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Baron Edmond de Rothschild

Israelis and tourists enjoy the beach where a 2,000-year-old arch of the Caesarea aqueduct collapse, as seen on August 21, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 15, 2026, 4:25 pm
Two years after collapse, Caesarea aqueduct to be restored in joint project
The Carmel Beach Regional Council, Caesarea Development Company, and Israel Antiquities Authority sign NIS 39 million joint agreement to preserve and develop the site
By Rossella Tercatin
Lord Jacob Rothschild arrives for a reception hosted by Britain's Prince Charles at Clarence House in London, July 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
February 27, 2024, 3:55 pm
Lord Jacob Rothschild, upheld family’s legacy to benefit UK, Israel, Jews worldwide
The Oxford-educated aristocrat took great pride in his philanthropy in Israel, in particular the new National Library, described himself as ‘deeply conscious of his Jewish roots’
By Charlie Summers
Undated photo of Benjamin de Rothschild. (Courtesy of Edmond de Rothschild Group)
January 17, 2021, 8:42 am
Benjamin Rothschild, prominent French member of the banking family, dies at 57
Family says he died of a heart attack; famed philanthropist has donated tens of millions to Israeli causes, including $22 million for the nation’s efforts to beat the pandemic
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A pool in a pool gives new legs to the term "pool shark" at the recently renovated Dan Caesarea hotel in Caesarea on May 21, 2019. (TOI Staff/Times of Israel)
May 21, 2019, 7:59 pm
Dan dives into swankier market with revamped Caesarea hotel
Dan Caesarea reopens after 8 months of renovations, as part of luxury hotel chain’s new strategy to attract younger generation with sleeker options
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helps lay the National Library's new cornerstone, while National Library chairman David Bloomberg, speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein, and Menachem Ben-Sasson, president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, look on, April 5, 2016.. (Courtesy Albatross)
April 5, 2016, 7:43 pm
Dignitaries and donors fete Israel’s new national library
Cornerstone-laying ceremony brings out the prime minister and the president, who vow to donate their fathers’ archives and writings
By Jessica Steinberg
London City Hall, England, October 22, 2011 (Garry Knight, via Flickr, CC-BY-SA)
September 24, 2015, 11:25 pm
Will it be ‘Jew’ vs. Muslim in London’s next mayoral election?
What was shaping up as an easy win for Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith may now prove a bitter tussle with Labour’s Sadiq Khan
By Jenni Frazer
Baron de Rotschild's shipwreck? (Haifa University)
August 14, 2015, 7:13 pm
Shipwreck off Israel’s coast linked to early Zionist
Haifa University archaeologists beieve vessel, discovered in 1976 near Zichron Yaakov, belonged to Edmond James de Rothschild
By JTA
Owner of the French winery Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Philippine de Rothschild, posing with Zino Davidoff on February 3, 1984. (photo credit: AFP/ Duvignau)
August 24, 2014, 11:29 pm
Wine doyenne Philippine de Rothschild dies aged 80
Baroness, heir of the Jewish banking dynasty, had long acting career, worked with artists Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon
By AP
Today's Rothschild Boulevard (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 5, 2014, 5:48 am
When Rothschild Boulevard put down roots and declared independence
Zionist pioneers planned a Tel Aviv thoroughfare to match the boulevards of Paris. They wound up with something uniquely Israeli, and still evolving
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The pedestrian mall at Founders' Street (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 26, 2013, 9:09 am
Unforgettable Zichron
Settled by Romanian pioneers, Zichron Yaakov has survived destitution, disease, and rocky soil to evolve into one of Israel’s most colorful pedestrian malls
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Villa Tehila (photo by Shmuel Bar-Am)
June 15, 2013, 3:47 pm
Natural cornerstone: The blossoming of Rosh Pina
Lush and colorful, you’d never know that this little town was once plagued by starvation, drought, disease — and a wedding shootout
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Metulla offers pastoral ambience away from the bustle of city life. (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 1, 2012, 4:42 pm
How thriving Metulla determined Israel’s border
Pastoral tranquility, and great views, in northern town the Baron built
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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