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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

American Colony

The Hotel Montefiore in Tel Aviv turned its parking lot into an outdoor dining space during the coronavirus summer season, July 2020 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 28, 2021, 6:07 am
Israel’s hotels eye foreign tourists and wonder: If we open, will they come?
With the rules for noncitizens entering the country about to be significantly loosened, rooms are being readied despite concerns about travel during COVID and lack of staff
By Jessica Steinberg
The facade of The Drisco Hotel, which reopened its doors to Israeli tourists on May 20, 2020 during the coronavirus (Courtesy The Drisco)
July 12, 2020, 6:20 am
Boutique hotels dare to reopen, welcoming Israeli guests… for now
With fewer rooms and smaller staff, several local hotels have taken the plunge and reopened, wearing masks and trying to social distance
By Jessica Steinberg
The elegant courtyard pool of The Jaffa, one of Tel Aviv's new, meticulously restored hotels (Courtesy The Jaffa)
December 29, 2018, 5:42 am
Meticulous restoration and luxury are de rigueur at these swanky Israeli hotels
It’s all about design and style at five new places to stay — four in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and one on the shores of the Galilee
By Jessica Steinberg
The American Colony Hotel (photo credit: Magister/Wikipedia Commons)
September 12, 2018, 11:10 pm
Palestinian protesters break up Jerusalem conference on Oslo Accords
Demonstrators invade conference room, scatter papers, break glasses, seize microphone, speak against normalization of ties with Israel
By Sue Surkes
Sitting in the herb garden that is part of the Tower of David Museum's new exhibit, 'Jerusalem: A Medical Diagnosis.' (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 25, 2014, 12:37 pm
Exhibit highlights a history of medical coexistence in fractious Jerusalem
‘Jerusalem: A Medical Diagnosis’ opens at the Tower of David Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
The extended community of the American Colony posing in the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. The community continued to pose for group photographs, a valuable chronological source for descendants and researchers, documenting the transformative eras of their eccentric communal and personal lives. (photo credit: Courtesy American Colony Archive Collections, reproduction from dry plate glass)
April 23, 2014, 4:24 pm
From commune to oasis: Postcards from the American Colony
The landmark hotel on the ‘seam’ between east and west Jerusalem unveils its archives, illustrating a tumultuous, passionate, and sometimes eccentric history
By Jessica Steinberg
The Maine Friendship House (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
March 1, 2014, 9:10 am
The sorry saga of the American farmers of Jaffa
A short-lived American Colony in the mid-1800s later became the first HQ of the German Templers, preparing for the Second Coming, led by Peter Ustinov’s grandfather
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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