The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/monuments/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png monuments | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/monuments/ 32 32 See Jerusalem’s beautiful art parks, where (almost) no graven images can be found https://www.timesofisrael.com/see-jerusalems-beautiful-art-parks-where-almost-no-graven-images-can-be-found/ Sat, 18 May 2024 04:32:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3272926 The Holy City has long had a de facto ban on statues in the human form, as per the second of the Ten Commandments, but that doesn't mean sculptures are completely off the menu

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]]> In northern Israel, massive 3,800-year-old monument stuns and stumps archaeologists https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-northern-israel-massive-3800-year-old-monument-stuns-and-stumps-archaeologists/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:22:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3074078 The size of an Olympic swimming pool, with vaulted ceilings that raise the topographical height of Tel Shimron by 5 meters, the delicate mud brick structure was likely barely used

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]]> Historical figures face reckoning around the globe after Floyd death https://www.timesofisrael.com/historical-figures-face-reckoning-around-the-globe-after-floyd-death/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:06:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2325708 Protests and vandalism have taken place in cities from Boston and New York to Paris, Oxford and Brussels, in an intense reexamination of centuries of racial injustice

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]]> Underground remains of Warsaw ghetto in line for protected status https://www.timesofisrael.com/underground-remains-of-warsaw-ghetto-in-line-for-protected-status/ Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:23:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1775509 Protection would require archaeological supervision during all earthworks in area, recording of finds

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]]> NYC monument honoring Nazi collaborator to remain in place https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-monument-honoring-nazi-collaborator-to-remain-in-place/ Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:52:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1771405 Plaque dedicated to Henri Philippe Petain, who handed 10,000 Jews over to Hitler, will continue to be a part of lower Broadway's 'Canyon of Heroes'

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]]> Mount Herzl memorial to fallen, an architectural gem, up for top design prize https://www.timesofisrael.com/mount-herzl-memorial-to-fallen-an-architectural-gem-up-for-top-design-prize/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:54:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1768890 Built of 'stone, concrete and light,' site meant to give space for grief and educating public, reflecting a shift in commemoration from the collective to the personal

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]]> Landowner asks Polish town to remove monument to Jews killed by Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/landowner-asks-polish-town-to-remove-monument-to-jews-killed-by-nazis/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:53:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1738177 Chrzanow town council discusses alternatives in case memorial removed, including installing plaque at site

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]]> A slap in America’s face https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-us-pulls-down-its-statues-the-pa-puts-them-up-and-the-us-looks-the-other-way/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:40:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1724884 There's a new statue honoring Saddam Hussein in the Palestinian Authority city of Qalqilya

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]]> A monumental problem https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-monumental-problem/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 07:06:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1706202 How to redirect the evil inclination for idol worship that still dances among us

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]]> Amid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-outcry-over-confederate-markers-new-ones-are-going-up/ Sat, 30 Sep 2017 18:23:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1702822 Supporters of new monuments reject criticism they are racist, say they are meant to preserve their history

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]]> A statue is never just a statue https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-rome-to-charlottesville-a-statue-is-never-just-a-statue/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:15:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1684149 From Rome to Virginia, efforts to shift the scenery have tried to transform how society relates to its places of memory

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]]> Cuba bans monuments named after Fidel Castro https://www.timesofisrael.com/cuba-ban-monuments-named-after-fidel-castro/ Sun, 04 Dec 2016 04:40:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1512944 President says his brother 'rejected any manifestation of cult of personality,' did not want his name or likeness used for tributes

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]]> Listen to the past, from the Golan to the Negev https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-to-the-past-from-the-golan-to-the-negev/ Sat, 28 Nov 2015 06:36:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1276946 Monuments to heroes, a lone oak with resonant history, the thriving Dead Sea Works and more -- a selection of visits amplified by free audio guides

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]]> Guggenheim hosts Polish-Jewish artist’s visual ode to handwriting https://www.timesofisrael.com/guggenheim-hosts-polish-jewish-artists-visual-ode-to-handwriting/ Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:41:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1191412 Growing up in communist Poland, Agnieszka Kurant only learned as a teen that her maternal grandparents were Jewish, and Holocaust survivors

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]]> Monument lovemaker professes innocence https://www.timesofisrael.com/monument-lovemaker-unaware-of-offensive/ Thu, 14 May 2015 18:12:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1182958&preview_id=1182958 Man says he did not realize that having sex on a war memorial would offend, was only looking for privacy

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