includes a major public address, visits to memorials, lengthy meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas

Herodian dreams

Does the Israel Museum’s colossal exhibit reflect a longing for the Jerusalem Temple?

Herod gets his 15 minutes

A behind-the-scenes look at the Israel Museum’s massive exhibit, opening Tuesday evening, on the hated Roman monarch who ruled Judea on behalf of Rome

Learning to see a new reality

A partnership of vision between the Jerusalem International YMCA’s Peace Pre-School and the Israel Museum

Google meets Qumran: Thousands of Dead Sea Scrolls fragments go online

A new website makes the ‘ultimate puzzle’ of biblical scholarship accessible to anyone with an Internet connection

A one-woman show that projects politics

Puppeteer Li Lorian uses photographs, maps, stamps, playing cards and matchbooks to tell her side of the story

Museums store artworks in vaults to protect them from missile attacks

Hundreds of paintings removed from gallery walls; curator calls it ‘chutzpah to take a chance on them’

The capital’s artistic wake-up event

Manofim art festival starts Thursday at 30 sites across Jerusalem

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